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Caren Bohrman, a literary agent who founded The Bohrman Agency and brokered screenwriter deals for films such as The Fugitive and Warlock, passed away Sunday after a long battle with cancer, her sister Catharine tells FishbowlLA. She was 56. Bohrman was involved in nearly 200 screenplays and pilots over the course of her nearly 30-year career. Her produced films included Crazy/Beautiful, Buckaroo Banzai, The United States Of Leland and Employee Of The Month. She also secured the U.S. theatrical release of the Salvador Carrasco-directed and Plácido Domingo-produced The Other Conquest, about neo-colonialism from an Aztec point of view. More recently she had worked on Middleton with Andy Garcia, Vera Farmiga and Tom Skerritt; on the Maria Bello/Michael Sheen film Beautiful Boy; and Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum‘s The Vow. Before her death, she had more than a dozen projects in various stages of development. Bohrman also worked with writer-director Bryan Michael Stoller on a big-screen adaptation of Jennings Michael Burch‘s book They Cage The Animals, which was to be Michael Jackson‘s directorial debut. Bohrman’s brother David is president of Current TV and their late father Stan Bohrman was a long-time television newsman.
R.I.P. Caren Bohrman
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super classy lady with great literary taste. they don’t make them like her anymore. what a loss.
Caren worked harder than any rep I know. Read more scripts. Had more ideas. Really gave a damn. Not only was she a great agent, she was a interesting, different, honest and genuinely unique person. I hope I can be partly as good at representation as she was. She reminded me often that it’s not just about the results…it’s about doing what we care about, being passionate about the written word, making a difference in someone’s life. I am glad to have known her and hope that my clients will remember me as fondly when my job is done. Godspeed.
caren was a wonderful and vibrant woman. i got to know her well. she will be missed.
As nice as they come…she will be missed…
I always enjoyed dealing with Caren. She’ll be missed.
So sad to hear about caren’s passing. She was an amazing woman with great taste and a huge giving heart. She will be greatly missed.
A great agent and a wonderful person. I will be eternally grateful for how hard Caren fought for me and my work. She was insightful, smart, funny and wise. My family and I are deeply saddened by her loss but know that her unique, inspiring spirit lives on.
What a wonderful person!! R.I.P.
I echo the post above. Caren was special. She loved writers. She thrived on creativity, she was generous with new screenwriters, she is a person who cared, she honestly cared…. And, with Caren, we had a hell of a lot of fun. Her guest appearances at Screenwriters Online went on for hours after the “online sessions were over.” Lots of laughing, Lots of singing and lots of love. We usually tried to have her come during the Holiday season because she made it so festive.God Bless Caren. We loved her, we will miss her so very very much.Thank you Caren for sharing your life with us.
All condolences to Ms B’s family and friends. Had a great meet-greet with her when I was in film school; she read one of my early scripts and even though she didn’t sign me, she gave me encourage to keep on writing no matter what. She saw some very rough talent in me I didn’t see myself. She is one of those rare folks in the business who will surely be missed.
Caren was my first agent years ago. I was new to LA and didn’t know my way around Hollywood at all. Through a friend she read one of my scripts and called me — the same day I was ready to give up and quit this harsh, crazy business. I went into her office the next morning and she encouraged me and convinced me to stay. She was the first person in Hollywood to tell me I had talent…and she signed me on the spot. She was so honest and real. And gave so much of her time, always encouraging. Always. Her advice was always “Keep writing” — and I still am. Thank you, Caren. I won’t ever forget you.
Caren was a great, caring agent and a very cool friend. Funny, smart, tough but immensely compassionate and genuine. She was one of a kind.
She was a really great agent. I had no idea she was ill. Caren will be deeply missed.
She was a crazy wonderful lady who understood the meaning of persarverance…she will be missed…
My brother and I had the pleasure of being clients of Caren right out of college and up until this July when she was forced to scale back due to her illness. Over the years that she represented us, we considered her our “Career Mother” because she got personally involved with us as writers, delved deeply into our individual projects and most importantly NEVER gave up on us as people or artists. It’s still shocking and very sad to be seeing this headline, even know we knew it was coming. She was a very important influence on our lives and our careers… and was truly a spectacular person. Never one to mince words or send out a script she didn’t believe in 110%, we knew that when she DID send out a script — it must be darn good. And she would fight tooth and nail to either set it up or use it to further our careers. Through Caren we were introduced to many great producing and creative partners that to this day and in the future we are collaborating with. We can’t speak highly enough about Caren as an agent and as a person. We lost our father at the age 56 due to Cancer as well… and Caren was always there for us. Having her life cut short also at such a young age breaks our heart. But it also INSPIRES us to keep believing and KEEP FOLLOWING OUR DREAMS. Knowing that she’s somewhere up there looking down upon us and cheering us on fills us with hope. We wish every writer young or old could have such a wonderful influence in their careers — we will truly treasure all the memories and forever be in her debt.
When I was a young D-Boy, I always looked forward to receiving Caren’s cover letters attached to her latest script submissions. The letters themselves were classics. Very funny, very informative. She was a brilliant marketing person who made “creative affairs” fun. R.I.P. Much love.
I never, EVER, have made a comment on Deadline before today, and I feel like a heel for making tragedy prompt me to say something positive and out there…when I heard about Caren getting sick, and then passing, it broke my heart.
As a junior exec, or really ANYONE, if you had
Good Manners
Good Taste
and a Good Sense of Self….
(in that order, by the way)….
…she would take your call, and give you a shot.
They truly don’t make them like her anymore.
So true Marc. But didn’t you find that when she put people together whether inside or outside the business, they were the real thing, and it was usually a good bond and time well spent. She had great enthusiasm for putting good people together. I honestly thought we would have her with us for sometime to come. Like you I was totally shocked by the events of the late summer. Caren was the real thing.A true believer in the best sense of the meaning.
Amazing, classy, inspiring, smart, tenacious and wonderful
Taken far too soon
rest in peace Caren
I had the good fortune to have Caren as an agent and friend for years. She was one of the warmest, most loving people I’ve ever known. I’ll miss her forever.
I will echo D-boy’s comment – Caren submitted great cover letters and it was always fun to read her scripts and discuss your thoughts. Unlike so many agents who don’t give a shit why you are passing, I always got the sense that Caren thought it worth listening in order to pass on the occasional smart note to her writers, I was lucky enough to know her for years and to work with several of her writers. Caren’s career was emblematic of so many in Hollywood – while she was never a “star”, she worked hard, had great taste and never lost her love for this crazy business. I never once heard a cynical comment from her, no matter how difficult and demanding the business could be. I will miss her joy and passion for the art of moviemaking.
DWH
Caren was a rare treasure – always full of laughter and good stories, and always a tenacious and tough advocate for her clients. It was a pleasure and a privilege to know her. All best wishes to her family and friends – she will be dearly missed.
Always enjoyed our calls together. She was a delight and so fun to talk about everything from life, scripts or just how wonderful it was to be in a business that was crazy, but loved.
RIP Caren, your light was extinguished way to soon.
i’m so saddened by this news. in a tricky town and industry, caren was such a joyful, passionate, refreshing, authentic, tenacious and extraordinary friend and agent to all who were privileged enough to know her.
condolences to her family and friends.
kim
So true, Kim. Well said. I think captured what we all loved about her and it is reflected in the many posts here. She was still generous and full of spunk and spirit – even when it was hard. Even in the hard times. God Bless her.
As a new writer, I was lucky enough to get signed by Caren from my second script in May 2011. She repped me until she told me in July she was sick and closing up shop. She was an exceptional agent and human being. She set a standard almost no agent can meet — returning phone calls within 24 hours, responding to e-mails almost immediately, always having encouragement and good advice to offer. And she had an incredible eye for detail in material. She was one in a million. Her loss is a tragedy for her clients and everyone who knew and loved her.
Caren was a wonderful friend, ally, teacher, and advocate for new writers. She took so much time and care to nurture people who were fresh to LA, in a way that no other agent would. She played an integral role in my career and I will be forever grateful for the time and attention she gave me when no one else would. My condolences to her family and friends. She touched more lives than she probably ever realized. I’m sure there are countless others out there like me who may have lost touch with her over the years, but will always have a place in our hearts for the relationship we once shared.
Caren was my agent and friend. She lived for her clients. Her door was always open and her work ethic was unmatched. She even worked through her illness for a very long time when others would have surely quit. But she really shined on a personal level. She made everyone feel important and talented. She would often pick up her own phone and chat forever. If there is a bright side, she is no longer in pain. RIP, Caren. I will miss you always.