Brittany Perlmuter Joins Artists First As Manager
EXCLUSIVE: Brittany Perlmuter has been hired as a manager at Artists First, Deadline has learned.
Perlmuter will be based out of Artists First’s New York office, where she’ll work alongside recently appointed talent manager Jen Namoff. Placing her focus mostly on the talent side, with an emphasis on comedy, she brings with her multi-hyphenate clients including New York Times bestselling author, comedian and podcaster Danny Pellegrino; KC Shornima, a writer on Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update; and Survival of the Thickest‘s Liza Treyger, who just shot her first stand-up special for Netflix.
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Perlmuter joins from Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, where she spent a little over two years. Prior to that, she spent nine years in the New York office of ICM Partners, where she was promoted to Comedy Talent Agent in 2019. The Cleveland, Ohio native transitioned to management amid the ICM/CAA merger in 2022.
In a joint statement on the hiring, the Artists First partners told Deadline, “We proudly welcome Brittany Perlmuter and her talented list of clients to Artists First. Brittany was known and well respected by several in our company prior to joining so we are delighted to have her become a member of the team!”
Added Perlmuter, “I’m so excited to be joining the Artists First family. As an ICM agent, it was always such a privilege to share clients with them–becoming an official part of their teams feels like a natural fit as I continue to grow my management and production business.”
Artists First, a talent management and production company focused on actors, writers, directors and producers in film, television, and digital media, has a client roster that includes Martin Lawrence, Awkwafina, Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Judy Greer, Niecy Nash, Will Arnett, Ike Barinholtz, Paul Walter Hauser, Kate McKinnon, Michael Showalter, Jon M. Chu, Lior Raz, Mitch Hurwitz and Cristela Alonzo, among others. Productions include Quiz Lady, Central Intelligence, Like a Boss, Keanu, Black-ish, Mixed-ish, Grown-ish, The Last O.G., Hit and Run, and Reno 911!.
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