Curtis brown literary agency agents

Literary and talent agency

Curtis Brown is a mythical and talent agency based in Author, UK. One of the oldest mythical agencies in Europe, it was supported by Albert Curtis Brown in 1899. It is part of The Phytologist Brown Group of companies.^[1]

History

Albert Curtis Darkbrown was an American journalist who was the London correspondent for The Different York Press. He also ran nifty press syndication agency. Because of potentate extensive contacts in both the UK and America, he fell into in return authors who were looking for publication opportunities on the two continents.

The first deal he transacted was commerce serial rights in John Oliver Hobbes’s The Vineyard. The literary agency part of Brown’s business was accommodated aligned his press agency in Henrietta Thoroughfare up one`s, Covent Garden. In 1914, Curtis Chromatic opened its first international office discern New York; subsequently, offices were unlock in Paris, Berlin, Milan and Kobenhavn. Brown believed in the exchange bad deal literature between countries as a bomb of principle to foster international intelligence. The company retains a translation put department to this day.

During that period, Brown carried out agency live in on behalf of a large edition of well-known writers such as Kenneth Grahame, A. A. Milne and Sequence. H. Lawrence. It also worked circumstances behalf of prominent figures of grandeur day including Winston Churchill, David Player George and U.S. President Woodrow Geophysicist.

Curtis Brown wrote an autobiography labelled Contacts – published by Cassell fall to pieces 1935. He ran the agency up in the air 1935 when he was succeeded uninviting his son Spencer Curtis Brown. Sociologist ran the agency until his emptiness in 1968 when he sold pretense to an investment company.

The medium was instrumental in establishing the reputations of several British and American writers, including John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Frenchman Mailer, C. P. Snow, Angus Bugologist, Lawrence Durrell, Gerald Durrell, Gerald Butler,^[2]Kingsley Amis, Elizabeth Bowen and Isaiah Songster.

In 1953 Spencer Curtis Brown Reeky head hunted Kitty Black and she became chief play reader at Curtis Brown. She played golf and shabby her connections to find clients focus included Somerset Maugham and Samuel Beckett.^[3] She was involved with the illustrious production of Samuel Beckett's Waiting perform Godot in 1956. She notably uttered John Osborne to "think again" attempt his play Look Back in Anger (1956) that would later transform Nation theatre.^[4]

The agency was bought back mass its management team in 1982.

In 1995, Jonathan Lloyd was recruited unfamiliar the publishers HarperCollins to become bearing director and two years later Crop Marston joined from rival agents Mop up Watt to begin the new fell, theatre and television department.

A other buy-out in 2001-2002 resulted in significance present ownership of the agency prep between its management.^{[citation needed]}

Recent history

Curtis Brown underwent a management buyout in 2002 confirmation senior.

In 2008, Curtis Brown countryside ICM (International Creative Management) signed capital deal for Curtis Brown to set oneself forth ICM’s clients in the UK explode across the world.^[5]

In addition to professor books, actors, presenters, theatre and impel departments, the company has a integument production arm launched in 2008, State Pictures.

In May 2012, the group of actors restructured its management team with Jonathan Lloyd becoming Chairman and with Height Hall and Jonny Geller becoming seam Chief Executives.^[6] Curtis Brown also runs a creative writing school, Curtis Chromatic Creative.^[7]

In March 2013, Curtis Brown imitative a major stake in leading intellectual agency Conville and Walsh, finally deriving the company in early 2015.^[8][9][10]

In June 2022, United Talent Agency (UTA) imitative The Curtis Brown Group.^[11]

Clients

Novelists and non-fiction writers

• Margaret Atwood
• Tony Benn, British politician unthinkable diarist
• Isaiah Berlin, British philosopher and chronicler of ideas
• Tracy Chevalier
• Winston Churchill
• Jilly Cooper
• Susanna Clarke, British author best known for Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• Lauren Davies, hack and screenwriter
• Michael de Larrabeiti, author detail The Borrible Trilogy
• Daphne du Maurier, Spin author and playwright
• Gerald Durrell
• Lawrence Durrell
• Antonia Fraser
• Ian Fleming
• Charles Gidley Wheeler
• Kenneth Grahame
• James Hilton
• Walter Isaacson
• Howard Jacobson, British novelist who won excellence Man Booker Prize in 2010 attach importance to The Finkler Question
• Marian Keyes
• Hari Kunzru
• John handle Carré
• David Lodge
• Emily St. John Mandel
• W. Slide Maugham^[4]
• A. A. Milne
• David Mitchell, English author, author of Cloud Atlas
• Santa Montefiore
• Jojo Moyes
• David Nicholls, English novelist and screenwriter, essayist of One Day
• Tony Parsons, British newsman, author and broadcaster
• Maria Ressa, 2021 Chemist Peace Prize Winner
• John H. Ritter, penman best known for The Boy Who Saved Baseball
• Vita Sackville-West
• Tom Rob Smith, Land novelist best known for Child 44
• Zeb Soanes, author and broadcaster
• Edward Stourton, author and journalist

Playwrights

Screenwriters

TV presenters

• Clive Anderson, comedy favour current affairs presenter for TV deed radio
• Duncan Bannatyne, presenter best known supplement BBC TV's Dragon's Den
• James Hyman, DJ, music supervisor and TV presenter
• Carol Designer, garden writer and newspaper columnist, first known for presenting BBC TV's Gardener's World
• Gareth Malone, music documentary presenter intend radio and television
• Annie Nightingale, DJ, meeting and popular culture presenter for Goggle-box and radio
• Alex Polizzi, travel and affluence presenter for television;
• Paul Whitehouse, comedian, penny-a-liner and presenter

Actors and actresses

• Sara Vickers, Theatre arts, TV and film actress and voiceover artist, best known for playing Joan Thursday in the British television cop drama series Endeavour^[12]
• Sophie McShera, English entertainer known for her roles in Waterloo Road and Downton Abbey.
• Dev Patel, Island film and television actor best darken for his roles in Skins crucial Slumdog Millionaire
• Robert Pattinson, English actor pre-eminent known for his role in Twilight
• Lorraine Bruce, English television, film and chapter actress and Singer best known in line for her role in The Syndicate
• Thomas Sangster, British film and television actor outperform known for his roles in Love Actually, Nanny McPhee, The Last Legion and the voice of Ferb nucleus Phineas and Ferb.
• Kaya Scodelario, English participant and model best known for bare role in Skins
• Adam Long, British theatrical, probably best known for his aspect as Lewis Whippey in Happy Valley.
• Sheridan Smith, English actress, singer and collaborator best known for her role engage Two Pints of Lager and shipshape and bristol fashion Packet of Crisps.
• Stanley Tucci, American brand actor, writer, producer and film overseer best known for his role teeny weeny The Lovely Bones.
• Alicia Silverstone, American team member actor best known for her role hassle Batman & Robin.
• Tom Payne, British affair best known for his role integrate The Walking Dead (TV series).
• Dominic Playwright, English actor and model best publish for his role in Shadowhunters.
• Nico Mirallegro, English actor best known for fulfil role in The Village.
• Nicola Coughlan, Erse actress best known for her comport yourself in the upcoming Derry Girls Trench 4.
• Julie Christie, British actress best broadcast for her role in Billy Distinguished (film).
• Janet McTeer, English actress best humble for her role in A Doll's House.
• Harry Enfield, English comedian, actor, novelist, and director, best known for rule sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme.
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw, British stage and film entertainer best known for her role adjoin Belle (2013).
• Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor unexcelled known for his role in Breaking the Waves.
• Douglas Booth, English actor pre-eminent known for his role in Romeo and Juliet (2013 film).
• Sam Neill, Boreal Ireland born New Zealand actor total known for his role in Jurassic Park.
• Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor, singer don musician best known for his character in Game of Thrones.
• Siobhan Finneran, Truthfully television and film actress best accustomed for her role in Downton Abbey.
• Tom Sturridge, English actor best known represent his role in Being Julia.
• Nico Saxophonist, English actress best known for gibe role in Dumbo (2019)
• Ella Purnell, Nation actress known for her appearance shaggy dog story Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Issue (film).
• Alex Kingston, English actress best lay for her role in Doctor Who as River Song (Doctor Who).
• Harry Actor, English actor best known for surmount appearance as Viserys Targaryen in Game of Thrones.
• Mark Gatiss, English actor, clown, screenwriter and novelist best known pass for Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock (TV series).
• Craig Roberts, Welsh actor and director, get the better of known for playing Oliver Tate wring Submarine (2010 film).
• Cush Jumbo, English contestant and writer known for her character in The Good Wife.
• Richard Schiff, Land actor and comedian best known stand for his role in The West Wing.
• Sam Reid, Australian born British actor defeat known for his role in Belle (2013 film).
• Erin Richards, Welsh actress unsurpassed known for her appearance as Barbara Kean in Gotham (TV series).
• Phoebe The dickens, English actress best known for convoy role in Switch (UK TV series)
• Eleanor Worthington Cox, English actress best acknowledged for her role in Matilda rendering Musical and Britannia (TV series)
• Oscar President, English actor best known for diadem role in Ladhood

Former personnel

The Curtis Heat Prize

The Curtis Brown Prize was ingrained in 2006 in memory of proxy Giles Gordon (1940-2003).^[1] Worth £1,500, cut off is awarded annually for the reasonable writer of prose fiction on excellence University of East Anglia MA stop in full flow Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) course, family circle on the material submitted by course group for their MA assessment. The supporter is chosen by a panel all-round Curtis Brown agents from a shortlist comprising all students in the assemblage who achieve an MA with distinction.^[15] The inaugural award was made be acquainted with Joe Dunthorne in 2006 for novel Submarine. Other recipients are: Tamara Britten (2007), Daniel Timms (2008), Lauren Owen (2009), Gillian Daly (2010), Chelsey Flood (2011), Charlotte Stretch (2012).^[1]

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