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Jeremy Zimmer

Jeremy Zimmer

American entertainment executive (born 1958)

Jeremy Zimmer (born April 17, 1958) is an American entertainment industry executive who co-founded and the chief executive officer of United Talent Agency (UTA).

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Early life and education

Zimmer is the son of novelist Jill Schary Robinson and stockbroker Jon Zimmer,[1] and the grandson of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio chief Dore Schary.[2][3] His family was Jewish.[4] He was raised on the West Coast of the United States, but relocated during his senior year of high school so Robinson could focus on her career.[5] Zimmer attended, but did not graduate from, Boston University.[6]

Career

In 1979, at the age of 19, Zimmer left college to work in the William Morris Agency mailroom.[5][2][7] After transferring to Los Angeles,[5] he joined ICM Partners in 1984.[6] There, Zimmer became a talent agent, working on films such as Die Hard (1988), The Fisher King (1991), and In the Line of Fire (1993).[5] He later ran the agency's Motion Picture Literary and Motion Picture Packaging divisions.[6] In 1989, Zimmer left ICM for Bauer/Benedek Agency, where he became a partner.[5][6] In 1991, the firm combined with Leading Artists Agency to form United Talent Agency (UTA).[5][6][8]

Zimmer headed UTA's literary department from 1997–2006.[9][10][11] He has been credited with creating the agency's branding, licensing, and endorsements division, as well as UTA's agent training program.[6] Zimmer was named the agency's chief executive officer in 2012.[6][12] Throughout his career as an agent, Zimmer has represented Mariah Carey, Bryan Cranston, DJ Khaled, Chelsea Handler, Kevin Hart, Anthony Hopkins, Marc Lawrence, Brian Robbins,[5][13] M. Night Shyamalan,[14][15] and YG.[6]

Schary and Zimmer ranked number eight in Vanity Fair's 2017 list of the "25 Most Important Families in Hollywood History".[2] Zimmer, along with United Talent Agency Managing Directors David Kramer and Jay Sures, ranked number 33 on The Hollywood Reporter's 2017 list of the 100 "most powerful people in entertainment".[16][17]

Personal life

Zimmer has been married twice. In 2004, Zimmer married his second wife, Marisa Lynn Miller, in a civil ceremony in Brentwood, California.[18] Her father co-founded the Miller's Outpost retail chain of stores.[19] He has four children.[5]

References

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    Calautti, Katie (September 20, 2017). "The 25 Most Important Families in Hollywood History". Vanity Fair. ISSN 0733-8899. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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    Purdum, Todd (February 12, 2009). "Children of Paradise". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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    "Jill Schary and Jon Zimmer get married 1956". The Los Angeles Times. January 9, 1956.
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    Garrahan, Matthew (October 19, 2014). "Jeremy Zimmer, United Talent Agency: movie dealmaker goes digital". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
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    "UTA: Jeremy Zimmer, CEO". Variety. 2017-10-04. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 810134503. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
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    Kubey, Robert (May 20, 2004). Creating Television: Conversations With the People Behind 50 Years of American TV. Taylor & Francis. p. 395. ISBN 9781135694289. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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    Waxman, Sharon (October 6, 1999). "Ready for Takeoff in Hollywood; Movie Parodies Give a Boost to Young Filmmakers' Careers". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 2269358. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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    McNary, Dave; Fleming, Michael (August 29, 2006). "UTA agent joins Rudin. (Scott Rudin Productions appoints Geoff Morley)". Daily Variety. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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    "LA 500: Jeremy Zimmer". Los Angeles Business Journal. August 14, 2017. ISSN 0194-2603. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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    LaPorte, Nicole (March 18, 2013). "Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, Michael Cera, And The Rebels Saving Hollywood". Fast Company. ISSN 1085-9241. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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    Padmanabhan, Anil (July 24, 2006). "Unbreakable Spirit After an acrimonious split from longtime producers Disney, the quirky director whose four movies have made a collective $2 billion at the box office, looks all set to bounce back with a new thriller woven from a bedtime story he told his children". India Today. Living Media. ISSN 0254-8399. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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    Fleming, Michael (November 16, 2006). "CAA works night shift. (Creative Artists Agency signs with M. Night Shyamalan)". Daily Variety. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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    "The THR 100: Hollywood Reporter's Most Powerful People in Entertainment". The Hollywood Reporter. June 21, 2017. ISSN 0018-3660. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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    Shanley, Patrick (July 5, 2017). "Hollywood Power Players Get Candid About Trump". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
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    "WEDDINGS; Marisa Miller, Jeremy Zimmer". The New York Times. January 25, 2004.
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    Chang, Andrea (October 16, 2010). "David D. Miller dies at 86; founder of the Miller's Outpost retail chain". The Los Angeles Times.
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