Talent Managers Association Announces 2016 Heller Award Nominees

The Talent Managers Association (TMA) announces this year's nominees for the 14th Annual Heller Awards. Each year, the TMA honors colleagues in talent representation and casting with a live ceremony. Lifetime achievement honors will be presented to legendary agent Jack Gilardi from ICM Partners and casting director Craig Fincannon of Fincannon and Associates. Additionally, awards are presented to agents and casting directors for their work throughout the year, who've been nominated by the TMA members. The organization will host this year's event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, November 10, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 11:00 PM.

The nominees for this year's honors are:

ADULT THEATRICAL AGENT

Lorrie Bartlett, ICM Partners

Jay Schachter, Abrams Artists Agency

Mike Baldridge, Momentum Talent and Literary Agency

Robert Haas, Innovative Artists

Mike Eisenstadt, Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Agency (AEFH)

Brett Norensberg, The Gersh Agency

YOUTH THEATRICAL AGENT

Meredith Fine, Coast to Coast Talent Agency

Emily Urbani, Osbrink Talent Agency

Domina Holbeck, Abrams Artists Agency

Julie Fulop, AKA Talent Agency

Barbara Coleman, Innovative Artists

Milton Pere, Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Agency (AEFH)

ADULT COMMERCIAL AGENT

Stephen DeCayette, Prestige Talent Agency

Hugh Leon, Coast to Coast Talent Agency

Nancy Luciano, Luciano Reeves Talent

David Ziff, Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD)

Samantha J. Daniels, Mavrick Artists Agency

YOUTH COMMERCIAL AGENT

Carol Lynn Sher, Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD)

Jeremy Apody, Abrams Artists Agency

Candace Stewart, Prestige Talent Agency

Sydel Lisi, Coast to Coast Talent Agency

Dawn Osbrink, Osbrink Talent Agency

Bonnie Shumofsky, Abrams Artists Agency

Philip Marcus, Clear Talent Group

VOICE OVER AGENT

Melissa Berger-Brennan, Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD)

Portia Scott, Coast to Coast Talent Agency

Maureen Rose, Osbrink Talent Agency

Brittany Balbo, UTA

Izzy Arias, UTA

Wes Stevens, Vox

REGIONAL AGENT

Joy Pervis, J Pervis Talent Agency

Gail Houghton, Houghton Talent

Ashley Pomes Wilkinson, Clear Talent Group South

Angie Moncrief, Action Talent

FEATURE CASTING DIRECTOR

Kim Coleman, Kim Coleman Casting

Francine Maisler, Francine Maisler & Associates

Aisha Coley, Aisha Coley Casting

April Webster, April Webster & Associates

Mary Vernieu, Betty Mae Casting

Kimberly Hardin, Kim Hardin Casting

TV CASTING DIRECTOR

Krisha Bullock/Jamie Snow, Bullock & Snow Casting

SuzAnne Goddard-Smythe, SuzAnne Goddard-Smythe Casting

Allison Jones, Allison Jones Casting

Eyde Belasco, Eyde Belasco Casting

Jennifer Cooper, Jennifer Cooper Casting

Leah Daniels-Butler, Leah Daniels-Butler Casting

COMMERCIAL CASTING DIRECTOR

Dan Bell, Dan Bell Casting

Ross Lacy, Ross Lacy Casting

Michael Sanford, Sanford Casting

Francene Selkirk, Shooting from the Hip Casting

Anissa Williams, Anissa Williams Casting

Liz Lewis, Liz Lewis Casting Partners

VOICE OVER CASTING DIRECTOR

Ivy Isenberg, Isenberg Casting

Jamie Sparer Roberts, Walt Disney Studios

Linda Lamontagne, Linda Lamontagne Casting

Julie Ashton, Julie Ashton Casting

Kevin Reher

Natalie Lyon

REGIONAL CASTING DIRECTOR

Annette Stillwell, Stillwell Casting

Jen Kelley, Big Picture Casting

Rhavynn Drummer, Tyler Perry Studios Casting

Elizabeth Coulon, Coulon Casting

Meagan Lewis, RPM Casting

ASSOCIATE CASTING DIRECTOR

Gina Gallego

Jason B. Stamey

Ally Bader

Jeremy Gordon

Julie Gale

Monica Kelly

Founded by Seymour Heller in 1954 as the Conference of Personal Managers, the TMA is a non-pro?t, self-regulating organization that promotes the highest ethical business standards of professional integrity and behavior in the practice of talent management. Membership in the organization signi?es a manager is a skilled professional within the industry of talent, artist, literary or music management, and subscribes to the established TMA Code of Ethics.

Learn more about the Talent Managers Association at www.talentmanagers.org

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