
EXCLUSIVE: 3 Arts Entertainment’s Stephanie Davis is leaving the management/production company to launch her own shingle, Wet Dog Entertainment. “For the past eight years, 3 Arts has been a great home that provided a wonderful platform to grow my management and producing career,” said Davis. “But I’ve always dreamed about being on my own, and now felt like the right time.” Davis is bringing the majority of her clients at 3 Arts to her new company, including Jonathan Ames, Mike Birbiglia, Clay Tarver, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Bill D’Elia, Gigi Levangie, Ned Benson, Kasi Lemmons and Eli Craig. She is executive producing Ames’ HBO comedy Bored to Death, which just started production on Season 3. She also exec produced with Levangie USA’s Starter Wife miniseries and series and Lifetime’s Maneater miniseries and served as a producer on the Kevin Kline-starring movie The Extra Man, co-written by Ames. “We had a great run with Stephanie, we enjoyed working with her and wish her the best of luck in the new endeavor,” 3 Arts partner Michael Rotenberg said. Added partner David Miner: “Stephanie leaves with only our admiration and gratitude. She remains a friend and peer and someone we respect deeply for her passion taste and work ethic.” Davis will continue to work with 3 Arts on a number of projects.
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now that’s a good spin on a big loss
Why do they always leave 3Arts?
Why are managers constantly being allowed to attach themselves as producers on their clients projects?
So true. Stephanie managed me for a couple years. All she ever did was put her name on my projects so she could collect a producing fee. She has zero interest in managing. No money in ten percenting.
Mangers are attaching themselves to client’s projects because a lot of clients don’t want to pay-A LOT of actors reduce commissions to ridiculous lows(sometimes zero).They have to find the money somewhere…..
Not to mention, a lot of managers are also attorneys who have developed relationships and can get projects off the ground, i.e. Gavin Polone. The thought process being, you want my talent, well I’m producing.
Managers are supposed to act in the best interests of their writer clients. Producers exist to screw writers out of money. So if a manager is also a producer, there seems to be a conflict of interest. I’m surprised this isn’t against the law. On second thought, given the level of corruption in this country and around the world, I’m not surprised at all.
Because the manager can spend about just as much time developing, spreading the word and shopping a script as a writer /their client/ friend spends writing it, and they usually only attach themselves if it’s a project they’re really invested in personally…they’re not being allowed…it’s their prerogative.
Uh, so they can make more money?
Managers are sales people who work in a creative field, and attaching themselves to actual creatives (i.e. their clients) ideas and work makes them feel better about the fact they’re not creatives themselves.
Other non-creatives (usually MBA’s) “allow” this to happen because they don’t understand what a scam it is because they they didn’t teach that in B school.
How does one contact Stephanie Davis? Email add would be fantastic. Thanks kindly.
Also, to not make Stephanie’s contact info public, please email me privately. Thanks.