Management Duo Shifts To Schiff Co.

COMMENTS (25)

• Two awesome managers who would kill for their clients. Couldn’t be happier for them.

  Comment by Fan — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 3:46pm EDT  Reply to this post

• This will be a powerful move

  Comment by iamnoahjames.com — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 4:39pm EDT  Reply to this post

• what a loss for Benderspink… thought those guys were smarter then that. guess not.

  Comment by youdon'tknowmylife — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 4:41pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • smarter “then” that? classic.

    Comment by ubertool — Tuesday April 6, 2010 @ 12:41am EDT  Reply to this post

• Benderspink used to be a good place to be at. Not anymore. They lost sight of that spark that made them special when they broke from Warren Zide. They should forget management, they’re just not good with clients, and focus on Producing.

  Comment by Ben — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 5:58pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • exactly.

    they were always producing masquerading as managers (like so many other managers).

    this is just a not so facile ruse used by all these other “management” companies to get first look and easy access to material.

    obviously, C&C finally realized this and are moving to a place that really is a management company.

    And to your point, JC and Chris should focus on producing. They have had and will continue have success there.

    Comment by allen douglas — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 12:44pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Donatelli/Kivovitz has been shopping themselves for five months. Among the passers were 360, Anonymous, The Collective, Gold/Miller, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Principato/Young, Industry, and 3 Arts. Guess if you can’t land in the top 20 you end up in the top 30.

  Comment by The Situation — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 8:13pm EDT  Reply to this post

  • “the situation” must be out of work… gold/miller isn’t a mgmt company anymore and your fake name is wack.

    Comment by thesituationistiredandlackscreativityandknowledge — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 1:45pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Benderspink are a terrible management company. They started off as the Jerry Maguire of the management world and became just as vanilla and souless as most others out there. No wonder their top writers are leaving them.

  Comment by assistNT — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 9:04pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Benderspink is an idea whose time has come and gone. They were once all about hip, fresh content but these days they wouldn’t know a good idea if it jumped up and bit them.

  Comment by Tom — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 10:31pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Completely agree after my experience with them

  Comment by Peter — Tuesday March 30, 2010 @ 11:48pm EDT  Reply to this post

• what I don’t understand is why wouldn’t they just start their own company, rather than go to Schiff?? What a lame move…leaving to go there. Huh?

  And yes, agreed that BS needs to figure out the company because they just do not know how to take care of their employees, they are all miserable and undervalued. The sad part is that is exactly why they left Warren Zide–because Warren did not appreciate them so they bailed. For them to tuen around and basically mirror Warren (in the worst kind of way) is reprehensible.

  Chris/JC–time to wake up guys, this is the beginning of your clients and employees walking out the door.

  Comment by who cares? — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 12:39am EDT  Reply to this post

• Big fan of the Schiff Co. Really into that Nicole Romano.

  Comment by Ernie Rawdoggio — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 12:41am EDT  Reply to this post

• Score one for the good guys. Courtney and Christian are great people and excellent managers. They both know my life.

  Comment by relaythe411 — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 2:23am EDT  Reply to this post

• They wanted to be at The Collective but TC passed on them – as did a few other firms – so congrats, I guess.

  Comment by NTHEKNO — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 2:57am EDT  Reply to this post

• Benderspunk is so whack now. They have no clue what they are doing with their clients and they are so off the radar they might as well be non-existent. They produce so many movies you’d think they could pop their clients into them. Isn’t that the point?

  Schiff is moving up the ladders. Mimi Di Trani is a hustler and has a great eye for the future stars.

  Comment by chris — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 4:37am EDT  Reply to this post

• Benderspink has been a joke for awhile now. Good for Donatelli/Kivovitz, moving on when they did.

  Comment by Frank — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 6:27am EDT  Reply to this post

• ‘The Situation’ really has their finger on the pulse of the industry. Gold/Miller is not even a management company anymore.

  Comment by anonymous — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 11:00am EDT  Reply to this post

  • He’s probably referring to Gold/Miller from Entourage. Which is a hilarious reference.

    Way to keep YOUR finger on the pulse of the industry.

    Comment by KE — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 2:01pm EDT  Reply to this post

    • He is probably making a reference to Mosaic, which was founded in 1999 by talent agent/producer pair Eric Gold and Jimmy Miller – many old-timers incorrectly refer to Mosaic as Gold / Miller because that is what the fledging company was originally named.

      Comment by NTHEKNO — Thursday April 1, 2010 @ 3:14am EDT  Reply to this post

• Benderspink bashing? Don’t mind if I do.

  Chris and JC were once two smart, thoughtful, and intuitive managers who worked closely with their clients (even inspired them at times). That was a looooooong time ago. You guys need a massive overhaul. Times are a changing. Toss out dead weight like Charlie G. and recruit some hungry young managers who actually have a pulse and actually WORK for their clients.

  Comment by lunchatchipotle — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 1:49pm EDT  Reply to this post

• anyone have the scoop on how sweet the deal schiff made with them? why wouldn’t they go on their own?

  Comment by curious kat — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 1:57pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Gogolak is still in the business? He hasn’t been relevant since 2000.

  Comment by The Situation Sucks — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 3:38pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Good for C&C. Nice move. Schiff is building a strong unique team.

  Comment by Vic — Wednesday March 31, 2010 @ 5:13pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Christian is a shark, and I mean that in the best possible way. Great guy to have on your side.

  Comment by Vince — Saturday May 15, 2010 @ 8:31pm EDT  Reply to this post