Brad Slater visits on April 6

MONDAY, APRIL 6, 2009
» 3:00 - 3:50 PM & 4:00 - 4:50 PM
» Marshall 211 » Professional Practices discussion
» Event is free and open to all Media Arts students

Brad Slater is a talent agent at the William Morris Agency (WMA). Previously a talent manager, Slater joined WMA in 2003.

Slater’s clients include Academy Award winners Forest Whitaker (“Last King of Scotland”) and Jennifer Hudson (“Dreamgirls”); Brendan Fraser (“The Mummy”), Amaury Nolasco (“Prison Break”), Chad Michael Murray (“One Tree Hill”), Derek Luke (“Notorious”), Dan Fogler (“Balls of Fury”), Chazz Palminteri (“A Bronx Tale” and “The Usual Suspects”), Terry Crews (“Everybody Hates Chris”), Neal McDonough (“Desperate Housewives” and “Flags of our Fathers”), Emily Procter (“CSI Miami”), Jerry Ferrara (“Entourage”) and Jensen Ackles (“Supernatural”).

Prior to WMA, Slater was a manager at The Firm, which he joined from AMG where he had worked since 1998. Slater began working in the talent representation business as an assistant for Keith Addis at Industry Entertainment and later went to work as an assistant to Rick Yorn at AMG. He was promoted to manager in 2001.

A Los Angeles native, Slater graduated in 1996 from the University of Arizona. In college he interned at Sony Music for MJJ records (Michael Jackson’s record company) and Sony Pictures for Mandalay Entertainment where he worked for Peter Guber, Todd Black, Ori Marmur and Jason Blumenthal. His first job in the business was at Goldbar Entertainment selling American films to overseas buyers.