WME Promotes TJ Bernardy And Chris Fioto To Partner In The Agency’s Talent Group
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: TJ Bernardy And Chris Fioto has been promoted to partner in WME’s Talent Group Deadline has learned.Fioto joined WME six years ago in December of 2015.
He previously worked as an agent at Gersh, and in the financial services industry at Morgan Stanley prior to that. He works with Keanu Reeves, Brie Lartson, Melissa Barrera, Cailee Spaeny, Gabriel Basso and Mamoudou Athie among other clients at WME.Bernardy started in 2010 as an intern in the business affairs department.
He worked his way up in the talent department working for Jessica Kovacevic, Brandt Joel, and Patrick Whitesell. His clients include Millie Bobby Brown, Kid Cudi, Adam Devine, Dave Franco, Mark Cuban, Cole Sprouse, Halsey, Kiernan Shipka, and Lilly Singh, among others.With the ever changing landscape in the industry, Deadline sat down with Bernardy and Fioto to discuss what those changes as well as how they are adapting when it comes to helping their clients and the agency.Deadline: From 5 years ago when you guys were first doing this, what exactly are the changes in the industry and what do you have to do differently now as partners with more control.
Biggest changes in what you guys have to do day to day that is affected across the industry?Bernardy: The Definition of what content is and where it is consumed has changed over the years and with technology helping it all evolve, the way things are put together is changing.
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