Gary Cosay, Co-Founder of United Talent Agency, Dies at 92
Gary Cosay, a co-founder of United Talent Agency, has died aged 92. A prominent representative of television writers, he helped shape the rise of the modern showrunner and built relationships that contributed to successful series and the growth of UTA.
Cosay died at home in Carmel, California, on 5 October. He represented writer-producers behind shows including “Married … with Children”, “The Wonder Years”, “Growing Pains” and “The Drew Carey Show”. He began as an assistant at William Morris in the late 1960s and joined UTA when Leading Artists merged with Bauer-Benedek in 1991. In later years, he also rescued dogs, including greyhounds bred for racing; his family asks that memorial donations go to the SPCA of Monterey County.
- UTA co-founder Gary Cosay has died aged 92.
- He represented writers behind several hit television series.
- His family asks for donations to the SPCA of Monterey County.
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United Talent Agency, or UTA, is one of the agencies that represents people working in film and television. Agents help negotiate work and contracts, and build relationships between writers, producers, studios and networks.
Gary Cosay worked with television writers who also helped produce the programmes they wrote. This role became known as showrunning, combining creative decisions with responsibility for a series’ day-to-day production. His clients worked on sitcoms and dramas that became familiar to US television audiences, while UTA grew into a major agency.