Newly created position is head of motion painting talent
Andrew Rogers has been tapped for a new created stance as head of the motion impression talent department at Paradigm.
A seven-year vet of the agency, Rogers already has helped cut the careers of a number of up-and-comers including Michael Cera ("Juno" and the upcoming "Youth in Revolt"), Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Live Free and Die Hard" and the approaching "Make It Happen") and Moon Bloodgood ("Terminator 4"). He too has worked closely with "ER" regular Mekhi Phifer, who will be the lead in Broadway's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," and Laz Alonso, world Health Organization toplines Spike Lee's forthcoming "Miracle at St. Anna."
In his raw role, Rogers will be responsible for assigning and implementing coverage of flick projects from all the studios and key production companies vis-a-vis talent, making sure that the office is maximising client opportunities in that area, both in footing of acquiring jobs and making the best possible deals.
Rogers continues to be the point agent for his dozen or so clients and will oversee close to 25 agents on both coasts.
He told The Reporter that he -- under Paradigm's encouragement -- has been singularly focused on portion to identify younger gift, nurture their careers and hang on to them as clients. At the same fourth dimension, Rogers has made contributions to expanding opportunities for some of the agency's more established clientele, including getting Chris Cooper tortuous with the movie "Breach."
Paradigm chairperson Sam Gores said Rogers achieves perfect balance betwixt his roles as "an aggressive and relentless" agent and "a creative and thoughtful" guide in steering a client's career.
Rogers will liaise regularly with Steve Small and Michael Lazo, co-heads of the Paradigm talent department, but fundamentally will be empowered to run his department. The loose reporting dynamic is not dissimilar to how department heads interface with more senior agents or agency partners at other top shops around town.
Rogers begins his modern job immediately.
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