Belle Zwerdling has been a talent agent for more than thirty-five years, representing actors working in film, television, and theater.  As a co-owner of the boutique Progressive Artists Agency, she is responsible for negotiating client’s deals, maintaining their status, selecting their projects, and working with other management team members to create successful career paths.  Her firm is highly selective – both of the clients that they represent and the projects that they are involved with.

Having started in the business as an actress herself, Ms. Zwerdling’s focus is on maintaining the integrity of the creative process with her clients, who she views as her partners.  Her efforts have resulted in clients becoming internationally-recognized stars, including Jeremy Renner, Katey Sagal, Mickey Rourke and Rene Russo.  Her agency has also nurtured many clients as they have expanded their creative efforts beyond acting to writing, producing, and directing.

Belle Zwerdling is available to lecture on various topics related to the talent agent business, client/agent relations, and the creative process.  She has expertise in areas ranging from securing and working with an agent to removing blocks to and dealing with success.

Ms Zwerdling recognized the need to impart her wisdom on these issues based on her experience of working with young actors whose ideas about success do not incorporate the realities and practicalities of the industry.  Her goal is to teach artists the business side of the arts as a complement to their craft, not an obstacle.

In August of 2006 Ms. Zwerdling received her Masters degree from the University of Santa Monica in Spiritual Psychology. She returned in 2008 and completed her emphasis on her masters in consciousness, health and healing.

Partner, Worldwide Production Agency (WPA)

Brian J. Goldberg joined WPA’s Television Division during the height of pilot season in March 2014. Prior to this, he began his agency career in Paradigm Talent Agency’s Business Affairs Department and later honed his focus on production; he was later promoted to agent within the company’s Physical Production Division in 2010.  Brian represents some of television’s top line producers, editors, cinematographers and production designers, as well as the industry’s next generation of emerging talent.  With his prior film experience, Brian also facilitates WPA’s clients’ other passions, such as directing, writing and creative producing, as well as the agency’s feature and commercial clients with crossing over into episodic.  Lastly, Brian is a sales agent for completed projects going out to market for distribution.   He is an active member of the Television Academy and their Professional Representatives Peer Group as well as an executive member of Hollywood Radio Television Society (HRTS). 

 

WALDMAN MANAGEMENT + SCOTT WALDMAN

Waldman Management was created with the purpose of cultivating and growing undiscovered talent.

After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2003, Scott Waldman moved out to LA and began playing in The City Drive. In 2004, the band signed with Sony and began a whirlwind of touring and playing music. After 4 years with The City Drive, Scott decided to part ways with the band and started working on his own project, Lido Beach. In 2015, Scott began Waldman Management and has been devoted to representing new and exciting talent ever since.

Since starting Waldman Management, Scott has consulted for various record labels, companies, and musicians and has also managed artists from such bands as:

Acacia Ridge, Adventure Playground, AFI,

Aiden, Alex Orange Drink, Alexa Wilkinson,

Algernon Cadwallader, The All-American Rejects,

American Eyes,  ANSON, Atreyu,

Avril Lavigne, bandofyou, Best Interest,

The Bigger Lights, Blue October, Blue Rain Boots,

Breaking Pangaea, The Briggs, Buckcherry,

The Color Fred, Common Sage, Dead by Sunrise,

Dead to Fall, Demi the Daredevil, Dottie James,

The Drowns, Electric Love Hogs, Electric Valentine,

ERASE THEORY, The Eyeliners, Fake Figures,

Fairview, Falling In Reverse, Fear,

Filmspeed, Finch, Firescape, FLOODS,

Four Names, The Frisk, Goalkeeper,

Ghost Town, Girl Radical, Goldfinger,

HARVARD of the SOUTH, HAWK,

Heeney, Hidden in Plain View, The Hippos,

Hit the Lights, Hop Along, Hotwire,

Hunter Peterson, Hunter Revenge, Hyro The Hero,

I Am Ghost, I Don’t Know How But They Found Me,

Ice Nine Kills, In Our Glory, The Inevitables,

Infected Mushroom, Jeffree Star, Jet Set Go,

Johnny Madcap and the Distractions, The Joy Thieves,

The Juliana Theory, Just Kait, A Kiss Could Be Deadly,

Krewella, LEKTRON, The Lemonheads,

Less Than Jake, letlive., Madcap,

Madrona, Matt Skiba and the Sekrets, MD.45,

Mest, Metro Station, Mirror Eyes,

MODERNS, MOTHÉ, Moving Units,

The Mowgli’s, The Muffs, My Favorite Highway,

The Neighbourhood, New Politics, Nightwell,

Ninet Tayeb, NOFX, The Pandoras,

Parade of Lights, Paul Gilbert, Pilfers,

Pixies, The Primals, The Rainman Suite,

Ryan Skyy, Satin Puppets, Say Anything,

Scars of Tomorrow, Senses Fail, The Shell Corporation,

The Sleeping, Soft Kills, The Sound of Animals Fighting,

Stay Inside, Steeve Estatof, Steven Briggs,

stOrk, Street Drum Corps, Stringer,

Sum 41, Sunfish, Superkick,

Taking Back Sunday, Terrible Things, Thenewno2,

theSTART, This or the Apocalypse, Tidal Babes,

Time Again, The Toasters, Trapt,

Trophy Scars, TR/ST, 22 Jacks,

TX2, The Underclassmen, Valencia,

Vanna, What’s Eating Gilbert, The White Noise,

William Tell, & 18th & Addison.