Industry Insights Podcast

‘Industry Insights’ is a podcast designed to inform film/television students on the constantly changing landscape of the content and media business. In our first season, we’re focusing on the vital component of any student’s education – the role of the agent and talent manager in today’s industry.

The format is simple, each season we will interview ten influential industry players and ask them 10 questions – no more than 30 minutes per episode. The complete season will then be distributed to the top 25 film schools in the US and UK via their student councils, newsletters and online groups each week.

S1 - Ep1: Adam Schweitzer, ICM

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Adam Schweitzer is a board member, partner, and co-head of the talent department at ICM Partners, a talent and literary agency representing clients in the fields of motion pictures, television, publishing, music, theater, corporate branding and digital media. ICM Partners is one of the predominant agencies in the United States and Europe, with its principal offices in Los Angeles, New York and London.

He oversees the careers of a diverse roster of leading clients such as Academy Award® winners Christoph Waltz, William Hurt, and Dianne Wiest, Golden Globe Award® Winner Uma Thurman, Emmy Award® winners Ray Romano and Kristin Chenoweth, Tony Award® winners Nina Arianda, Annaleigh Ashford and Frank Langella. Other notable clients of Adam’s include Cillian Murphy, Orlando Bloom, Christina Hendricks, John Cena, Katie Holmes, Michael Sheen, Patrick Stewart, John Cusack, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Ferguson, David Harbour, Sebastian Stan, David Strathairn, Bill Pullman, Taye Diggs and Gretchen Mol.

S1 - Ep 2: Michael Gordon, CAA

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Michael Gordon is a TV Packaging Agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and also spearheads its German TV initiative.

At CAA he sold Netflix’s critically acclaimed Israeli series FAUDA. Michael also helped broker and package the upcoming series THE GRAND HOTEL on ABC, EUPHORIA on HBO, FILTHY RICH on FOX and 68 WHISKEY on Paramount. Before becoming an agent, Michael began his career as a corporate litigator and graduated from Haverford College, the London School of Economics and George Washington University Law School.