exclusive: Kathy Cates, former ICM Partners literary and television packaging agent, becomes manager of Artists First. Cates has spent the past eight years at ICM, working with writers, directors, actors, comedians and musicians. She is one of the ICM agents who left on the eve of the CAA takeover of the agency.
At ICM, Cates has worked with established writers / showrunners such as John Shiban (Ozark), Meredith Lavender and Marcy Ulin (flight attendant), Mateo Carnahan (House of lies) and Christy Stratton (a modern family), Michael Nader (Ojin’s face), Karin Gist (our kind of people) Betsy Thomas (My children), Angeli Milano (boomerang) and Matthew Newman (a great game), as well as future voices such as Marcos Luevanos (i love the winner), Emilia Serrano (Promised Land), Michel Badillo (A championship in its own right), writer / director Becca Gleason (while you are breeding), creators Tim Schauer and Kuba Soltyziak (bu beach) and playwrights Lauren Y (Pachinko) and Noah Diaz (nine complete strangers).
Cates focuses on the elevation of female and underrepresented artists, as well as working through agencies to develop, package and sell series, including comedians and actors such as Ken Jeong, Fortune Feimster, Cheryl Hines, Goldie Hawn, Katie Holmes, Christina Hendricks, Lana Condor . Ali Wentworth, Guy Branum and Natalie Palamides.
Cates began his agency career at Kaplan Stahler, where he spent four years. He joined ICM in 2014 after a short stint with Resolution.
Source: Deadline
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