Tony Etz Dies: Longtime CAA TV Agent Was 64
deadline.comTony Etz, a 30-year veteran of the Creative Artists Agency, passed away yesterday, March 10, in Los Angeles, after a long battle with Chordoma, a rare type of cancer.
He was 64. Agenting was a second career for Illinois native Etz, an English major from Knox College with a MFA from University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop who was a contributor on the 1989 book Off-Hollywood Movies: A Film Lover’s Guide.
He started in the made-for-television movie business, co-executive producing/executive producing two miniseries and five telefilms, including NBC’s successful Jack Reed MOWs, in the early 1990s before joining CAA in 1994 as an agent in the Television department.
During his three decades at the agency, Etz established himself as a top TV lit agent and served in various leadership roles, including co-head of packaging.
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