Activist Artists Management Hires Grant Pennel As Talent Manager, Signs ‘Io Capitano’ Star Moustapha Fall
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Activist Artists Management has brought on Grant Pennel as a Talent Manager, also signing Moustapha Fall, the Senegalese actor who earned praise for his debut performance in Matteo Garrone’s Golden Globe-nominated Io Capitano.
Central to the Activist team that brought in Fall, Pennell is based in Activist’s West Hollywood office and reports to Founding Partner, Bernie Cahill, and Head of Film and Television Literary, Jon Kanak. “Grant is a great addition to our growing film and television division,” said Cahill in a statement to Deadline. “His drive and creativity have earned him early success with clients across multiple media formats – film, television, music, podcast, brand deals and more.” Pennel joins from 111 Media, where he worked with talent from all corners of the globe, helping not only to secure opportunities on screen in film and television projects, but also brand/endorsement deals, podcast launches, and development across scripted and unscripted.
Prior to that, he was a junior agent in the Crossover Talent department at ICM Partners, having started out in the agency’s mailroom.
Fluent in French, Italian, Wolof, and English, Fall was scouted from his local theatre and hand-selected by Palme d’Or winner Garrone for a co-lead role in Io Capitano, which won 13 awards in its premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
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