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DGA and Emmy Winner Glenn Weiss Signs With Gersh (EXCLUSIVE)
Glenn Weiss has signed with Gersh for representation across all areas, adding the agency to his team as he continues a career directing and producing major live television events. The move comes as he prepares several high-profile broadcasts, including next year’s Golden Globes.
Weiss has won 15 Emmy Awards and received nine Directors Guild of America Awards. His credits include eight Oscars broadcasts, two as executive producer; 25 years directing and executive producing the Tony Awards; seven years producing and directing the Kennedy Center Honors; and nine Primetime Emmy Awards broadcasts. He was nominated for an Emmy this year for directing “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” and is preparing his 16th “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” and fourth “Christmas in Rockefeller Center”.
In short
- Glenn Weiss has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas.
- He has won 15 Emmys and received nine DGA Awards.
- His upcoming work includes the Golden Globes and New Year’s Eve broadcasts.
Explained simply
Glenn Weiss is a US television director and producer who specialises in large live broadcasts, including award ceremonies and holiday programmes. These shows combine performances, presenters and technical production, often going out live to large audiences.
His work includes the Oscars, the Tony Awards, the Kennedy Center Honors and the Primetime Emmy Awards. The Oscars honour film, while the Tonys recognise theatre; the other events celebrate arts and entertainment. The Directors Guild of America and the Television Academy give awards recognising work in directing and television.
An agency represents people in the entertainment industry and can help them find work and negotiate deals. Gersh is a talent agency, and Weiss’s career spans broadcasts that are among the most prominent annual events on US television.