Back in 1993, Ellen Goldsmith-Veinlaunched management company The Gotham Group out of a guest bedroom in her Hollywood Hills home.
With a clientele almost entirely focused on animation, the San Diego native became the go-to rep in the long-neglected space. “Animation was considered the bastard stepchild of the entertainment industry,” she says. “Now, of course, it’s a multibillion-dollar business, and everybody wants to be in.” Like Jordan Peele, who co-wrote, produced and stars in the upcoming Wendell and Wild, directed by her longtime client Henry Selick and which she is producing. “It’s sort of if Henryand Jordan had a baby,” she says.
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