Walt Disney Television Casting Chief Sharon Klein Bolsters VP Level Execs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sharon Klein, EVP, Casting at Walt Disney Television has made a number of hires, promotions and new assignments across her department’s VP level.There are new roles for Jonathan Bluman, Jessica Daniels, Vivian Kwok, Eric Souliere and Jason Stamey.It comes nearly a year after the EVP, Casting for Disney Television Studios and FX Entertainment was named in the new role, which oversees casting teams of ABC Entertainment, 20th Television, ABC Signature, 20th Television Animation, Walt Disney Television Unscripted, Hulu Originals and Freeform.Bluman, who was previously VP, Head of Casting for ABC Signature, has become VP, Unscripted Casting, working to find talent for pilots, series and specials.
He will report to Klein and work closely with unscripted TV chief Rob Mills and his teams at ABC Entertainment, Hulu and WDT Unscripted.
He has worked on series including Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks and Big Shot, Freeform’s Everything’s Trash and Hulu’s This Fool.
Before that, he was an agent at Endeavor/WME between 2005 and 2016, repping the likes of Mahershala Ali, Maya Rudolph, Omar Epps, Benjamin Bratt, Cheryl Hines, and Melissa Rauch.Daniels has been named VP, Casting, Walt Disney Television.
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