EXCLUSIVE: WME has promoted Mike DeVeau to partner in the agency’s talent department. He represents a diverse roster of actors, filmmakers, and creatives across film and TV who have achieved a range of commercial and critical success.
One of DeVeau’s major achievements included closoing the deal for Felicity Jones’ role in The Brutalist, for which she is nominated for the supporting actress Oscar, and her upcoming roles in Oh.
What. Fun. for Amazon MGM Studios and Train Dreams which just sold to Netflix following its Sundance premiere. He represents past Oscar winners and nominees Riz Ahmed, Angelina Jolie, and Ben Affleck.
DeVeau also closed the deals for Ahmed to star in Alejandro Iñárritu’s next feature for Warner Bros/Legendary, Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme and Prime Video series Quarterlife, which he will also write and EP.
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