Seven Managers Exit Agency The Green Room To Launch Untamed Artists LA, Group Cites “Irreconcilable Differences” As Reason For Split

Andreas Wiseman
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EXCLUSIVE: The majority of the managers working at LA rep firm The Green Room have abruptly exited to launch management and production outfit Untamed Artists LA.

The move was made in the last few weeks and follows what the group described to us as “irreconcilable differences” with Green Room founder Alex Czuleger, who as of last week was understood to be the only manager left at the firm.

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Czuleger, who set up The Green Room in 2014, declined to comment on the reason for the departures but noted that the Green Room would continue to operate as a management company and that replacements for the departing staff would be joining shortly. There is discrepancy between the two parties as to whether all agents left of their own accord.

The departing reps comprise Jemme Harper, Brenda Fisher, Chris Cope, Sasha Vassell, Nicole MacNaughton, Andrew Leon, and Eric Ziech. At least three are understood to have joined The Green Room only last summer.

Among the 150 actor and writing clients to have gone with the managers are Ana Sophia Heger (Life In Pieces), who is currently starring opposite Taron Egerton in She Rides Shotgun for Fifth Season, Marco Fuller (The Windigo), Shaquita Smith (Wicked City), Kristi Murdock (My Husbands Seven Wives), and Jamie Costa, who stars alongside Barry Pepper and Sam Neill in upcoming thriller Bring Him To Me, which Roadside is releasing this month.

The group said of their new company: “We are committed to putting clients first and we aim to redefine industry standards and expectations through unparalleled service, innovation, and positive outreach.”

As for why they left The Green Room so abruptly and en masse, the group told us: “As the company was returning to the office post-strike, there was a realization of irreconcilable differences of business trajectory. All seven managers departed to start their own like-minded collective of forward-thinking industry professionals and the company is self-backed.”

Czuleger’s clients include Charles Baker (Breaking Bad), Michelle Morgan (Heartland), T.J. Thyne (The Offer) and Thomas Ian Nicholas (Adverse).

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