Fisher Stevens & His Highly Flammable Banner Sign With WME
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EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed Fisher Stevens and his production company Highly Flammable, which he launched last spring alongside producers Maura Anderson and Zak Kilberg. They’ll rep the Academy Award-winning multi-hyphenate, going forward, across all scripted and documentary projects.
The move comes less than a week after Stevens’ Beckham docuseries was released on Netflix, debuting as the streamer’s most-watched English-language series of the week. The four-parter, on which he teamed with Oscar and Emmy-winning producer John Battsek (Searching for Sugar Man), tells the inside story of the global football star and cultural icon, offering unprecedented access not only to Beckham, but also to his wife Victoria, his family, his friends and his teammates.
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Fisher’s scripted directing credits include the ex-convict drama Palmer, starring Justin Timberlake, which remains one of Apple TV+’s top 10 most popular films; the comedic thriller Stand Up Guys, starring Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, and Julianna Margulies, which he directed for Lionsgate; and most recently, the pilot for Apple TV+’s Jason Katims drama Dear Edward, for which he also served as EP.
In addition to Beckham, Stevens’ work in the docu space includes executive producing the Netflix mega-hit Tiger King, as well as its spin-off about private zoo operator Doc Antle. He also co-directed Showtime’s 2022 docuseries The Lincoln Project, which took viewers inside the war rooms of a SuperPAC run by former Republican strategists who joined forces for the purpose of ousting Donald Trump from power.
In the environmental space, Stevens has produced the Oscar-winning 2009 documentary, The Cove; teamed with Leonardo DiCaprio to produce the Nat Geo doc Before the Flood, which he also helmed; and co-directed the Emmy-winning 2015 doc Mission Blue about scientist Dr. Sylvia Earle’s campaign to create a global network of protected marine sanctuaries. He also notably teamed with Alexis Bloom to direct Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds for HBO.
Over the course of Stevens’ 40+ year career, he has acted in well over 100 films, television, and theater projects, most recently wrapping a three-season arc as the cutthroat Waystar RoyCo publicist, Hugo Baker, on HBO’s Succession. He’s a favorite of Wes Anderson’s, having played roles in a number of his films — including his most recent, Asteroid City — and has also been seen in titles like Motherless Brooklyn and Hail, Caesar!, along with such series as The Blacklist, The Good Fight, Lost and Friends, and plays like Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Serving as the vehicle for Stevens’ upcoming work as a director and producer, Highly Flammable is currently in production on a number of docs — among them, a feature about New Orleans’ Zulu Club, directed by Matthew Henderson, with Impact Partners and Terry Douglas/Rhea Films, and the Luisa Conlon-directed Football Americano with Exile Content and Muck Media, which follows an American football league in Italy. The company is also in prep on The Jet, a celeb-driven sports doc chronicling the legendary life and legacy of Benny “The Jet” Urquidez, the man who essentially created kickboxing and MMA as we know it today. The film is to be directed by Emmy-nominee Jennifer Tiexiera, with Keanu Reeves executive producing. The company is also developing a robust slate of scripted and other doc and series projects.
In addition to winning an Oscar, Stevens has been nominated for numerous Emmys, SAG, PGA, and other awards for his acting, directing, and producing projects. He continues to be represented on the talent side by Paradigm and is also repped by Untitled and Sunshine Sachs. Gang, Tyre, Ramer’s Daniel Passman representing both Stevens and his company on the legal front.
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