Paradigm Talent Agency
Paradigm logo | |
Company type | Private |
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Founded | Beverly Hills, California, USA (1992) |
Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California, USA
New York City, New York, USA Monterey, California, USA Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
Key people | Sam Gores, Chairman and CEO Norman Aladjem, Chairman of the Management Committee |
Website | http://www.paradigmagency.com |
Paradigm is a full service entertainment agency based in Beverly Hills, with offices in New York, Monterey and Nashville. Paradigm provides representation for clients in motion pictures, television, music, artist marketing, motion picture financing, book publishing, literary rights, theatre, physical production, interactive media, stand-up comedy, commercials, personal appearances and corporate events.
Background
Paradigm formed in 1992 after the Gores/Fields Agency merged with STE Representations, Robinson, Weintraub, Gross & Associates, and Shorr, Stille & Associates. The agency's Beverly Hills office is located on the old MCA Inc. campus built in 1932[1] where conference rooms honor the legendary entertainment moguls Jules Stein and Lew Wasserman who occupied the space. Paradigm is now a full service agency with offices in New York, Monterey and Nashville representating clients in areas such as motion pictures, television, music, artist marketing, motion picture financing, book publishing, literary rights, theatre, physical production, interactive media, stand-up comedy, commercials, personal appearances and corporate events.
Paradigm's clients include Academy Award winning actors; Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adrien Brody and Chris Cooper as well as Katherine Heigl, Michael Cera, Gary Oldman, Mariska Hargitay, Mark Harmon. Musical artists include; Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay, Toby Keith, Aerosmith, Phish, Will.I.Am, The Dead, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and Fergie[2].
Paradigm Headquarters
Paradigm’s headquarters is the landmark Paul Williams designed Beverly Hills office complex on North Crescent Drive that was originally built in 1932 for legendary Hollywood powerbrokers Lew Wasserman and Jules Stein’s as the headquarters for their MCA agency.
External links
- Paradigm Website
- LA Times: Quietly Building a Talent Force, by Claire Hoffman (August 21, 2006)
- Billboard Magazine: Paradigm Shift, by Ray Waddel (August 11, 2007)
- AskHim.com Top 10 Agent List
- Hollywood Reporter: Power Lawyer to biz: It’s out with the old, (July 27, 2009)