Anthony Zuiker Remembers His Manager Of 25 Years Margaret Riley: “She Gave Me The Gift Of A Long Career And Helped Me Find A Voice”
deadline.comThere are few talent-representative partnerships in Hollywood that have lasted a career. CSI creator Anthony Zuiker had that with manager Margaret Riley, most recently a partner at Lighthouse Entertainment, who died Tuesday of ovarian cancer at age 58.
In 1998, Zuiker was moonlighting as a tram driver in his native Las Vegas while trying to make it as a screenwriter with a movie script he had written, The Runner.
Producer Jim Garavente slipped it to Riley, who had recently been promoted from assistant to manager at management/production company Addis Wechsler, and she signed Zuiker on his 30th birthday, 8/17/1998.
Riley then took Zuiker to all Hollywood agencies. He ended up at CAA (where he still is a client) with Joe Cohen and Scott Greenberg.
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