Talent Managers Association Announces 2016 Heller Award Nominees
By: A.A. Cristi Oct. 06, 2016
The Talent Managers Association (TMA) announces this year's nominees for the 14th Annual Heller Awards. Each year, the TMA honors colleagues in talent representation and casting with a live ceremony. Lifetime achievement honors will be presented to legendary agent Jack Gilardi from ICM Partners and casting director Craig Fincannon of Fincannon and Associates. Additionally, awards are presented to agents and casting directors for their work throughout the year, who've been nominated by the TMA members. The organization will host this year's event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, November 10, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM.
The nominees for this year's honors are:
ADULT THEATRICAL AGENT
Lorrie Bartlett, ICM Partners
Jay Schachter, Abrams Artists Agency
Mike Baldridge, Momentum Talent and Literary Agency
Robert Haas, Innovative Artists
Mike Eisenstadt, Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Agency (AEFH)
Brett Norensberg, The Gersh Agency
YOUTH THEATRICAL AGENT
Meredith Fine, Coast to Coast Talent Agency
Emily Urbani, Osbrink Talent Agency
Domina Holbeck, Abrams Artists Agency
Julie Fulop, AKA Talent Agency
Barbara Coleman, Innovative Artists
Milton Pere, Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Agency (AEFH)
ADULT COMMERCIAL AGENT
Stephen DeCayette, Prestige Talent Agency
Hugh Leon, Coast to Coast Talent Agency
Nancy Luciano, Luciano Reeves Talent
David Ziff, Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD)
Samantha J. Daniels, Mavrick Artists Agency
YOUTH COMMERCIAL AGENT
Carol Lynn Sher, Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD)
Jeremy Apody, Abrams Artists Agency
Candace Stewart, Prestige Talent Agency
Sydel Lisi, Coast to Coast Talent Agency
Dawn Osbrink, Osbrink Talent Agency
Bonnie Shumofsky, Abrams Artists Agency
Philip Marcus, Clear Talent Group
VOICE OVER AGENT
Melissa Berger-Brennan, Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD)
Portia Scott, Coast to Coast Talent Agency
Maureen Rose, Osbrink Talent Agency
Brittany Balbo, UTA
Izzy Arias, UTA
Wes Stevens, Vox
REGIONAL AGENT
Joy Pervis, J Pervis Talent Agency
Gail Houghton, Houghton Talent
Ashley Pomes Wilkinson, Clear Talent Group South
Angie Moncrief, Action Talent
FEATURE CASTING DIRECTOR
Kim Coleman, Kim Coleman Casting
Francine Maisler, Francine Maisler & Associates
Aisha Coley, Aisha Coley Casting
April Webster, April Webster & Associates
Mary Vernieu, Betty Mae Casting
Kimberly Hardin, Kim Hardin Casting
TV CASTING DIRECTOR
Krisha Bullock/Jamie Snow, Bullock & Snow Casting
SuzAnne Goddard-Smythe, SuzAnne Goddard-Smythe Casting
Allison Jones, Allison Jones Casting
Eyde Belasco, Eyde Belasco Casting
Jennifer Cooper, Jennifer Cooper Casting
Leah Daniels-Butler, Leah Daniels-Butler Casting
COMMERCIAL CASTING DIRECTOR
Dan Bell, Dan Bell Casting
Ross Lacy, Ross Lacy Casting
Michael Sanford, Sanford Casting
Francene Selkirk, Shooting from the Hip Casting
Anissa Williams, Anissa Williams Casting
Liz Lewis, Liz Lewis Casting Partners
VOICE OVER CASTING DIRECTOR
Ivy Isenberg, Isenberg Casting
Jamie Sparer Roberts, Walt Disney Studios
Linda Lamontagne, Linda Lamontagne Casting
Julie Ashton, Julie Ashton Casting
Kevin Reher
Natalie Lyon
REGIONAL CASTING DIRECTOR
Annette Stillwell, Stillwell Casting
Jen Kelley, Big Picture Casting
Rhavynn Drummer, Tyler Perry Studios Casting
Elizabeth Coulon, Coulon Casting
Meagan Lewis, RPM Casting
ASSOCIATE CASTING DIRECTOR
Gina Gallego
Jason B. Stamey
Ally Bader
Jeremy Gordon
Julie Gale
Monica Kelly
Founded by Seymour Heller in 1954 as the Conference of Personal Managers, the TMA is a non-pro?t, self-regulating organization that promotes the highest ethical business standards of professional integrity and behavior in the practice of talent management. Membership in the organization signi?es a manager is a skilled professional within the industry of talent, artist, literary or music management, and subscribes to the established TMA Code of Ethics.
Learn more about the Talent Managers Association at www.talentmanagers.org
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