EXCLUSIVE: Writer/director/producer Judd Apatow has left UTA, ending one of the most tenured relationships with a major filmmaker and a major agency.
Apatow spent 30 years at the agency, 20 of them with David Kramer, and he remains managed by Mosaic’s Jimmy Miller and lawyered by Ziffrin Brittenham.
These long relationships often come to a close, usually when the client wants to shake things up at a moment when it is hard particularly in the comedy space.
It was amicable, and I hear he’ll be meeting with CAA and WME. But this is a moment to tip the hat at how the agency helped Apatow build his brand, and how Apatow’s prolific successes were a major part of building UTA.
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