Michael Green is an American talent manager, entrepreneur and movie producer.

Career

Green began his career as a personal appearance agent in the early 1990s at Irvin Arthur Associates representing stand up comedians. He then moved to talent management at Gallin-Morey Associates, where he eventually became a Senior Manager.[1][2]

In 1997, he co-founded The Firm, a music and talent management agency, with fellow Gallin-Morey employee Jeff Kwatinetz.[3][4] Kwatinetz and Green sued their former employer Sandy Gallin alleging sexual harassment.[2] Gallin responded with a countersuit for $1 million alleging his former employees had breached their contractual obligations with his firm and produced the sexual harassment allegations by way of distraction from their violations.[5][4]

The company grew rapidly, eventually managing Backstreet Boys, Korn,[6] Limp Bizkit, Pamela Anderson and others. Expanding beyond the representation business, The Firm also acquired and sold the shoe brand Pony, and controlled an equity position in Build-A-Bear Workshops.[7] In 2002, Green sold his interests in the company to spend time with his family.[1]

In 2005, he founded a new management company, The Collective.[8] The Collective continued to represent Green’s longtime clients like Martin Lawrence, and also signed Linkin Park, Counting Crows, Enrique Iglesias, Slash, Alanis Morissette, and Emile Hirsch, among others.[9] As CEO, Green expanded The Collective outside simple talent management, acquiring the horror movie site Bloody-Disgusting.com and popular YouTube accounts and personalities like Fred and Annoying Orange under Collective Digital Studio.[10]

Filmography

Year Film Notes
2000 Big Momma's House Producer
2001 Black Knight Producer
2003 National Security Producer
2006 Big Momma's House 2 Producer
2007 Katt Williams: American Hustle Executive Producer
2011 Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred Executive Producer
2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Producer
2012 This Means War Executive Producer

References

  1. ^ a b Partners: Michael Green Archived 2012-01-29 at the Wayback Machine. The Collective.
  2. ^ a b Sandler, Adam (October 6, 1997). "Ex-Gallin exex file lawsuits". Variety.
  3. ^ The Firm Company Profile Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! Finance.
  4. ^ a b Brodesser, Claude (May 6, 2002). "Firm handshake seals long-awaited AMG deal". Daily Variety. p. 1.
  5. ^ The Advocate. November 25, 1997. ISSN 0001-8996. p. 34.
  6. ^ Sandler, Adam (September 9, 1998). "Zomba packs Korn". Variety. Retrieved December 19, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ^ Lieberman, Allyson. Taking a Ride on Pony - Firm Aims to Bring Back Sneaker Brand. The New York Post. February 27, 2001.
  8. ^ Donahue, Ann. 'Mad' Men. Billboard. June 14, 2008.
  9. ^ Mitchell, Gail. Exclusive: Godsmack, Counting Crows Sign With the Collective Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine. Billboard. March 3, 2011.
  10. ^ Graser, Marc. Collective nabs Bloody-Disgusting. Variety. September 12, 2007.