UTA Signs A Dozen Production Arts Clients Including From ‘Dune’, ‘You’, ‘Mrs America’ As London Office Gathers Pace
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed almost a dozen senior production figures to its Production Arts division in the wake of the Oscar telecast snub to several major categories, including those who’ve worked on Dune, You and Mrs America.
The likes of Oscar-winning Dune VFX supervisor duo Brian Conner and Tristan Myles have been snapped up in the past few weeks alongside Mrs America hair designer Anne Morgan, Kings Man producer David Reid and Pennyworth/You exec producer Matthew Patnick.UTA clients won four Oscars this year including Dune’s Greig Fraser for Best Cinematography and the same film’s Patrice Vermette for Achievement in Production Design and many were influenced by UTA-repped Paul Lambert, the Oscar-winning Dune visual effects supervisor, to join UTA, according to the agency.Speaking exclusively to Deadline, UTA Head of Production Pete Franciosa, who oversees the L.A.
and London teams, said the agency has been “talking to the community” since the controversy around several categories being removed from the Oscars telecast.“It’s tough to not be involved in the big part of the show so we want to celebrate these amazing artists,” he added.Other new signings include Halo VFX supervisor Dominic Remane, Lord of the Rings’ Toby Wolters, Time Bandits’ James Ledwell, The Hobbit producer Zane Weiner and See duo Parker Chehak and Chris Wright.The London branch of the UTA Production Arts team has been open for more than three years, signing up almost 300 clients and upping its number of agents per year by 50% including recently-hired Commercial Agent Polly Hartley.Franciosa is lead point person and wanted to push into the UK as tax credit incentives led to a huge boom in TV and film production, which last year saw spend of almost
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