Exclusive: Verve continues to bolster its core business with the hire of former A3 TV literary agent Jillian Holch,
Holch began her career as an assistant to an Executive Producer at Sony Pictures Television before moving over to A3 in 2019, where she was promoted to Coordinator in 2020 and Agent in 2022.
A graduate of Cornell University, Holch’s roster is a mix of emerging and established talent including Feraz Ozel (Deli Boys), Yael Glouberman (Young Sheldon), Sam Rubinek & Nate Burke (Riverdale), Brandon Guercio (Treadstone) Cathryn Humphris (Mad Men) and Sean Collins-Smith (Chicago Pd).
“We are thrilled to have Jillian join the Verve team,” said the Verve partners in a statement. “With a strong eye for talent, a fervent dedication to client-first representation and a collaborative disposition, Jillian embodies the qualities we seek in the next generation of agents here at Verve.”
Said Holch: “I could not be happier to join the team at Verve.
Holch began her career as an assistant to an Executive Producer at Sony Pictures Television before moving over to A3 in 2019, where she was promoted to Coordinator in 2020 and Agent in 2022.
A graduate of Cornell University, Holch’s roster is a mix of emerging and established talent including Feraz Ozel (Deli Boys), Yael Glouberman (Young Sheldon), Sam Rubinek & Nate Burke (Riverdale), Brandon Guercio (Treadstone) Cathryn Humphris (Mad Men) and Sean Collins-Smith (Chicago Pd).
“We are thrilled to have Jillian join the Verve team,” said the Verve partners in a statement. “With a strong eye for talent, a fervent dedication to client-first representation and a collaborative disposition, Jillian embodies the qualities we seek in the next generation of agents here at Verve.”
Said Holch: “I could not be happier to join the team at Verve.
- 4/2/2024
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Searching for a list of the best up and coming screenwriters? Coverfly has curated a list of lists that brings together a raft of rising writers.
The company, which is a platform of unproduced IP and writing programs, has put together the Best Unrepped Writers, Best Unproduced Projects and The Next List as well as aggregating writing network fellowships such as NBC Launch + Sony Diverse Writers Program, writing competitions like The Academy Nicholl Fellowship and Final Draft’s Big Break, and other annual lists such as Village Roadshow’s Blood List.
Previous iterations of these lists have featured writers that have gone on to write for series such as Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and Beef.
The Next List is compiled by nominations from the thousands of managers, agents, and executives on The Coverfly and Tracking Board platforms. It features 35 selections including 31 individuals and four writing teams from film, television, and playwriting backgrounds.
The company, which is a platform of unproduced IP and writing programs, has put together the Best Unrepped Writers, Best Unproduced Projects and The Next List as well as aggregating writing network fellowships such as NBC Launch + Sony Diverse Writers Program, writing competitions like The Academy Nicholl Fellowship and Final Draft’s Big Break, and other annual lists such as Village Roadshow’s Blood List.
Previous iterations of these lists have featured writers that have gone on to write for series such as Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and Beef.
The Next List is compiled by nominations from the thousands of managers, agents, and executives on The Coverfly and Tracking Board platforms. It features 35 selections including 31 individuals and four writing teams from film, television, and playwriting backgrounds.
- 12/8/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Television will link sixteen aspiring scribes with industry professionals and mentors for its six-week Diverse Writers Program.
Participating writers will have discussions with a number of creative executives, producers, seasoned writers and showrunners with the focus of honing their skills in writing scripted television. They will also network with industry professionals and be assigned a mentor from Spt’s pool of producers and scribes.
The writing program will conclude with the participating writers meeting with Spt showrunners and producers to be considered for potential staffing opportunities on U.S. projects. Of the sixteen participating scribes, Spt will select four with whom to develop pilot scripts for both comedies and dramas.
“We believe it’s imperative that underrepresented voices have the opportunity to tell diverse and authentic stories that haven’t been told before and to develop into tomorrow’s preeminent showrunners,” said Jeff Frost, President of Sony Pictures Television Studios.
Participating writers will have discussions with a number of creative executives, producers, seasoned writers and showrunners with the focus of honing their skills in writing scripted television. They will also network with industry professionals and be assigned a mentor from Spt’s pool of producers and scribes.
The writing program will conclude with the participating writers meeting with Spt showrunners and producers to be considered for potential staffing opportunities on U.S. projects. Of the sixteen participating scribes, Spt will select four with whom to develop pilot scripts for both comedies and dramas.
“We believe it’s imperative that underrepresented voices have the opportunity to tell diverse and authentic stories that haven’t been told before and to develop into tomorrow’s preeminent showrunners,” said Jeff Frost, President of Sony Pictures Television Studios.
- 6/1/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
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