EXCLUSIVE: Richie Kern and Alysia Cotter Thomas have joined Paradigm Talent Agency as agents
Kern comes to Paradigm as a media rights agent after seven years in New York as Head of Filmed Entertainment for Foundry Literary + Media. A veteran studio executive and producer most recently based in London, Thomas joins as a motion picture lit agent. Both new additions to Paradigm will be based out of its Los Angeles office.
“Alysia and Richie are both invaluable additions to our expanding roster of smart, entrepreneurial representatives,” said Paradigm Managing Partner Andrew Ruf. “As we launch our partnership with Paradigm Media Entertainment’s broadcast news, sportscaster, and culinary talent businesses, Richie’s wealth of experience in the world of book-to-screen adaptations enables him to identify unique, lucrative opportunities for our clients’ intellectual properties across all media.
Added Thomas: “Having worked for two decades as a producer and studio executive, I am excited to use the eye for storytelling and the understanding of the studio system from the inside out in the service of our dynamic clients.” Kern’s multifaceted career has centered on working with underlying content for adaptation. During his time overseeing film and television at Foundry Literary + Media, some of the projects adapted to the screen based on the agency’s books included
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