Simon Faber: Last News

Former WME agent Tanya Cohen has landed at management firm Range Media Partners. The move had been rumored when news hit that Cohen was leaving the agency Monday.

A trio of agents are exiting WME. Tanya Cohen, Simon Faber, and Solco Schuit are exiting to become managers or manager-producers, according to multiple sources.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterWilliam Morris Endeavor agent Tanya Cohen, known as a rising star and champion of female directors, is leaving the agency to pursue a management career, insiders told Variety.Cohen recently made partner, and has a roster that includes helmers like Gabriela Cowperthwaite (“Blackfish”), Jennifer Yuh Nelson, (“Kung Fu Panda 2”), and comedy veteran Paula Pell.She is said to be in early negotiations with one of several new management firms to have sprung up in recent months  as both a response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the waning standoff between the Writers Guild of America and the talent agencies.Variety has also learned that motion picture and literary packaging agents Solco Schuit and Simon Faber are

Three WME agents, Simon Faber, Solco Schuit and Tanya Cohen are leaving the agency.