‘Reality’ Director Tina Satter Signs With Linden Entertainment

Linden Entertainment has signed acclaimed filmmaker Tina Satter for representation. 

Satter most recently co-wrote and directed “Reality,” HBO Films’ 2023 Venice player starring Sydney Sweeney as NSA whistleblower Reality Winner. Linden will manage Satter alongside existing reps UTA and Shreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin and Dunham. 

“Reality” was adapted from Satter’s own stage play “Is This a Room,” which drew from transcripts of Winner’s questioning by the FBI for its script. The play landed Satter a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Drama Desk Award for unique theatrical experience and an Obie Award for special citation, conceiving and direction in 2020. The film version later earned Satter a Peabody Award. 

Satter is also the founder and artistic director of the company Half Straddle, which formed in 2008 and received an Obie Award Grant in 2013. She has been described by the New York Times as a “genre-and-gender bending, visually exacting stage artist.” 

Linden was founded in 2020 by Nicole King and Stacy O’Neil, who lead the company alongside JoAnne Colonna and Riva Marker. Their management roster includes bold names like Vin Diesel, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, Amy Adams, Eiza Gonzalez, Ellen Pompeo, Vanessa Kirby and Rachel Weisz. Their production operation is currently in post on Aleshea Harris’ directorial debut “Is God Is” with MGM/Orion Pictures.

The unit also produced David Adjmi’s acclaimed play “Stereophonic,”which collected five Tony Awards including best play. A third division, Linden Ventures, has invested in and incubated companies like Garner’s One Upon a Farm, Molly Sims’ YSE Beauty, Gonzalez’s Casa Azul and Below 60 with Brian Lee and Hilary Duff.