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\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>Josh Kesselman<\/a>, Amy Zvi<\/a>, and Katrina Escudero<\/a> have joined Mgmt Entertainment<\/a>, with Kesselman and Zvi being named partners, Deadline has learned.<\/p>\n \n\tIndustry veterans, each with their own powerhouse roster, Kesselman, Zvi, and Escudero come to Mgmt from Sugar23, which as we told you first, recently completed a reorg, reorienting much of its focus to scaling its brand studio, with some staffers pivoting to new roles and many exiting to pursue new opportunities. For Mgmt Entertainment, the hiring of the Sugar23 trio will be helpful amid a continued emphasis on building out their lit, comedy, and production business across all current and emerging platforms.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe are thrilled to have Josh, Amy & Katrina join us,\u201d said Mgmt Entertainment owner\/partners Christian Donatelli, Courtney Kivowitz and David Schiff. \u201cThey are widely respected, seasoned managers and producers with great taste, representing incredible artists. Most importantly, we know that they will seamlessly integrate into the collaborative, entrepreneurial culture that is the foundation of our growth strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tGolden Globe-nominated for his work on Hulu\u2019s The Great<\/em>, the period comedy created by his client Tony McNamara, Kesselman brings over 27 years of experience in production and management. Other clients include Giancarlo Esposito, Owen King, Danny Brocklehurst, Danny Cannon, Matt Wheeler, Destry Allyn Spielberg, Dean Craig, Zak Hilditch, Ben Young, Scott Haze, The Birtells, James Moll, Dito Montiel, Noam Murro, Mackenzie Munro, and Robert Knott. As a producer, Kesselman has also worked on AMC\u2019s Esposito-led crime drama series Parish<\/em>, and most recently, Destry Allyn\u2019s Please Don\u2019t Feed the Children<\/em>, starring Michelle Dockery and Esposito. He also exec produced The Estate<\/em>, starring Toni Collette, Ana Faris and David Duchovny, and produced Where All the Light Tends to Go<\/em> with Robin Wright and Billy Bob Thornton.<\/p>\n \n\tA talent manager and Emmy-nominated producer, Zvi brings with her a roster of predominantly comedic talent including Sarah Silverman, Jeff Ross, Nikki Reed, Sarah Tiana, Marina Franklin, Jeremiah Watkins, and BAFTA-winning director, Sindha Agha. In the business for 26 years, she\u2019s an executive producer on Netflix\u2019s Greatest Roast of All Time<\/em> franchise and also recently EP\u2019d Silverman\u2019s Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice-nominated Netflix special, Post Mortem<\/em>. Previously, she served as exec producer on TBS\u2019s Stupid Pet Tricks<\/em>, Hulu\u2019s Emmy-nominated series I Love You, America<\/em> from Silverman, as well as the critically acclaimed Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals<\/em>. She came to management and producing after spending 11 years as a Publicist at BNC, where she was a Vice President in the Entertainment Division.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tPrior to transitioning to management at Sugar23, Escudero was a Media Rights Agent at UTA, before that working in the Media Rights and Motion Picture department at ICM. She currently oversees a roster of accomplished literary clients including New York Times bestselling authors Tessa Bailey, Candace Bushnell, Tigest Girma, Marjan Kamali and Ann Liang. In addition, she reps journalists such as Emmy nominee Kate Taylor, who not too long ago had both the number one docuseries and documentary on Max with Quiet on Set <\/em>and Brandy Hellville<\/em>. Most recently, Escudero represented Jaime Oliveira\u2019s short story \u201cHigh Side,\u201d<\/a> which resulted in a seven-way studio bidding war. The project ultimately landed at Paramount as their first acquisition post-merger starring, with director James Mangold and Timoth\u00e8e Chalamet set to reteam post-A Complete Unknown <\/em>and Oliveira set to adapt. Escudero also represents Juliet McDaniel, whose novel Mr. and Mrs. American Pie<\/em> was adapted into the Emmy-nominated Apple TV series Palm Royale<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source deadline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EXCLUSIVE: Josh Kesselman, Amy Zvi, and Katrina Escudero have joined Mgmt Entertainment, with Kesselman and Zvi being named partners, Deadline has learned. 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