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Israel Under Attack – Open Letter

Gal Gadot, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Pine, Mayim Bialik, Liev Schreiber, Amy Schumer, Michael Douglas, Jerry Seinfeld, Helen Mirren, Debra Messing, Among 2000+ Entertainment Leaders Standing With Israel

Haim Saban, Irving Azoff, Ynon Kreiz, Jody Gerson, Mark Hamill, Rick Yorn, Howie Mandel, Julian Edelman, Antoine Fuqua, Billy Porter among 1000+ celebrities and entertainment executives to sign open letter condemning Hamas and calling for the return of hostages

LOS ANGELES (October 12, 2023) — More than 2000 leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace in support of Israel. The open letter calls on the entertainment community to speak out forcefully against Hamas, to support Israel, to refrain from sharing misinformation about the war, and do whatever is in their power to urge the terrorist organization to return the innocent hostages to their families.

The letter comes in response to Hamas’ heinous terrorist attack on Israel. In addition to the 1,200+ Israelis murdered, citizens of the US, UK, Canada, France, Thailand, Nepal, Russia, Ukraine, Cambodia, Germany, Philippines, Chile, Brazil, Italy, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Ireland have been identified as either missing or killed.

Gal Gadot shared, “My heart is aching for the lives lost and families shattered. I’m praying for everyone who has been affected by Hamas’ terrorism and brutality. And I hope that the world remains steadfast in their support of the Israeli people.”

The statement is the first of its kind – a call from the entertainment industry unequivocally voicing support for Israel and condemning Hamas’ terrorism.

Haim Saban added, “In the aftermath of the barbaric killing of more than 1,200 Israelis, we in the Hollywood community and around the world must stand with Israel as it defends itself against a terrorist regime in Gaza that seeks Israel’s destruction.”

Over 2000+ Signatories Including: Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group; Gal Gadot, Actress, Producer; Irving Azoff, CEO/ Chairman, Full Stop Management; Bryan Lourd, CEO, CAA; Richard Lovett, Co-Chairman, CAA; Michael Douglas, Actor; Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records; Liev Schreiber, Actor; Chris Pine, Actor; Amy Schumer, Actress; Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress; Mayim Bialik, Actor; Debra Messing, Actress; Jerry Seinfeld, Actor/Comedian; Jody Gerson Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Publishing; Ziggy Marley, Artist; Mark Hamill, Actor; Jenji Kohan, Writer and Producer; Ryan Murphy, Showrunner; Zachary Levi, Actor; Sharon Osbourne, Manager, On-Air Talent; Julian Edelman, Co-Founder, Coast Productions; Jim Berkus, Chairman of the Board of Directors, UTA; Greg Berlanti, Writer/Director/Producer; Andy Garcia, Actor; Tracey-Ann Oberman, Actress; Bella Thorne, Actress; Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actress; Howie Mandel, Entertainer; Eli Roth, Director; Antoine Fuqua, Producer/Director; Ryan Kavanaugh, Founder, Proxima; Phil Rosenthal, Actor/Producer; George Lopez, Entertainer; Mekhi Phifer, Actor; Jason Alexander, Actor/Director; Fred Savage, Actor/Director; Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.; Dana Goldberg, Skydance, Chief Creative Officer; Gail Berman, Producer; Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts; Sherry Lansing, Former CEO of Paramount Pictures; Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor; Josh Greenstein, President Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group; Rick Yorn, Co-Founder, LBI Entertainment; Kevin Yorn, Founder & Managing Partner, Yorn Levine Entertainment Law Firm; Ben Silverman; Chairman & Co-CEO, Propagate Content; Nina Tassler, CEO, Tassler, Inc.; Jeremy Piven, Actor; Josh Peck, Actor; Daniel Glass, Founder/CEO, Glassnote Records; Noa Tishby, Actress/Producer; Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide; Basil Iwanyk, Filmmaker and Producer; Jacqueline Saturn, President, Virgin Music; David Renzer, Former CEO/Chairman Universal Music Publishing; Modi Wiczyk, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, MRC; Zach Katz, President and COO, FaZe Clan; David Levy, Partner, WME; Mike Levine, Co-Head of CAA Sports; Risa Gertner, Co-Head of CAA Motion Picture Group; Michael Rotenberg, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment; David Zedeck , Global Head of Music at UTA; Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership; Marty Singer, Attorney, Lavely and Singer; Patti Felker, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan; Fred Toczek, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan; Jacob Fenton, Partner, United Talent Agency; Chuck Liddell, MMA Fighter; Diane Warren, Songwriter; Tom Rothman, Chairman & CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment; Gary Barber, Former Chairman of MGM and Founder of Spyglass Entertainment; Scott Greenberg, Partner LBI; Guy Nattiv, Filmmake; Helen Mirren, Actress; Bruce Resnikoff, President and CEO, Universal Music Enterprises; John Fogerty, Musician; Billy Porter, Actor; Kevin Huvane, Co-Chairman, CAA; Jon Bernthal, Actor; Shannen Doherty, Actor; Sam Levinson, Writer/Director,Gary Sinise, Actor; Noah Wyle, Actor/writer; Simu Liu, Actor; Nicholas Sparks, Author; Danielle Panabaker, Actress, Kathy Ireland, Entrepreneur/Philanthropist/Chair & CEO, Kathy Ireland Worldwide; Frances Fisher, Actress/Activist; Peter Frampton, Artist; Samantha Ronson, Artist; Richard Lewis, Actor/Comedian; Matthew Weiner, Writer/Director, amongst others.

See full list of signees below, and to add your name click here: [LINK]

Tracy-Ann Oberman stated, “I am filled with sadness and anger at the growing antisemitism that is being fueled on the back of this horror. But even though we may feel broken as a people we are also resilient. We will survive as we always have.”

“The nightmare that Israelis have feared for decades became a reality as Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israeli cities and towns,” the statement reads. “Under the cover of thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately into civilian populations, Hamas murdered and kidnapped innocent men, women, and children,” it continues.”

As the war will inevitably continue, the letter warns, “Social media will be overrun by an orchestrated misinformation campaign spearheaded by Iran”. The letter urges “everyone to remember the horrific images that came out of Israel and to not amplify or fall for their propaganda.”

CCFP’s Chairman, David Renzer, and Executive Director, Ari Ingel shared, “we join entertainment industry leaders horrified at the loss of life in cities, towns, and at a celebratory music festival in southern Israel. Sadly, only now, after hundreds of innocent lives have been lost, does the world comprehend Hamas’ barbarity. As nations around the globe joined together against the savagery of ISIS, the world must continue to support Israel as they respond to the savagery of Hamas.”

FULL OPEN LETTER

The nightmare that Israelis have feared for decades became a reality as Hamas terrorists infiltrated Israeli cities and towns.

Under the cover of thousands of rockets fired indiscriminately into civilian populations, Hamas murdered and kidnapped innocent men, women, and children. They kidnapped and murdered infants and the elderly. They raped women and mutilated their bodies. They paraded their bodies through the streets and on social media, and cowardly attacked the Supernova Music Festival – bringing death and destruction to an event celebrating friendship and love.

This is terrorism. This is evil. There is no justification or rationalization for Hamas’ actions. These are barbaric acts of terrorism that must be called out by everyone. They are a terrorist organization whose leaders call for the murder of Jews everywhere.

CCFP calls on our friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry to speak out forcefully against Hamas and do whatever is in their power to urge the terrorist organization to return the innocent hostages to their families.

As Israel takes the necessary steps to defend its citizens in the coming days and weeks, social media will be overrun by an orchestrated misinformation campaign spearheaded by Iran. We urge everyone to remember the horrific images that came out of Israel and to not amplify or fall for their propaganda.

Our thoughts are with all those experiencing unfathomable levels of fear and violence, and we hope for the day when Israelis and Palestinians can live side by side in peace.

SIGNED

Ari Ingel, Executive Director, Creative Community For Peace

Aaron Bay-Schuck, CEO/Co-Chairman, Warner Records

Brad Ableson, Animation Director, Illumination

Natalie Abrams, Co-EP

Deeba Abrishamchi, Senior Manager, A&R, Universal Music Publishing Group

Jason Adelman, VP, Brand Innovators Labs

Orly Adelson, Former President of ITV Studios, America

Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Ali Adler, Producer

Ben Adler, Musician

Rachel Adler, Agent, CAA

Dan Ahdoot, Comedian

Jason Alexander, Actor/Director

Sasha Alexander-Ponti, Actress/ Director, The Ponti Company

Karen Allen, Actor/Director, Blue Willow Productions Inc.

Dan Aloni, Partner, WME

Kayla Alpert, Writer

Cindy Ambers, Co-Owner, Art/Work Entertainment

Leon Angel, Joint Head of Football, CAA Base Limited

Dennis Arfa, Chairman, IAG Music, Independent Artist Group

Jarred Arfa, EVP and Head of Music, Independent Artist Group

Taryn Ariel, Agent

Antonina Armato, Founder, Heroine Music Group

Jeff Astrof, Showrunner, Warner Brothers

Liz Astrof, Writer/Producer, 20th Century/Disney

Eve Attermann, Literary Agent, WME

Michael Auerbach, Partner, Jackoway Austen

Nate Auerbach, Partner, Versus Creative

Karl Austen, Attorney, Jackoway Austen

Meredith Averill, TV Writer/Showrunner,

Shahar Avnet, Creative Director & Founder, SHAHAR AVNET

Asi Azar, TV Host, Keshet

Irving Azoff, Chairman, Full Stop Management

Ivor Baddiel, Scriptwriter and Author

Gary Barber, CEO, Spyglass Media

Moshe Barkat, CEO, ColorTime, LLC.

Eve Barlow, Music Journalist

Jonathan Barnett, Chairman, CAA Stellar

Romi Barta, Writer

Jonathan Baruch, Partner, Rain

Richard Baskind, Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Lance Bass, Music Artist

Neal Batra, President, Tradition Pictures

Brian Baumgartner, Actor

Jaime Becker, Writer/producer

M. Becker

Matt Earl Beesley, Director/Producer, This Much Films

Idan Ben abou, Football Agent, ISCOUT LTD

Karyn Ben-Gal, A&R Coordinator, Disney Music Publishing

Aton Ben-Horin, VP of Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group

Rachel Bendavid, Head of Scripted Programming, BBC Studios/Lionsgate Partnership

Pablo Bendersky, Producer/Artist

Steven Bensusan, President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Ram Bergman, Producer, T-Street

Adam Berkowitz, Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Jim Berkus, Chairman of the Board of Directors, UTA

Jordan Berkus, Talent Agent, UTA

Greg Berlanti, Writer/Director/Producer, Berlanti Productions

Gail Berman, CEO, The Jackal Group

Luc Bernard, Director, Voices of the Forgotten

TJ Bernardy, Talent Agent, WME

Carolyn Bernstein, Exec VP, National Geographic

Jeff Bernstein, Partner & Board Member, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Heather Besignano, CEO & Founder, ICON PR

Mayim Bialik, Actor/Host/Author

Sharon Bialy, Co-Owner of Bialy/Thomas Casting, Bialy/Thomas & Associates

Matthew Bierman, Producer

Allison Binder, Partner, Goodman Genow Schenkman Smelkinson & Christopher

Joshua P. Binder, Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Neil Blair, Partner, The Blair Partnership

Rachel Bloom, Writer

Doug Blu, Commercial Dept, Eris Talent Agency

Robyn Bluestone, Talent Manager, Robyn Bluestone Management

Steven Blume, COO, Content Partners LLC

Sawyer Bock, Coordinator, Elevate Entertainment

Evan Bogart, Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music

Laura Bonner, Partner, WME

Michael Borkow, Writer/Producer, Tinder Hill Productions, Inc.

Betsy Borns, Television Writer/Producer

David Bradley, Partner, WME

Alan Braun, Agent, CAA

Dan Brecher, Principal/Owner, Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston

Chris Bremner, Screenwriter, Unknown Quantity

Tor Breon, Music Agent, WME

Theodore Bressman, Screenwriter

Josh Brill, Writer/Producer

Karen Brodkin Watson, EVP, Endeavor

Aline Brosh McKenna, Writer/Director/Producer

Brantley Brown, Talent Representative, Authentic Talent and Literary Management

Amy Brownstein, Founder, PRStudio

Ashley Brucks, President of Screen Gems, Sony

AJ Buckley, Artist

Mitch Bukhar, Talent Agent, CAA

Danny Burstein, Actor

Joannie Burstein Besser, Owner/Manager, Burstein Company

David Byrnes, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP

Omri Caaspi, Former Professional Basketball Player

Ryan Cabrera, Musician

Trey Callaway, Television Showrunner

Bryan Carmel, Independent Producer, The Very Specific Corporation

Tia Carrere, Actress

Madeline Carver, Account Service Representative, Vevo

Markell Casey, Music Executive

Nir Caspi, Partner, Non-Scripted TV, WME

Daniela Cassorla, Associate, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, PC

Jennifer Cecil, Writer/Producer

Jared Ceizler, Talent Manager, MGMT Entertainment

Brian Celler, Founder, Bravo Charlie Management

Pamela Charbit, A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Olivier Chastan, Founder & CEO, Iconoclast

Cliff Chenfeld, Co-Founder, Razor & Tie

Ted Chervin, Agent, CAA

Emmanuelle Chriqui, Actor

Jeffrey Ciabattari, Talent Manager

Patrick Clifton, Writer, Promise & Potential

Andrew Cohan, Co-Founder/C.E.O., ACI Licensing LLC

Ayala Cohen, Talent Agent, CAA

Etan Cohen, Writer/Director

Joe Cohen, Agent, CAA

Alex Cole, President, Elevate Entertainment

Lindsay Conner, Partner, O’Melveny & Myers

Henrietta Conrad, CEO, The Optimism Company

Lionel Conway, SVP, BMG

Adam Cooper, Partner, Jackoway Austen, et al.

Leanne Coronel, President, The Coronel Group

Raye Cosbert, Managing Director, Metropolis Music

Ben Cosgrove, CEO, Leviathan Productions

Cassidy Crosby, Associate Manager of Marketing, Vevo

Jamie Lee Curtis, Actress

R.J. Cutler, Filmmaker, This Machine

Avi Dahan, Attorney, Boyarski Fritz LLP

Ian Daly, Head of Brand Strategy, Live Nation

Hannah Damico, Junior Designer, Vevo

Greg Daniels, Writer

Dani Darling, Entertainment Attorney, LaPolt Law

Ben Davis, Partner, Co-Head of Digital, WME

Doug Davis, The Davis Firm

Mitch Davis, Concert Promoter, The Artist Partnership

Taylor Dayne, Artist

Danielle Del, Partner, D2 Management

Jamie Denbo, Co-EP Grey’s Anatomy, ABC/Disney

David DeSantos, CEO, Cottonwood Productions

Meredith DeSantos, Writer/Producer

Josh Deutsch, Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Ken Deutsch, Global Co-Chair, Entertainment and Media Group, Paul Hastings LLP

Vikram Dhawer, Partner, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Avi Diamond, Director, Film & TV Licensing, Warner Music Canada

Michael Diamond, Talent Manager/Partner, MGMT Entertainment

Jessica DiBiase, Talent Agent, CAA

Lucy Dickins, Global Head of Music and Touring, WME

David DiGilio, Showrunner/Executive Producer, THE TERMINAL LIST – Amazon Prime

Kosha Dillz, Artist, Rapper

Matt Dines, Producer

Lee Dinstman, Partner, IAG

Brian Dobbins, Co-CEO, Artists First

Efrat Dor, Actor

Joella Dorenbaum, Talent Agent, CAA

Craig Dorfman, Partner/Manager, Three Six Zero

Rick Dorfman, Partner/Head of Comedy & Development, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Michael Douglas, Actor/Producer

David Draiman, Frontman of the band Disturbed

Bill Duffy, Head of Basketball, WME Sports

Alex Edelman, Comedian/Writer

Julian Edelman, Co-Founder, Coast Productions

Scott Edelman, Senior Partner, Gibson Dunn

Lisa Edelstein, Actor

Jason Egenberg, CEO/Producer, Tiny Riot Entertainment

Jon Ehrlich, Founder/Composer, Qwire

Matthew Einstein, CEO, Tradition Pictures

Jessica Elbaum, Producer, Gloria Sanchez productions

Natasha Elie, Marketing Assistant, Atlantic Records

Talya Elitzer, Co-Founder, Godmode Music

Andy Elkin, Agent, CAA

Craig Emanuel, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Paul Hastings

Robert Emmer, Founding Partner, Shout! Factory

Alexandra Emmerman, Agent, CAA

Hannah Epstein, Agent, CAA

Dan Erlij, Partner, Co-Head of TV Lit, UTA

Ingrid Escajeda, Showrunner/EP

Henry Eshelman, Managing Director, PMG: Platform Media Group

Nancy Etz, Agent, CAA

Ikenna Ezeh, Partner, WME

Ron Fair, Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Veronica Falcón, Actor

Donny Farber, Dan Farber

Sharon Farber, Composer, Soaring Taurus, LLC

James Farrell, Agent, WME

Daniel Federman, Owner, Maccabi Tel-Aviv

Oded Fehr, Actor

Erik Feig, Founder/CEO, PICTURESTART

Jaime Feld, Talent Agent, CAA

James Feldman, Partner, Lichter Grossman Nichols Adler Feldman & Clark

Josh Feldman, Head of Film and Television, Altar Rock Pictures

Katie Feldman, Publicist

Ryan Feldman, Partner, WME

Patti Felker, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Jacob Fenton, Partner, UTA

Ken Fermaglich, Partner, UTA

Hannah Fidell, Filmmaker

Tommy Finkelstein, Head of Business Affairs, General Counsel, Independent Artist Group

Dylan First, Agent, WME

Bradley Fischer, Producer

Alexis Fisher, CEO, Timeline Management

Scott Fisher, Select Management Group

Seth Fisher, Showrunner

David Fishof, Producer and Music Executive

Wayne Fitterman, Talent Agent, WME

Carlos Fleming, Partner, WME

Josh Fluxgold, Founder and President, ONEWAY.

Beau Flynn, Producer, FlynnPictureCo

Erica Forster, Entertainment Attorney

Gary Foster, Principal, Krasnoff Foster Productions

Lauren Fox, TV Literary Agent, CAA

Sarah Francus, Manager, Roc Nation

Etan Frankel, Writer

Ashley Franklin, Partner/Talent Manager, Thruline Entertainment

Jordan Frazes, Founder, Frazes Creative

Bryan Freedman, Founding Partner, Freedman, Taitelman + Cooley

Jeffrey Freedman

Jessica Freedman, Singer, SAG-AFTRA

Jay Jay French, French Management, Twisted Sister

Geordie Frey, Owner, GEF Entertainment

Michael Fricklas

Stuart Fried, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks

Jody Friedericks, Executive Creative Director, 160over90

Adam Friedman, Executive, CAA

Adina Friedman, President, Friends at Work Management

Daryl Friedman, Former Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer, The Recording Academy

Stephen Fry, Actor/Writer

Antoine Fuqua, Producer/Director

Bryan Furst, Producer

Sean Furst, Producer, Global Position Studios

Gal Gadot, Actress, Producer, Pilot Wave

Alex Gansa, Writer/Producer, Gansa Films Inc.

Siri Garber, CEO & Founder, Platform Public Relations

Andy Garcia, Actor

Risa Bramon Garcia, Casting Director, Teacher, Director, The BGB Studio

David Gardner, President, Artists First

Jeremy Garelick, Founder / Owner, American High

Bruce Garfield, Executive Director, Columbus Music Commission

Spencer Garrett, Actor

Nancy Gates, Partner, UTA

Willie Gault, Retired NFL Player

Andrew Genger, Manager, Red Light Management

Paul George, Manager, Podwall Entertainment

David Gersh, Co-President Gersh Agency, Gersh Agency

Gary Gersh, President, Global Touring, A.E.G.

Jody Gerson, Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group

Risa Gertner, Agent, CAA

Pete Giberga, President, AWAL

Jill Gillett, Agent, WME

Gary Ginsberg, Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Joyce Giraud, Actress/Model

Fran Glasenberg, Foundation Executive, CAA

Nikki Glaser, Comedian

Patricia L. Glaser, Partner, Glaser Wei Fink Howard Jordan & Shapiro

Daniel Glass, Founder/ CEO, Glassnote Records

Karen Glauber, President, HITS Magazine

David Glick, Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Joshua Glick, Manager

Jonathan Glickman, Founder, Panoramic Media Company

Jordan Glickson, VP, Music & Talent, Vevo

Mark Goffman, Executive Producer, Off The Cliff Entertainment

Ross Golan, Songwriter, Unknown Music Publishing

Elon Gold, Comedian/Actor

Hannah Gold, VP Marketing, Interscope Records

Judy Gold, Comedian, Actor, Writer

Andrew Goldberg, Writer/Producer

Dana Goldberg, Chief Creative Officer, Skydance

Saul Goldberg, Agent, CAA

Tracey Goldblum, VP commercials, KMR

Tony Goldring, Agent, WME

Alistair Goldsmith, President, Chosen Music

Lindy Goldstein, Producer, Lindy Goldstein Productions

Michal Goldstein, Co-President, Basset Hound Distribution

Michael Goldwasser, President/Co-Founder, Easy Star Records

Nichole Gomez, Agent, Eris Talent Agency

Adrianne Gonzalez, Owner, BYAGINC

Alissa Goodman, Manager, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Brandon Goodman, Co-Founder / Co-Owner, Best Friends Music

Howard Gordon, Writer/EP

Jonathan Gordon, CEO, 1916 Enterprises LLC

Michael Gordon, Partner, CAA

Jeff Gorin, Partner/Talent Agent, WME

Hildy Gottlieb, Agent in MP Talent, CAA

Karen Gottlieb, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Andrew Gould, Music Executive

David Graber, SVP, Content Licensing, Warner Brothers Discovery

Jessica Graboff, Agent, CAA

Marc Graboff, Consultant

Nicholas Grad, President, FX Entertainment

Cary Granat, Co-Founder and Partner, Destiny Media, EMH Media

Jack Dylan Grazer, Actor, JDG Creative Services

Michael Green, Writer

Roger Green, Partner, WME

Trudy Green, Trudy Green Management/HK

Alison Greenberg, Author and screenwriter,

Scott Greenberg, Partner, LBI

Stacy Greenberg, Head of Scripted, US, Merman

Steve Greenberg, Founder and President, S-Curve Records

Ava Greenfield, Scripted TV Agent, CAA

Josh Greenstein, President Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group

Dan Gregor, Writer

Adam Griffin, Manager, Vault Entertainment

Iris Grossman, Partner, Echo Lake Entertainment

Jonathan Grossman, Coordinator, Elevate Entertainment

Lynn Grossman, CEO, Secret Road

Jeremy Gruber, Friends at Work, Head of Artist Marketing

Tony Guanci, Chairman, EDGEOUT

Marc Guggenheim, Writer/Producer

Gary Gulman, Comedian/Writer

Julie Gurovitsch, Music Producer, The Tonight Show

Paul Haas, Partner, WME

Michael Hackman, CEO, Hackman Capital Partners

Amanda Hacohen, Agent, WME

Amir Haddad, Singer Songwriter, Warner Music France

Shirley Halperin, Editor-in-Chief, Los Angeles Magazine

Marilou Hamill

Mark Hamill, Actor

Alicia Hannah-Kim, Actor

Amy B. Harris, Writer/Producer

Lynn Harris, Producer/Partner, 6th & Idaho

Ronnie Harris, Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

Ashley Harrison, Agent, CAA

Jo Hart, Founder, Hart Media

Becky Hartman Edwards, Writer/Producer, Two in A Tub Productions

Ryan Hayden, Partner, UTA

Josh Heald, Writer/Producer

Patricia Heaton, Actress/Producer, FourBoysEntertainment

Julianne Heitzer, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Scott Henderson, Partner, WME

Karen Hermelin, EVP, Marketing, Strategy & Insights, Paramount Pictures

Peter Hess, Co-Head, CAA Commercials Endorsements

Stephen Hill, Actor

Avi Hirshbein, A&R Coordinator, Electric Feel Ent.

Beth Holden-Garland, Manager, Authentic

Shawn Holiday, Full Stop Management

Laura Holstein, Producer

Billy Hopkins, Casting Director, Hopkins Ingram Casting

Matthew Horowitz, Agent, CAA

Samuel Horowitz, Television/Film Writer

Chris Horsman, Talent Agent, CAA

Allison Howard, Talent Agent, WME

Andrew Howard, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Linda Edell Howard, Attorney, Novick Law

Lindsay Howard Parker, EVP, Head of Scripted Literary, Independent Artist Group

David Hunt, Founder, FourBoys Entertainment

Michelle Hurd, Actor and Activist

Jon Hurwitz, Showrunner

Richard “BournRich” Ingram, Artist/Creative Director

Susana Ivanir, Executive, CAA

Basil Iwanyk, Producer, Thunder Road Films

Chukwudi Iwuji, Actor

Levi Jackson, Agent, WME

Mara Jacobs, Producer

Neil Jacobson, Founder of Hallwood Media

Chris Jacquemin, Partner, WME

Jonathan Jakubowicz, Writer & Director, Epicentral Studios

Tim James, Co-Founder, Rock Mafia

Maxwell Jenkins, Actor

Raymond Jimenez, Talent Manager, Zero Gravity Management

Brandt Joel, Agent, WME

Douglas Johnson, Agent, CAA

Jasmine Joseph-Danielpour, Manager

Nancy Josephson, Partner, WME

Al Joyner, Former Olympian

Brooke Jung, Talent Agent, WME

Heather Kadin, President, Scripted TV Range Studios, Range Media Partners

Rachel Kalban, Children’s Television Producer

Rachel Kaplan, Producer, Absecon Entertainment

Marisa Kapust, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Dorian Karchmar, Agent and Partner, WME

Mike Karz, Partner, Gulfstream Pictures

Zach Katz, President and COO, FaZe Clan

Ryan Kavanaugh, Founder, Proxima

Stephen Kay, General Counsel, Roku, Inc.

Jonathan Kellerman, Novelist

Cari Kenny, Talent Agent, Eris Talent Agency

Lee Kern, Writer

Craig Kestel, Partner, WME

Ilan Kidron, Artist & Musician

April King, Talent Agent, WME

Russell King, Director, King Law Firm

Melanie Kirschbaum, Writer/Co-EP

David Kissinger, CEO, DK Media

Dana Klein, Writer/Creator, Can’t Get Five Productions

Jenny Klein, Writer

Lance Klein, Partner, WME

Barbie Kligman, Writer/Producer

Scott Kluge, President, Tremendous Entertainment

Zachary Knighton, Actor, Independent

Amanda Kogan, Agent, The Gersh Agency

Keetgi Kogan Steinberg, Writer/Producer

Blair Kohan, Board Member/Partner, UTA

Jenji Kohan, Writer/Producer/Showrunner, Tilted Productions

Ben Kohn, CEO, Playboy

Courtney Kohn

Marc Korman, Agent, WME

Barry Kotler, Agent, CAA

Steve Kram, CEO, Content Partners LLC

Ynon Kreiz, Chairman and CEO, Mattel, Inc.

Rick Krim, CEO, Krim Music + Media

Erik Kritzer, Owner/Partner, Link Entertainment

Josh Kurfirst, Music Agent, WME

Andrew Kurland, Talent Agent, CAA

Michelle Kydd, Chief Innovation Officer, CAA

Stephanie LaFera, Head of Electronic, WME

Angela LaFever, Management, Independent

Ricki Lake, Television Host/Actress

Evan Lamberg, President, North America, Universal Music Publishing

Amy Landecker, Actress

John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks

Gabz Landman, VP, A&R, Warner Records

Sherry Lansing, Former CEO, Paramount Pictures/Founder, The Sherry Lansing Foundation

Dina LaPolt, Entertainment Attorney, LaPolt Law, PC

Estelle Lasher, President, Lasher Group

Sanaz Lavaedian, SVP of Music, MOCEAN

Inbar Lavi, President, Tuna Productions

Dennis Lavinthal, Owner, Hits magazine

Adam Leber, Founder, REBEL

Jared LeBoff, Producer, Marc Platt Productions

Sara Leeb, Agent, CAA

Michelle Leibel, Writer/Producer, One Trick Pony Productions

Doron Leidner, Football Player, Olympiacos

Carol Leifer, Comedian/Writer

Jeffrey Lenkov, Attorney

Peter Lenkov, Writer

Eli Leonard, Comedian/Writer/Actor

Gerri Leonard, Partner, Leonard Business Management, Inc.

Greg Lessans, Weed Road Pictures

Colin Lester OBE, Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

David Leventhal, Business Manager, Citrin Cooperman

Arielle Lever, Agent, CAA

Zachary Levi, Actor

Ben Levine, Partner, Link Entertainment

Michael Levine, Co-head, CAA Sports, Creative Artist Agency

Ashley Levinson, Producer

Steve Levitan, Writer/EP

Alexandra Levy, Writer

David Levy, Partner, WME Entertainment

David Levy, Founder and CEO, Back Nine Ventures

Marcus Levy, Agent, WME

Richard B. Levy, Managing Director, Executive Talent Management, P.C.

Michelle Lewis, Executive Director/Songwriter, SONA

Micha Liberman, President, Mind Meld Arts

Chuck Liddell, UFC Hall of Famer

Marc Lieberman, President, Above Average Productions

Sean Liebowitz, Agent, CAA

Sydney Lipsitz, Chief of Staff, CAA

Cory Litwin, Managing Partner, Music, Range Media Partners

Steve Lobel, CEO, LMG

Jonathan Lomma, Lawyer, WME

Alexandria Longo, Director of PR/Publicist, Blended Strategy Group

David Lonner, CEO, The David Lonner Co.

Jonathan Lonner, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

George Lopez, Comedian/Actor

Amy Lord, CEO, Eris Talent Agency

Dean Lorey, Showrunner

Bryan Lourd, CEO, CAA

Richard Lovett, Co-Chairman, CAA

Doug Lucterhand, Agent

Kris Lythgoe, TV Producer

Nigel Lythgoe, President, Nigel Lythgoe Productions

Meghan Mackenzie, Agent, WME

Ben Maddahi, SVP A&R, Columbia Records + President, Unrestricted Publishing & Mgmt

Allysa Mahler, Partner, WME

Melissa Malkin, Literary Manager, BEP

Howie Mandel, Comedian

Jamie Mandelbaum, Co-President, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Chris Mann, Singer/Actor

Gabriel Mann, Composer/Producer

Daniel March, Managing Partner, Dynamic Television

Vanessa Marcil, Actress

Deborah Marcus, Executive, CAA

Ashlee Margolis, Founder, The A List

Susan Markheim, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company

Rob Markus, Talent Agent, WME

Orly Marley, President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Ziggy Marley, Musician

Rebecca Marlis, VP, Publicity, Interscope Records

Ori Marmur, VP, Original Studio Film, Netflix

Chris Marrs, Writer / Producer

Sarah Martin, Senior Legal Counsel EMEA, WME

John Mass, President, Content Partners, LLC

Nancy Matalon, VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

Andrew Mathes, Partner, WME

Austin Matloff, Coordinator, Broadway Video

Arielle Matza, Associate Attorney, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Haim Mazar, President, Haim Mazar Music, LLC

David Mazouz, Actor

Rebecca Mazouz, Assistant, Plan C Productions

Michel J. Mazouz MD, Physician

Paul McCrane, Actor

Judith McCreary, Executive Producer, Griot, Inc

Allison McGregor, Agent, CAA

Deborah McIntosh, Agent, WME

Michael McKean, Actor

AJ McLean, Music Artist, Backstreet Boys

David McMillan, TV writer/producer

Barry McPherson, Partner/Executive VP of Talent, IAG

Brian Medavoy, Partner, More Medavoy Management

William Mercer, Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Debra Messing, Actor

Tom Miceli, Agent, WME

Adam Milch, Writer/Producer

Daniel Miller, President, Ironbound Films, Inc.

Rina Mimoun, Warner Brothers

Arika Mittman, Showrunner/Executive Producer

Mike Mizanin, WWE Personality

Alfred Molina, Actor

Jordana Mollick, President and Co-Founder, Semi-Formal Productions

Carolyn Moneta, Partner, WME

Tony Morales, Composer

Erwin More, Founding Partner, More/Medavoy Management

Jessica Morgulis, Talent Manager, Authentic

Marcy Morris, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Rob Morrow, Actor

Meg Mortimer, Partner and Manager, Authentic Talent and Literary Management

Michele Mulrooney, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Ryan Murphy, Writer/Director/Producer

Talia Myers, Agent, UTA

DJ Nash, Creator/Executive Producer, A Million Little Things

Chen Neeman, Songwriter, Chen Neeman Music

Brie Neimand, SVP Current, Cable and Streaming, CBS Studios

Noah Nelson, Writer, Gumballs and Stickers

Paul Nelson, Manager, Mosaic

Lauren Neustadter, President, Film & TV, Hello Sunshine

Eric Newman, Film and TV Producer

Robert Newman, Agent, WME

Alan Nierob, Chairman, Entertainment, RCPMK

Amaury Nolasco, Actor

Sharona Nomder, Morse Artists

Howard Nuchow, Co-Head, CAA Sports

Lisa Nupoff, Manager, IMIN Music

Annette O’Toole, Actress,

Mike O’Malley, Actor/Writer

Tracy-Ann Oberman, Actress

Julie Oh, Film Producer, OhCo

Michael Ohoven, Producer, CEO, Infinity Media

Peter Oillataguerre, Head of Production

Jim Osborne, CEO, Independent Artist Group

Sharon Osbourne

Claudia Oshry, Comedian and Podcast Host

Scott Packman, Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC

Jaime Paglia, Writer/Producer/Director, Two Joes Entertainment

Richard Palmese, President, Palmese Entertsinment

Lucienne Papon, EVP, Creative Affairs, ITV Studios

Renee Pappas, Consultant, Heritage Auctions

Joshua Pasch, Manager, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Jared Paul, Founder, Faculty

Josh Peck, Actor

Shauna Perlman, Talent Agent, CAA

Numa Perrier, Filmmaker

Sara Pervil, Business Affairs Executive, CAA

Jack Peterson, Assistant, 3 Arts Entertainment

Andrea Pett, Talent Manager, BEP

Mekhi Phifer, Actor

Brian Pianko, Head Of Creative Advertising, Paramount Pictures

Chris Pine, Actor

Naomi Pitt, Front Office Coordinator

Jeremy Piven, Comedian/Actor

Jonah Platt, Actor/Jewish Advocate

Wendy Plaut, SVP, Paramount

Eric Podwall, President, Podwall Entertainment

Margrit Polak, President, Anne Frank LA/President Margrit Polak Management

Daria Polatin, Showrunner/Executive Producer, 1001 Pictures

Alissa Pollack, EVP, Global Music Marketing, iHeartMedia

Billy Porter, Artist, INCOGNEGRO

Cami Potter, TV Talent, CAA

Dani Potter, TV Scripted Partner, WME

Ava Poulson, London Mailroom, WME

Monique Powell, Sole Owner, Lead Entertainer, Save Ferris

Mike Praw, Entertainment Executive

Dawn Prestwich, Writer/Showrunner

Rhonda Price, Manager Partner, The Gersh Agency

Bryan Rabin, President/Founder, Bryan Rabin Inc

Sylvie Rabineau, Co-Head, Book to Film/TV, WME

Gideon Raff, Writer Director

Jazmin Rangel, Director of VO, Eris Talent Agency

Ross Raphael, Partner, WME

Ellen Rapoport, Writer/Producer/Director

Ron Rappaport, Writer/Executive Producer, That’s A Rapp Productions

Ron Rauch, VFX Editor, HBO Max

Adam Reed, Actor

Dani Reis, Manager, Friends at Work Nashville

Remedy, Artist

David Renzer, Chairman & Co-Founder of CCFP & Former Chairman/CEO, Universal Music Publishing

Peter Riegert, Actor

Seth Robbins, Actor

Sebastian Roché, Actor

Hanna Rochelle, Founder, Purple Productions LLC

Rich Rogers

Samantha Ronson, DJ/Songwriter

Dan Rosen, President, Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen, Co-Founder, Endeavor

Michael Rosenbaum, Actor

Erez Rosenberg, Partner, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Julie Rosenberg, Account Manager, Vevo

Melissa Rosenfield, Founder, IFP Communications

Shep Rosenman, Lawyer, RLG LLP

Philip Rosenthal, Writer/Producer

Shani Rosenzweig, Partner & Talent Agent, UTA

Claudia Rosha, Marketing Manager, Atlantic Records

Jeffrey Ross, Comedian/Actor

Sydney Ross, Script Coordinator, Hulu

Michael Rotenberg, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Eli Roth, Director

Harrison Rothman, Manager, Elevate Entertainment

Robert Rothman, Managing Partner, Rothman Brecher Ehrich Livingston

Kate Rothschild, Artist Manager, Roc Nation

Amanda Rovitz, Manager, 1916 Management

Autumn Rowe, Singer/Songwriter

Mike Royce, TV Writer/Producer, Snowpants Productions

Olivia Rudensky, CEO, fanmade

Josh Rudnick, Talent Manager/Producer, Mosaic

Danny Rukasin, Co-Founder/Manager, Best Friends Music

Stacy Rukeyser, TV Writer and Showrunner

Olesya Rulina, Actor, Rain Management

Haim Saban, Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group

Eric Sacks, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks

Kirk Saduski, Producer

Carin Sage, EVP Feature Film, Skydance

Rebecca Sahim, Head of Publishing, Salxco

Rochel Saks, Manager, SAKS&

Ira Sallen, Executive Advisor

Doron Salomon, Head of Football Operations, CAA Base

Peter Sample, Partner, Jackoway Austen

Nancy Sanders, Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Scott Sanders, Producer, SGS Pictures

Ashlie Sapiro, Director of Drama Development, HBOMax

Mark Satlof, Sr Vice President, Shore Fire Media

Jacqueline Saturn, President, Virgin Music

Ben Savage, Actor

Fred Savage, Director

Malina Saval, Editor-in-Chief, Pasadena Magazine/Contributing Editor, Variety

Murray Sawchuk, Itz Gone Productions

Jeff Schaffer, Writer/Director/EP

Leslie Schapira, Writer/Producer

Brad Schenck, Agent, CAA

Thomas Scherer, President, BMG

Elyse Scherz, Agent/Partner

Ayelet Schiffman, SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Hayden Schlossberg, Filmmaker/Showrunner

Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts

Liev Schreiber, Actor

Amy Schumer, Comedian/Actress

Jordan Schur, CEO and Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Entertainment

Joseph Schwartz, Agent, UTA

Robert Schwartz, Attorney, Quinn Emanuel

Sam Schwartz, Co-Principal, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Sherrie Schwartz, CHRO, CAA

Susan Schwarz, Partner, SDB Partners

Sarah Scott, Managing Partner, LaPolt Law

Scott Seidel, Talent Agent, Endeavor

Jerry Seinfeld, Actor/Comedian

Barrett Sellers, Agent, WME

Camila Seta, Executive, Brand Consulting

Stefi Shabashev, Songwriter

Jason Shapiro, Creative Director, Collab

Peter Shapiro, Founder, Dayglo Presents

Rebecca Shapiro, Senior VP, Shore Fire Media

Keto Shimizu, Writer/Producer

Rona Lee Shimon, Actor

Larry Shire, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Kevin Shivers, Agent, WME

Iliza Shlesinger, Comedian

David Shore, Writer /Executive Producer, Sony/The Good Doctor

Noah “Westside Gravy” Shufutinsky, Artist

Ally Shuster, Agent, CAA

Alan Siegel, President, Alan Siegel Entertainment & G-BASE

Mark Siegel, Agent, CAA

Chris Silbermann, Agent, CAA

Jeremy Silver, Producer/Songwriter

Ben Silverman, Chairman and Co-CEO, Propagate Content

Laura Silverman, Actress

Craig Silverstein, Writer/Producer

Gail Simmons, President/Host/Producer, GMS Media Inc

Drew Simon, President, Infrared Pictures

Ralph Simon, Chairman & CEO, Mobilium Global Limited

Tamar Simon, Owner, Mean Streets Management

Marty Singer, Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Robert Singer, Writer/Producer, Dec.3rd Productions

Bedi Singh, Board Director

Dilprit Singh, Accounting Manager, Mosaic

Brad Slater, Partner, Agent, WME

Gregory Slewett, Partner, Johnson Shapiro Slewtt Kole

Robert Smigel, Writer/EP

Michael Jonathan Smith, Showrunner, Sony Pictures Television

Dee Snider, Music Artist, Twisted Sister

Nicole Snyder, Writer & Producer

Aliza Sokolow, Author

Jeff Sosnow, EVP A&R, Warner Bros. Records

John David Souther, Songwriter/Musician/Artist

Fred Specktor, Agent, CAA

Dana Spector, Agent, CAA

Donna Spievak, VP of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records

Sheldon Sroloff, CAA

Michelle Stafford, Actress

Ira Stahlberger, Partner, WME

Halle Stanford, President of Television, The Jim Henson Company

Daniel Stanton, President, Coallier Entertainment

Noelle Stehman, Showrunner

Hank Steinberg, President, Channel Road Productions

KJ Steinberg, Writer/Producer

Bradie Steinlauf, Talent Agent, CAA

Jonathan Steinsapir, Partner, Kinsella Holley Iser Kump Steinsapir

Sandra Stern, Vice Chairman, Television Group, Lionsgate

Gary Stiffelman, Founder, GSS Law

Willie “Prophet” Stiggers, Co-Founder/Chair, Black Music Action Coalition

Brittany Stone, CEO, Stone Talent Agency

Wendy Straker Hauser, Showrunner and Executive Producer

Rachel Strassberger, Manager, Grassroots Music

Noa Sturgeon, Agent Assistant, WME

Geoff Suddleson, Partner, UTA

Margaux Susi, Director/Actor

Assaf Swissa, Co-Founder, Coast Productions

Aaron Symonds, Film Composer

Fernando Szew, CEO, MarVista Entertainment and Fox Entertainment Global

Traci Szymanski, President, Co-Star Entertainment

Nina Tassler, President, Tassler, Inc.

Adam Taylor, President, APM Music

Irit TenHengel, Producer, Yodan LTD.

Scott Tenley, CEO, MRC

Mitch Tenzer, Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP

Dannielle Thomas, Vice President, Untitled Entertainment

Jessica Thomas, Talent Agent, WM Agency

Michael Thorn, President, Scripted Programming, Fox Entertainment

Bella Thorne, Actress

Noa Tishby, Author, Producer, former Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism

Niv Toar

Fred Toczek, Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan LLP

Bianca Tomash, Strategic Advisor, BJEA

Shaun Toub, Actor

Sam Trammell, Actor

Stacy Traub, Writer/Producer

Jonathan Tropper, Showrunner, N/A

Eric Tuchman, Writer, Producer + President, Goldensoul Inc.

Montana Tucker, Music Artist

Brad Turell, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Independent Artist Group

Dor Turgeman, Football player, Maccabi tel aviv

Oded Turgeman, President, The Operating Room

Ronli Tzour, VP, Marketing & Artist Management, FAE GRP

Jonny Umansky, Writer / Producer

Eleanor Vainshtok, Sr Director, Music

Berni Vann, Agent

Marsha Vlasic, Vice-Chairman, IAG Music, Independent Artist Group

Alex Voihanski, President, Paramount Business Group

Debbie Von Arx, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Jeremy Vuernick, President of A&R, Capitol Music Group

Darah Wagner Boaz, Producer

Matt Walden, Producer, Walden Entertainment

Cymbre Walk Sklar, VP, Casting, Feature Animation at Netflix

Don Walker, President, Harry Walker Agency LLC

Diane Warren, Songwriter, Producer

Joshua Washington, Artist/Producer

Nina Wass, Producer

Michael H. Weber, Screenwriter

Steven Weber, Actor

Jon Weinbach, President, Skydance Sports

Alex Weingarten, Managing Partner, Los Angeles, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Nola Weinstein, Entertainment Executive

Marc Weinstock, President of Worldwide Distribution and Marketing, Paramount Pictures

Allison Weintraub, Writer

Andrea Weintraub, Agent, CAA

Evan Weiss, Co-Founder and CEO, Streaming Ink Media

Greg Weiss, Manager/Producer, Wonder Street

Matthew Weiss, Assistant

Gina Welch, Writer and Producer

Titus Welliver, Actor

Ilana Wernick, Writer/Producer

Alan Wertheimer, Attorney

Jonathan West, Attorney

Ron West, Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Lee White, Agent, WME

Modi Wiczyk, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman, MRC

Joanne Wiles, Partner/Producer, Black Bear Pictures

Deborah Williams, Associate Director, Freelance

Sabrina Wind, Executive Producer, WPM

Evan Winiker, Managing Partner, Range Media

Yale Wolman, Agent, CAA

Don Wongprapan, Partner, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Anne Woodward, Partner/Manager, Authentic Talent + Literary

Adrian Woolfe, CEO, Studio 1

Melissa Worth, Wonder, Artistic License

Alexandra Wright, Actor

Michael Yanover, Head of Business Development, CAA

Sharon Tal Yguado, Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

Kevin Yorn, Founder & Managing Partner, Yorn Levine Entertainment Law Firm

Rick Yorn, Co-Founder, LBI Entertainment

Mark Young, CEO, The Orion Stars Group

Jonathan Yunger, Film/TV Producer

Stefanie Yunger, Actor/Comedian/Writer

Chris Zaccaria, Sr. Director, Sales Analytics

Laurie Zaks, Executive Producer, Rosewood Television

Alex Zamm, Director/Screenwriter, Zammgate Ent.

Derek Zasky, Department Head/Agent, WME

David Zedeck, Global Co-Head of Music, UTA

Jennifer Zeller, VP, Promotion, Interscope Records

Ian Ziering, Actor

Josh Zilberberg, Influencer

Melissa Zukerman, Managing Partner, Principal Communications Group

Jessica Zysberg, Manager, Marketing Solutions, Vevo

Music Artists Coalition (MAC)

Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC)

Songwriters of N America (SONA)

Additional Signers:

Mark Schiff, Comedian

Adam Biren, TV Agent, CAA

Paul Craig, Founder, Nostromo

Vanessa Livingston, Agent, RBEL Agency

Tom Rothman, Chairman & CEO, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Greg Grunberg, Actor

Guy Nattiv, Filmmaker

Bruce Resnikov, President and CEO, Universal Music Enterprises

John Fogerty, Musician

Julie Fogerty

Asher Angel, Actor

Gary Goetzman, Producer

Cedric Kyles, Actor/Producer

Samantha Levenshus, Writer/Producer

Richard Trank, Documentary Filmmaker, Moriah Films

Jeremy Norkin, President, Exile Music

Carly Rosenberg, Business Affairs Executive, CAA

Oded Raz, Director/Filmmaker, Raz Production

Bryan Terry, Head of Development, Vice TV

Melanie Greene, VP, Finance, Above Average Productions

Antony Gordon, Managing Director, Adeptus Partners/CEO, AG Productions

Jennifer Duberstein, Head of Sports Business Affairs, CAA Sports

Diane Mayer, CEO/Founder, Crown Jules Entertainment

Dan Carrillo Levy, Writer/Director, Moxie 88

Logan Binstock, Agent, CAA

Gregg Rossen, Screenwriter

Stephany Hurkos, Personal Manager, Stephany Hurkos Management

Jessica Pollack, Talent Strategy Executive, UTA

Marla Levine, Attorney/Producer/Consultant

Andrew Lear, Partner/Agent, UTA

Ben Bruskin, TV Traffic Coordinator, Allen Media Group

Steve Bornfeld, Writer/Editor, Freelance

Linda Lichter, Attorney, Founding Partner, Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler Feldman and Clark, Inc.

Scott Stone, President, Stone & Company Entertainment

Mark Canton, CEO & Producer, Canton Entertainment

Robert Kamen, Writer

Itay Reiss, Manager/Producer, Artists First

Stephanie Davis, Literary Manager, Wetdog Entertainment

Sean Canino, President of Television, McFarlane Films LLC

Barry Schkolnick, Writer/Producer, Schoolboy Productions, Inc

Richard Rionda Del Castro, CEO, Hannibal Media

Lawrence Scot Deutchman, Producer, Great Escape Entertainment, LLC

Jeff Hynick, Partner, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

John Ondrasik, Singer-Songwriter, Five for Fighting

Erik Arnold, Writer/Linguist

Sean Elliott, Partner/Office-Head/Talent Manager, Authentic Talent & Literary Management

Sadaf Muncy, SVP, Development and Production, HappyNest Entertainment

Dean Cain, Filmmaker

Brandi George, CEO, Presse Public Relations

Roger Friedman, Owner, www.showbiz411.com

Marc Klein, Screenwriter, Birdy Num Num Inc

Eytan Keller, President, Keller Productions, Inc

Adam Schweitzer, Talent Agent, CAA

James Stoteraux, Writer/Showrunner

David Hunt, Owner, FourBoys Entertainment

Chad Fiveash, Writer/Showrunner

Adam Rosen, Partner, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, P.C.

Kevin Misher, Principal, Misher Films

Nathaniel Bear, Filmmaker, Nat Bear Media/4M Reviews

Deborah Gilels, Publicist, LAMedia Consultants

Lionel Chetwynd, Writer/Director/Producer

Dick Atkins, Producer, A-Films, LLC

Wayne Fitterman, Agent, WME

Gloria Carlin, Actor

Ellen H. Schwartz, Film Producer

Larry Webman, Agent, Wasserman

Emily Gerson Saines, Founding Manager/Producer, Brookside Artist Management

Michael Skloff, Composer, MSM

Joshua Feldman, Writer

Cory Richman, Manager, Liebman Entertainment

Sharon Paz, Senior Talent Agent, A3 Artists Agency

Jonathan Rubenstein, Producer, Crystal City Entertainment

Leah Yerushalaim, Agent, CAA

Brian Liebman, Manager, Liebman Entertainment

David Bickel, Writer/Producer

Samantha Nisenboim, Producer

Ruchel Freibrun, Marketing Specialist

David Caspi, Journalist, Golden Globes

Tommy Finkelstein, Head of Business Affairs, Independent Artist Group

Peter Biegen, Writer

Patrick J. Nicolas, Actor

Constantin Werner, Writer/Director/Producer, Rusalka Film

Jordan Silverberg, Head Of Music, Wild Card Creative Group

Susie Arons, President, Strategic Communications, 42West

Ben Winston, Partner, Fulwell 73

Jeff Refold, COO & CFO, Ryan Seacrest Productions

Robert Lantos, Producer, Serendipity Point Films

Beth Schwartz, Showrunner

Gideon Yago, Writer

Mel Nieves, Actor/Playwright/Screenwriter/Arts Educator

Phyllis Strong, Writer

Beverly D’Angelo, Actor

Ron Mix, Retired Professional Football Player

Shyla La’Sha, Actor

Ellen Lafair, President, Big Top Marketing and Promotions, Inc.

Robert Siegel, Writer/Showrunner

Mitchell Gossett, Talent Manager, Industry Entertainment

John Fogelman, CEO, FactoryMade Ventures

Tanisha Harper, Actress, Mariko Entertainment

Jonathan Golfman, Co-President Film, MRC

Allen Kates, Ghostwriter/Author, Holbrook Street Press

Hannah Li-Paz, Assistant, Echo Lake Management

Harris Doran, Writer/Director/Producer

Lawrence Kopeikin, Entertainment Lawyer, Kopeikin Law PC

Cindi Berger, Chairman, R&CPMK

Patricia Marin, Producer, Marin Group Productions

Andrew Carlberg, Producer

Yariv Milchan, Chairman and CEO, New Regency

Ashley Adler, Voice Actor

Ben goldmanRobert Zaccano, Executive Producer, Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg

Ali Axelrad, Actor

Trevor Raine Bush, Actor

Nancy Belle Novello-Hahn, Owner/Founder iRead2Know Radio Network iHeartRadio, iHeartRadio

Ann Kline, Music Supervisor

Jennifer Kim, Sr Manager, The Walt Disney Company

E Randolph Kielich, Visual & Photographic Artist, Broken Light Inc.

Dawn Solér, President, Working Music Entertainment LLC

William Todd Levinson, Actor, Independent

Jessica Kaminsky, Writer/Producer

Gary Mantoosh, Partner, The Initiative Group

Oliver Ewy, Actor

Beth Milstein, Writer

Eric Slee, Data Analyst, Writers Guild of America West

Julia McArthur, Actor

Matt Galsor, Partner, Greenberg Glusker

Jessica Sharzer, Screenwriter

Eileen O’Farrell, Owner/Manager, Eileen O’Farrell Personal Management

Tair Biton, Producer, One Night Only

Scott Rosenbaum, Showrunner/Writer

Sam Kott, Producer

Howard Brande, President & Executive Producer, Brain Bucket Productions, LLC

Hodayah Miller, Executive Assistant, HBO

Jan Kovac, Film Editor

Emma Andrus, Filmmaker

Amy Elmer, Events, CAA

Danielle Nebel, Actress

Dorit Rochelle, Publicist

Kevin Gimble, Agent

Lars Sylvest, Producer

Lawrence Bender, Producer, Lawrence Bender Productions

Naomi Bulochnikov-Paul, EVP, Publicity & Head of Communications, Disney Entertainment

Ashley Kline Shapiro, Vice President, Publicity, ABC Entertainment

Liza Chasin, Producer, 3dot Productions

Michael Diamond, Partner/Talent Agent, MGMT ENTERTAINMENT

Sheri Rosenberg Kelton, CEO/Literary and Talent Manager, SRK Entertainment

Jay Weisleder, Film & TV Producer, Fuego Films

Kristin Konig, Talent Manager, MGMT. Entertainment

Diana Garelik, Manager, Original Content Post Production, IMAX

Theodore Bressman, Writer

Andy Hirsch, Actor

Leonard Fisher, Music Engineer, L. F. Productions

Claire Kennedy, Writer, Baby Banana Productions

Gary Shlifer, Director/DP

Paul Farberman, President, Paul Farberman Entertainment

Robert Golenberg, Partner, Silver Lining Entertainment Productions

Melanie Elman, Talent Agent, Gersh

Maggie Lane, Writer/Producer, The Maggie Lane Company

Lindsay Arends, Actress

Scott Weinger, Writer/Actor

Sarah Abrams, Artist

Kia Kamran, Attorney, Kia Kamran P.C.

Esther Hornstein, Producer

Candi Zell, Actor

Joshua Jolcover, Editor, Dunphy Films, Inc.

Marc Gerber, Retired Film Marketing Executive/Creative Advertising Producer

Isabelle Marcus, CEO

Sally Ware, Manager, Industry Entertainment

Stu Levy, Founder and CEO, TOKYOPOP

Josh Radnor, Actor/Writer/Director

Steven Warner, Actor/Writer/Director, Trove Films

Larry Webster, President, Media Magik Entertainment

Courtney Kivowitz, Owner/Partner, MGMT. Entertainment

Aron Baumel, Partner, Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, LLP

Stephen Sewell, Screenwriter, ISM Films

Roger Kumble, Writer/Director

Kevin Asch, Director

Ben Goldman, A&R, ONErpm

Ori Marmur, VP, Original Studio Film, Netflix

Jay Levy, Writer/Producer, Jay Levy Entertainment

Oran Zegman, Film/TV Director, Van Zegman Films

Marty Adelstein, CEO, Tomorrow Studio

Zosia Mamet, Actor

Mor Muriel Naim, Director/Writer

Anna Green, Promoter, Exceptional Artists

Shira Gross, Actor

Tara August, President, A Type, Inc.

Henry Selick, Animation Director, Twitching Image Inc.

Adam Kanter, Partner, Head of Motion Picture Literary, A3 Artists Agency

Stacey Sher, Film and Television Producer, Shiny Penny Productions

Russell Schwartz, Head of Business Affairs, Starz

Peter Levinsohn, Chairman, Global Distribution, NBCUniversal Studio Group

Todd Rubenstein, Partner, Yorn Levine

Limor Gott Ronen, Executive Producer, Gott Films

Maor Azran, Producer, MA Productions

Andy Given, EVP Production Administration, Sony

Howard Benson, Producer, Judge & Jury Records

Sheryl Feuerstein, Agency Owner, EastWest Media

Mollie Fermaglich, Writer

Constance Schwartz-Morini, Managing Partner/Co-Founder, SMAC Entertainment

Jonathan Prince, President, PhilmCo Media

Zoey Grayce, Actress

Jennifer Dietz, Partner/Founder, Animal Law Attorneys, PA

Marnie Briskin, Talent Manager, Circle of Confusion

Evan Silver, Director, Reformschool.tv

David Kendall, Writer/Director

Alicia Karlin, VP, Global Touring, AEG Presents

Romeo Santiago, Location Scout & Manager, Romeo Santiago & Co

Joe Montifiore, President, Rafterman Media

Marc Brownstein, Bass Player/Co-Founder, The Disco Biscuits/HeadCount

John Jacobs, Producer, Smart Entertainment

Peter Bochner, Editor

Paul Pflug, Managing Partner, PCG

Kevin Farley, Artist

Nacho Arenas, Founder, Planeo Films

Marty Callner, Director, Cream Cheese Films

Alex Berechet, Location Scout

Odeya Rush, Actress

Pierce O’Donnell, Partner, Greenberg Glusker LLP

Jeffrey Moon, Video Editor

Andi Howard, Artist Manager/Record Company Executive, Andi Howard Entertainment/Peak Records

Bob Ringe, CEO, Anime Entertainment LLC

Dan Signer, Writer/Producer

Viviane Telio, Film Agent, Verve

Adva Reichman, Writer/Director

Wayne Tighe, Chairman and CEO, The Tighe Group Entertainment, LLC

Nami Melumad, Composer

Richard Wolf, Producer/Composer, The Producers Lab, Inc.

Roni Weissman, Filmmaker

Josh Schaer, Writer/Producer

Mendel Goldman, Musical Artist, Born Entertainment

Marie Minnich, Website Developer, Lyrics On Demand

David Margolis, Photographer

David Rowell, Associate Professor, Arts and Entertainment Management, Dean College

Martin Masadao, Production Designer

Mary Jo Mennella, CEO, Music Asset Management, Inc.

Lisa Rockoff, Freelance Make-Up Artist

David Lasky, Producer, David Jay Lasky Productions

Lynn Silver, Actress/Writer

Annah Boyer, Actor

Dana Kaminski, Actor, Voiceover

Billy Schwartz, Film Acquisitions/Sales, Quiver Distribution

Karen Maine, Writer/Director

Julie Hermelin, Managing Partner, Gutsy Media

Julie Carson, Retired Sales Manager, Warner Bros

Camila Seta, Executive, CAA

John Kreidman, Producer

Gary Pearl, Television and Film Producer, Aquarius Content

Sharon Hart-Green, Writer

Michael Burwick, President, Strategic Sports, Media & Entertainment LLC

Charlotte Lichtman, Agent, CAA

Ethan Landzberg, Independent Producer

Louis Allen Epstein, Agent/Entertainer/Head Writer, Best Entertainers/AdamsDavy Productions

Cheryl Watson, Retired Theatre Teacher/Acting Coach

Bonnie Greenberg, Music Supervisor/Professor, Ocean Cities Entertainment/NYU

Douglas Denning, Screenwriter

Iddo Goldberg, Actor

Charles Horn, Writer

Louise O’Brien-Moran, VP Production & Deputy Film Commissioner, Manitoba Film & Music

Tory Howard, Vice President/Partner, Atlas Artists

Matt Sherman, Talent Manager, Matt Sherman Management

Douglas Edley, Talent Agent, UTA

Jessica Kantor, Agent, UTA

Frederic Richter, Archival Producer/Consultant

Emily Brundige, Animation Writer/Showrunner

Scott Halle, President, Gramercy Park Entertainment

Jess Parker, Actor

Brett Gursky, Writer/Director/Producer, Magic Hour

Danielle Solzman, Film Critic, Solzy at the Movies

Barry Weiss, Academy Member

Ann Cherkis, Writer/Producer

Christopher Lussier, Producer, Hollywood Motion Pictures

Anastasia Pozhidaeva, Screenwriter

Gary Kaplan, Singer/Performance Artist

James Cullen Bressack, Director/Producer, Sandaled Kid Productions

Natalie Shampanier, Screenwriter

Inon Shampanier, Writer/Director

Mark Owens, CEO, Rogers & Cowan/PMK

Dani O, Producer

Kevin Walsh, Producer, The Walsh Company

Allan Mandelbaum, Producer, Imagine

Shelly Amor, Artist

Brian Schneiderman, Writer

Heidi Peaster, Author

Jarrett Furst, Producer

Holly Spiegel, Engagement Manager, Motion Picture Television Fund

Cheynne Moye, Streamer/Content Creator/Activists, Twitch

Howard Stein, Film Professional

Suzanne Scara, Writer, Active Ingredients

Vincent Brown, Writer, Completely Plausible Prod.

Susan Gurman, Theatrical Agent, Gurman Agency LLC

Michelle De Vries, Music Supervisor, Extra Mile Music

Mary Beth Leidman, Host/Producer

Linda Kessler, Artist

Sarajane Robinson, Actor

Risa Miller, Novelist

Danny Cohen, President, Access Entertainment

Maksim Kunin, President, Banyan Communications

Dagmar Jaeger, Visual Artist

Marc Simonsson, Film and TV Agent, SoloSon Media Limited

Paul Richman, Director, PR Films

David Thurman, Musician, Aweberry Records

Marnie Salsky, Documentarian

Deborah Hall, Writer

Fredric London, Actor

Winfried Hammacher, Producer, WMG Films

Jack Ferdman, Film Critic/Podcaster, Rewatching Oscar Podcast

Anne Smith, Hairdresser/Makeup Artist

Kenneth Slotnick, CEO, AGI Entertainment Media & Management, LLC

Jacob Marko, Television Producer/Artist

Miriam Spritzer, Entertainment Journalist, Golden Globes

Marian Wolf, Chief of Staff and SVP US Publishing, BMG

Brian Stern, Partner, AGI Entertainment Media & Management

Edward Fletcher, Musician

Thomas Arslan, Director

Steve Kline, President/COO, Better Noise Entertainment

FTV Teubner, Artist

Steven Cohen, Writer

Robert Harris, Founding Partner, Lazarus & Harris LLP

Victoria Selman, Author

Gregor Tholl, Author/Journalist

Na’ama Keha, Filmmaker

Max Nagler, Agent, Verve Talent & Literary Agency

Thomas Lynch, Retired Actor

Ben Solenberger, Actor

Marilee Albert, Producer/Author, Amicus Pictures

Richard Wright, Podcaster Host/Producer, TPFP

Matt Torres, Artist

Kadia Saraf, Actor and Writer

Terry Serpico, Actor/Writer

Leslie Litt, Sr. Casting Executive, Amazon MGM Studios

Betty Pillk, Actor

Victoria Gordon, Actress/Singer/Writer

Robin Blick, Musician

Andrew Atkinson, Actor/Musician, Chapel Music Company

Ross Warner, Writer, Operation Thunderball

Udo Kulvinder Jolly, Actor/Playwright

Vicky Asher, Singer

David Livingston, Director

Andreas Galk, Author

David Stone, Artist Manager, PRF Management

Jim Smith, Writer, 2thirteen22 Productions

Benjamin Shekelbergstein, Producer/Director, New World Studios, Inc.

Mark Landesman, Business Manager/CEO, ML Management Partners

Mandore Oviedo, Writer/Producer, Fenna Productions

Diana Hoffman, President, Music With Confidence

Meirav Zur, Actor/Producer

Cheryl Bloch, Partner, Backyard Pix

Homer Hickam, Writer/Author, H3 Author

Susan Cartsonis, Partner, Resonate Entertainment

Alyssa Rosenheck, Author, Speaker & Photographer

Dina Smith, Production

David Kanter, Manager/Producer/Partner, Anonymous Content

Erika Rosenheim, Talent Manager

Jeff Greenberg, Senior VP, Gersh

Suzanne Farwell, Producer

Clément Bauer, Producer, Resonate Entertainment

Tim McKinney, Actor/Director/Producer, Cubed Five Productions

Kaci Christian, Retired TV News Anchor & Investigative Reporter

Aaron Sandler, Producer, Lot 2160

Sharlene Martin, President, Martin Literary Management

Lisa Moran, Production, The Alan Parker Film Company

Susan Sofayov, Author

David Rose, Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

Jonathan Sturm, Director, HR, MLB Network

Debbie Peiser, Director/Writer

Oriana LaRusso, Social Media Influencer

Chris Collins, Producer, Purposeful Pictures

Michael Chait, Director, TMU Pictures, LLC

Sandy Sabean, CEO, Merity, LLC

David Eisman, Partner, Head of Entertainment Group, Skadden

Emily Greenberg Hogan, 1st Assistant Director

Ross Kohn, Producer

Catherine Rich, Executive Producer

Maxwell Weberman, L&OD, Endeavor

Carole Davis, Actor

Lindsay Fabes, Actor/Director/Singer

Geoffrey Cantor, Actor

Duff Berschback, Lawyer, Concord Music Publishing

Karynne Tencer, PR Exec, Tencer & Associates

Sloan Roberts, Actor

Iris Bahr, Actor/Author

Robert Glynn, Writer/Director/Editor/Camera Operator

David Singer, Co-Chair, Content, Media & Entertainment, Jenner & Block LLP

Hal Burg, CEO, Brandview

Adam Rodman, Writer

Micah D. Sjerven, Freelance Filmmaker

Rafael Marmor, Founder, Delirio Films

Eric Kranzler, Manager/Producer, Entertainment 360

Carly Sadolf, Actress/Producer

Beth Delany, Writer

Jim Heath, Teacher/Writer/Actor

Scott Ratner, COO, OBB Media

Kyria Collins, Singer-Songwriter

Maxim Rowlands, Pianist

Chris Dawson, Visual Effects Artist

Allison Estrin, Casting Director, Allison Estrin Casting

Suzi Steiger, Freelance Art Dealer/Curator/Writer

D.J. Gugenheim, President/Partner, Incognegro Productions

Samuel Cohen, Actor

Arthur Spector, Head of Film & TV, Epic

Michael Feldman, Actor

Dalia Ganz, SVP Digital Marketing, Warner Records

Marc Stone, Filmmaker, Banjo Films

Jen Lanter, Director, SHTARKcontrast

Nathan Kaye, Actor/Musician/Music Producer/Composer, New Realms Films, Australia

Max Perlman, Actor

Jordan Serlin, Writer/Agent/Inventor, Warner Bros. Records/ICM/Pacific Swan

Toby Emmerich, Producer, Fireside Films

Peter Vogel, Producer, Blank Slate Pictures

Rebecca Shapiro, Writer/Director, Not Even the Chair Productions

Phylis Rossi, Actor

Eric Eskenazi, Founder, Brooklyn Digital Media, Inc.

Narayan & Janet Baltzo, Musicians/Songwriters, Love Bus Music Unlimited

Natalie Cassoni, Curator, Artist, Cassoni Design Gallery

Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director, Sundance Institute

Kiersten Lipkin, Choreographer/Dance Educator

Larry Kunofsky, Writer

Michael Glouberman, Writer/Producer, Global Robot

David C. Tam, Actor/Writer/Producer, Telesis Design and Development

Justin Hires, Actor, Hire Level Productions

Saul Blinkoff, Executive Producer/Director, Life of Awesome!

Cindy Bond, Founder/CEO, Mission Pictures International

Jacob Abrams, Executive Director, Abrams Theatre Project

Iris Helfand, Retired, Theatrical Wardrobe Union 764 NYC

Golan Ramraz, Writer/Producer, EGX Film Factory

Eric Schrier, President, Disney Television Studios

Scott Pollack, President, A to Z Media

Matthew Tishler, Songwriter/Producer

William Schmidt, Writer/Producer, Edelson Productiobs

Bruce Cohen, Producer, Bold Choices Productions

Roslyn Cohn, Actress

Greg Goetzman, CEO, Goetzman Group

Alex Astrachan, Director of Development, Permut Presentations

David Permut, President, Permut Presentations

Jill Littman, Partner, Impression Entertainment

Ari Luxenberg, Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, Paramount Television Studios

Joshua Rothstein, CEO/Founder, Ice Cream For Dinner

Kevin Lin, Co-Founder, Twitch

Stacy Harris, Publisher/Executive Editor, Stacy’s Music Row Report

Mark Rogers, Musician, abovewaters indy

Nizar Aghri, Writer

Timotius Samanuli, Director, EMOS Global Digital

Virtic Emil Brown, Filmmaker, Artist Studio Prods.

Tim Clemente, Writer/Producer, XG Productions

Jay Karas, Director

Laurence Miller, Producer, Nimax Theatres

Birgit Grebenstein, Sound Technician

Mitchell James Kaplan, Author

Sheila Richey, TV/Film Producer, George Richey Family Music

Gero Worstbrock, Head of Legal & Business Affairs, Constantin Film

Vered Danovitch, Actor, LAV

Richard Motzkin, EVP & Managing Executive, Global Soccer, Wasserman

Matt Greenberg, Managing Partner, Greenberg Chopurian-Valencia & Associates, LLP

Neil Silvert, President and Owner, Your Grey Matters Podcast

John Benjamin David Tatum, Actor/Producer/Director

Matthew Mishory, Director

Iyar Hartogs, Influencer Manager

Dan Bleiwas, Former Major League Baseball Scout

Lisa Cohen, President, Associated Booking Corp.

Sabrina Nudeliman Wagon, CEO, ELO Studios

Peter Tordai, Chief Creative Officer, White Dog

Al Rain, Songwriter/Producer

Tahj Mowry, Actor

Val Stulman, Writer/Actor/Educator

Jonathan Kier, Co-Founder, Upgrade Productions

Gary Gilbert, Producer, Gilbert Films

Jennifer Joel, Co-Head, CAA Books, CAA

Larry Klein, Record Producer/Musician, Strange Cargo Inc

Alan Zweibel, TV Writer/Screenwriter/Playwright/Author

Patrick Schabus, Publishing Director, The Friendly Facts

Seth Faber, SVP Artist & Label Strategy, Stem Distribution

Sylvanna Seydel, Actress/Costumer, Made With Mischief

Yehuda Siegal, Actor

Betty Jo Butler, Talent Agent and Producer, Resilient Films Studios

Daniel Finkelman, Producer/Director, Danielfinkelmanfilms.com

Michael Drebert, Creative Director, Resilient Films Studios

Joseph Browns, Film Set Designer

Zach Calig, Writer/Producer

Greg Hoffman, Actor

Hallie Brookman, Agent, UTA

Victoria Cook, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit

Ed Buller, Composer/Producer/Musician, who’ll ever have me

Freddie Green, Writer/Director

Andrea Jolly, Actor

Simon Halfon, Producer, Nemperor Ltd

Steve Luna, Actor/Filmmaker

Ricky Kirshner, Producer, Kirshner Events

Jacob Schiff, Agent, CAA

Gerald Petievich, Writer, Charles Carr Productions Inc

Allegra Israel, Games Producer

Allyson Taylor, Actress, Aqua Talent

Don Swayze, Actor

Josh Roehl, Singer/Songwriter

Patricia Randell, Actor

Bill McCarty, Comedian/Actor

Judy Friedman, General Counsel, PhilmCo Media

Dmitry Borshch, Artist

Michal Shany, Entertainment Attorney

David Blackman, EVP, Head of Film &TV Development and Production, Universal Music Group

Declan Joyce, Actor/Writer/Producer, Irish Magic Inc.

Kellie Adan, Spiritual Director/Writer

Michele Robins, Artist

Michael Black, Singer/Songwriter/Artist

Alan Bradley, Author/Songwriter

Richard Klagsbrun, Writer/Composer

Michael Porter, Director, Netflix

Stanley Herman, Actor/Writer/Music Publisher, Jordan/Herman/Holmes

Jon Keidan, Trustee, George Gershwin Godowsky Trust

Adam Gershwin, Manager, Marc George Gershwin LLC

LJ Strunsky, Managing Director, The Ira Gershwin Music Estate

Nataliya Kirakozova, Film Director, Founder, Dva Kapitana

Misha Aranyshev, Editor, Dva Kapitana

Dan Liebman, Actor

Ross Buckley, Senior Business Development Manager, Prime Video

Brett Rosen, Motion Picture Agent, Endeavor

Beth Suckiel, Artist, East Linden Avenue

Iris Joon, Artist, Blair Records & Publishing

Marshall Blair-Cohn, Musician/Composer/CEO, Blair Records & Publishing

Peter Samuelson, CEO, PhilmCo Media LLC

Gerry Tamber, Lead Singer/Mandolin, The Shade Tree Pickers Bluegrass Band

Seth Oster, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, The Wonderful Company

Michael Pasternak, Actor, Founder, The Amazing Bottle Dancers

David Kantrowitz, Musician

Sam Schifrien, Founder/Content Development & Production, 93 Cedar

Cathryn Wadden, Costumer

Jan Kunesh, Exec Director, Production Finance, 20th Television

Robert Avrech, Screenwriter

Sharon Lieblein, Casting Director, Sharon Lieblein Casting

Orly Sitowitz, Casting Director

Bob Kushell, Writer/Producer

Jeffrey Bank, CEO, Alicart Group LLC

Nancy Klopper, Casting Director

Larry Jenkins, Manager, LJ Entertainment

Stacey Pianko, Casting Director, Stacey Pianko Casting

Susan Paley Abramson, Casting Director, Paley Hempe Casting

Lindsay Heiman, Showrunner’s Assistant, Warner Bros.

Wendy Warren, Writer

Tim Blough, Actor

Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Casting Director, Mackey/Sandrich Casting

Josh Lieberman, Agent, Creative Artists Agency

Mark Silverman, President & COO, Fox Sports

Danielle Cohen, Global Operations and Distribution Executive

Heidi Kozak Haddad, Writer/Actress/Producer

Steven Adelson, Director/Producer, Breakout Pictures Inc

Michelle Hansen Como, Story Developer

Justin Kalifowitz, Founder & Chairman, Downtown Music Holdings

Sherrill Hayes, Writer

Andrew Bergman, CEO, Downtown Music Holdings

Peter Lewit, Managing Partner, Davis Shapiro Lewit & Grabel, LLP

Binta Niambi Brown, Talent Manager, Omalilly Projects

Andrew Howard, Personal Manager, Shelter Entertainment Group

Brenda Kyle, Television Executive

Chris Hartung, Musician

Aidan J. Crowley, Actor/Producer

JoAnne Ruggeri, Arts Administrator

Rona Menashe, Co-CEO and Co-President, Guttman Associate

Lizzie Friedman, Producer/Partner, Priority Pictures

Michael Rauch, Showrunner

Yael Bergman, Producer/Writer, YB Productions

Marissa Nadel, SVP, Integrated Marketing, Paramount

Paul Simpson, Actor

Alan Gary, Actor/Writer, Too Much Fun Productions, Inc.

Eric Gault, Musician

Noah Morris, Writer/Producer/Actor, At Liberty Entertainment Studios

Steve Vitolo, CEO, Scriptation

Noel Ashman, Film Producer/Director

Brian Ash, Writer/Producer

Keith J. Klein, Media Director

William Jeffcock, Director

Jennifer Peralta-Ajemian, Founder/Casting Director, JPA Casting

Ari Roussimoff, Director/Artist

Garry Schyman, Composer, Garry Schyman Productions

Carol Berke, Color Designer, Walt Disney Company

Ari Lubet, Manager, 3 Arts Entertainment

Samantha Korn, Talent Agent, WME

Shari Shankewitz, Partner, WME

Daniel Rak, Agent, WME

Gabriella Shink, Talent Agent, WME

Anna Anna, Agent, WME

Rachel Goldberg, Director

Hilary Michael, Agent, Partner & Co-Head of Literary Packaging, WME

Max Maulitz, Agent, WME

Nicole Rosen, Producer, Ladybug Productions

Agnieszka Kolek, Artist

Jeremy Drysdale, Screenwriter

Samantha Leon, Talent Agent, WME

Alyssa Reuben, Agent, WME

Jeffrey Schnabolk, Senior Manager, IMG Models

Caroline Gold, Writer

Natalie Haverstock, Artist, Miss Ballooniverse Ltd

Mina Kupfermann, Artist

Alan Chebot, Director/Executive Producer, Parallax Productions, Inc.

Wade Brown, Writer

Anna-Sue Greenberg, Producer, Facet4 Media

Sheri Kelton, Manager, SRK Entertainment

Euphrosene Labon, Writer, Wise El Co

Abraham Hoschander, Attorney and Radio Talk Show Host

Nancy Josephson, Partner, WME

Nathan Ross, Film/TV Producer, Lilyrose Productions Inc.

Howard Klein, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Amir Shahkhalili, Agent, WME

Andrea Cayton, Philanthropist

David Boren, Partner, Ritholz Levy Fields LLP

Marc Emert-Hutner, Vice-President, Membership, Pop/Rock, ASCAP

Sara Laffer, Executive, WME

Orna Rachovitsky, Actress/Producer/Filmmaker, Goldart Films

Orestes Matacena, Actor/Producer/Writer/Director, Goldart Films

David Herman, Documentary Director, Double Shot Films

Kos OmIsrael, CEO, Kos Entertainment

Dolores Delaney, Writer

Rhonda Gale, Business Affairs Consultant

Kirk Acevedo, Actor

Talin Chaturantabut, Actor

John Winfield, President and Chairman, InterGroup Corp.

Neil Blair, Founding Partner, The Blair Partnership

Marilyn Lindsay, Production Accountant

Amanda Alley, Creative Executive, Skydance Media

Jim Jackoway, Attorney, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein

Ben Jacobs, Writer

Steven Keslowitz, Attorney and Author

Aaron Wilson, Writer/Artist

Richard Cannon, Photographer

Nina Mueller, Translator & Actor, COMM-art

Leo Pearlman, Managing Partner, Fulwell 73

Nicholas Frenkel, Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Rebecca Wicking, Actor/Singer

Mark Mason, Playwright

Keith Lucas, Filmmaker, LBMC

Joanne Horowitz, CEO, Joanne Horowitz Management

Rod Lurie, Film Writer/Director, Perfection Hunter Productions

Raquel Munoz, Production Executive

Scott Baker, CEO/Founder, RiverArch Ventures LLC

Alexander Ney, Artist

Joel Ney, Independent Creative

Frank Eckhardt, Artist

Noah Munro Lehrman, Musician/Writer

Bar Maman, Artist, Art by Bar

Jamie Conviser, Music Producer, The Walt Disney Company

Roland Ronge, Photographer/Artist

Dvora Englefield, Partner/Head of Music Artist Strategy, WME

Brian Ross, Writer/Producer

David Sacks, Executive Producer

Hannah Lowy, Writer/Director

Bernd Schuller, Artist & Scientist

Will Daws, Creative Director, Plum Pictures

Rinne B. Groff, Playwright/Performer

Lori Silfen, Head of MGM Music, MGM/Amazon Studios

Jacob Elyachar, Chief Content Producer-Writer/Podcast Host

Michelle Jubelirer, Chair & CEO, Capitol Music Group

Andrew Heinze, Playwright, New York City, American Renaissance Theater Company

Adam Butterfield, Producer/Actor

Lisa Mierke, Manager, Mosaic

Bruce Kirschbaum, Writer/Producer

Chaim and Stephanie Glicken, Co-Founders, Digilicious Media LLC

Julia Rymer Brucker, Artist/Art Educator

Lloyd Braun, Producer

Sarah Agor, Actress/Producer

Nathan Ross, Producer

Jonnie Forster, Founder, The Penthouse

Sarah Ulicny, Writer

Holly Hubsher, SVP, Bay Mills Studios

Michael Rubinoff, Theatre Producer

Bruna Papandrea, Founder/Producer, Made Up Stories

Mitchell Akselrad, Writer/Producer

Liran Nathan, Actor

Fred Raskin, Film Editor

Sasha Valenti, Artist

David Friendly, Film/TV Producer, Friendly Films

Allison Eden, Glass Mosaic Artist

Sasha Valenti, Artist

Rachel Morrissey, Artist

Lisa Edelstein, Actress/Artist

Harel Sharon, Editor In Chief, CON-ART magazine

Wyatt Benny, Songwriter/Filmmaker, 327 Films

David Hedges, Writer

Seth Saltzman, Musician/Music Professional

Zoe Manor, Designer/Producer

Emily Leonard, Music Talent Publicity Assistant, The Lede Company

Victor Fresco, Writer/Executive Producer

Adam Shulman, Manager/Producer, Anonymous Content

Sarah Flack, Film Editor

Steve Sackstein, Background Actor

Chloe Traicos, Actress, Mia Tunsgate Films

Jonathan Kadin, Producer, KadinCreative

Suzanne Yacowitz Dragan, Executive Director, Red Wolf Productions Inc.

Dan Ilani, CEO, Us Kids

George Bullock, Musician

Eli Tell, Writer

Jenny Mollen, Writer

David Marc, Actor

Josh Jobett, Actor

Kario Salem, Screenwriter/Songwriter, Moonshot/LePel

Colin Mochrie, Actor

Jessica Held, Producer

Cathy Lawrence, Production Manager, Sony Pictures Animation

Esther Kustanowitz, Writer & Podcast Host

Eric Corwin, Former TV Sports Producer, ABC7 Los Angeles

Shamgar Amram, Actor

Cris Patwa, CEO, El Rey

Jessica Leventhal, Writer

Lee Goldberg, Writer

Alan Anderson, Artist

Sharon Adler, Journalist/Photographer, AVIVA-Berlin

Ellen Drantch-Billet, Talent Agent, Stewart Talent

Lara Fried, Producer

David Keith, Film Editor and Producer, CineByte Production

Sal Iacono, Writer/Performer

Matt Greenberg, Managing Partner, Greenberg, Chopurian-Valencia & Associates, LLP

Jay Levy, President, Jay Levy Entertainment

Sam Mosenkis, Music Attorney

Jeffery Azoff, Manager and Music Producer, Full Stop Management

Nancy Klopper, Casting Director

Pamela Jacobs, Writer/Editor

Michael Birnbaum, CEO, Empire Pictures/Renaissance Content Group

Gladys Bensimon, Producer

Tim Dillon, Comedian, Magic Spoon Media

Denise Faye, Actress/Choreographer/Director

Christopher Cox, Producer/Writer/Director, Winning Hand Media

Natasha Reznitsky, Background Performer

Nathan Ross, Producer

Crazy Tomes, Musician

Jayme Alter, Partner, Media & Entertainment, Dentons Canada LLP

Ari Daniel Pinchot, President, Crystal City Entertainment

Tory Howard, Vice President, Atlas Artists

Gaylen Ross, Documentary Film Director and Producer, GR Films Inc.

Bernie Greenspoon, Composer, Fresh Picked Music

David Eigenberg, Actor

Jamie Stevens, EVP Global Consumer Products, Sony Pictures

Jordana Jackson, Choreographer

Rafael Marmor, Partner, Delirio Films

Jon Michael Richter, C.O.O. & General Counsel, Nugs.net

Reese Lester, Managing Partner, Arrow Media Services

Roderic Wachovsky, Playwright/Educator

Hal Sparks, Actor/Comedian/Host, Hal Sparks Megaworldwide

Kyle Devlin, Creative Producer/Cinematographer, RAYMAR Entertainment

Ellie Weingardt, Actress/Comedienne

Malia Scotch Marmo, Screenwriter

George Linder, Producer

Andrew Lanter, Producer, Covenant Films

Adam Szalai, Assistant Director

Nick Sakai, Actor/Director/Producer, Nine Cats Productions

Shael Rosenbaum, Producer, Yad Vashem/USC Shoah Foundation

Robin Carus, Casting Director

Sara Laffer, Motion Picture Executive, WME

Jill Holden, Actor/Director

Rachel Cohen McKenna, Partner, Evolve Talent Management

Maureen Landa McGavin, Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission

Aaron Shuster, Producer/Writer/Director, Fountainhead Pictures

Robyn Bluestone, Manager

Daniella Eisman, Director

Timothy Patrick Cavanaugh, Producer, P12 Films

Victoria Angelique, Producer, Writer, Artist, Nocturnal Epiphany Productions

D.W. Warren, Actor, Writer

Andrew Lanter, Producer, Covenant Films

Dale F. Appel, Actress

Jane Schulman, Owner, Vesta Talent Agency

Leandro Taub, Actor, Author, Tikun Olam Media LLC

Jessica Leventhal, Writer/Producer

Saraya-Jade Bevis, AEW Professional Wrestler & Personality

Hiroshi Tanahashi, President, Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling

** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.

World’s Leading Jewish Organizations Urge BMG to Reconsider Business Relationship with Roger Waters

15 Organizations send letter to the Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann highlighting Waters’ history of antisemitism and bigotry.

LOS ANGELES (July 19, 2023) — Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) released a letter calling on Bertelssman Music Group (BMG) to reconsider its business relationship with Roger Waters. The non-profit entertainment industry organization was joined by 14 of the world’s leading Jewish organizations.

CCFP is a non-profit entertainment industry organization comprised of prominent members of the entertainment community who’ve come together to promote the arts as a means to peace and to educate about rising antisemitism.

The letter comes in response to Roger Waters’ recent concerts in Germany where he performed in a Nazi-like uniform and compared a Palestinian-American journalist to Anne Frank.

“We believe that artists, given their massive influence in the world today, have a unique and important responsibility to speak out against bigotry. Mr. Waters has repeatedly shown that he’s determined to do the opposite – and would instead use his voice, his platform, and his public microphone to fan the flames of hatred,” the letter reads.

The following organizations signed onto the letter:

  • Creative Community For Peace
  • American Jewish Committee
  • Anti-Defamation League
  • Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
  • B’nai B’rith International
  • Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Canada
  • Community Security Trust
  • Conference of European Rabbis
  • Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
  • Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France
  • European Jewish Congress
  • Simon Wiesenthal Center
  • South African Jewish Board of Deputies
  • World Jewish Congress
  • Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (Central Council of Jews in Germany)

The letter also highlights the growing consensus about Waters’ dangerous behavior among governmental institutions, noting: “the US State Department also stated that Waters’ recent concert “contained imagery deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized the Holocaust.” The State Department added that, “The artist in question has a long track record of using antisemitic tropes to denigrate Jewish people.”

“For over a decade, Roger Waters has peddled and promoted antisemitism and leveraged his immense platform to spread his hateful views to millions worldwide. As we witness the continued rise of antisemitism, his words and actions are unacceptable. Our letter demonstrates the Jewish community’s concern that corporations cannot sit idly by while their business partners promote hate. We hope BMG reflects on their historical role with antisemitism and reexamines their relationship with Mr. Waters,” stated Ari Ingel, Director of Creative Community for Peace.

Creative Community for Peace aims to promote the arts and culture as a means to peace and to counter and educate the entertainment industry about rising antisemitism. To learn more about their work, visit www.creativecommunityforpeace.com.

 

OPEN LETTER

Dear Mr. Rabe,

As you may have seen, BMG’s client Roger Waters recently caused an uproar in Germany when he donned a Nazi-like uniform and compared Shireen Abu Akleh — a Palestinian-American journalist who tragically lost her life while working in a war zone — to Anne Frank, a young girl whom Nazis murdered for simply for being a Jew.

In response to this most recent incident, the EU Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life and the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism, both loudly condemned Mr. Waters.

The US State Department also stated that Waters’ recent concert “contained imagery deeply offensive to Jewish people and minimized the Holocaust.” The State Department added that, “The artist in question has a long track record of using antisemitic tropes to denigrate Jewish people.”

Unfortunately, the State Department is 100% correct, as this is just the latest in a long list of troubling antisemitic incidents by Mr. Waters.

In the past, he’s described UK Labour leader Keir Starmer as being controlled by Jewish organizations, he’s flown pig-shaped balloons emblazoned with the Star of David at his concerts, he’s falsely blamed Israel for the death of George Floyd, and he’s openly called for the destruction of the State of Israel.

All of this has happened at a time when antisemitic incidents are rising at alarming rates around the world.

We believe that artists, given their massive influence in the world today, have a unique and important responsibility to speak out against bigotry. Mr. Waters has repeatedly shown that he’s determined to do the opposite – and would instead use his voice, his platform, and his public microphone to fan the flames of hatred.

Given Bertelsmann’s unique history – specifically its actions during WWII– we find it troubling that the company would continue to profit from this relationship, especially when you just recently demonstrated that antisemitism should have no home on your roster.

We respectfully urge you to reconsider BMG’s professional ties with Roger Waters and look forward to your reply.

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Cover photo: Stock Photo ID: 2285154609 4 April 2023. Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Concert of Roger Waters

Entertainment Leaders Call on Amazon and Barnes & Noble to Remove Antisemitic Film and Book

Mila Kunis, Debra Messing, Mayim Bialik, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Aaron Bay-Schuck, Sherry Lansing, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Haim Saban among 200+ celebrities and entertainment executives sign open letter calling for the removal of the antisemitic documentary and book recently promoted by Kyrie Irving

LOS ANGELES (November 10 2022) — More than 200 leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace calling on Jeff Bezos, James Daunt, and other leaders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble to remove the antisemitic documentary and book, “Hebrews to N**roes” from their respective platforms. Since Kyrie Irving posted a Tweet with a link to the documentary and book, it has become a bestseller. Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble have refused to remove the title and continue to profit from its bigotry.

Mila Kunis (Actress), Debra Messing (Actress), Mayim Bialik (Actress), Sherry Lansing (Former CEO of Paramount Pictures), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Actress), Emmanuelle Chriqui (Actress), Haim Saban (Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group), Orly Marley (President, Tuff Gong Worldwide), Rick Rosen (Co-Founder, Endeavor), David Draiman (Frontman, Disturbed), Nina Tassler (Producer and Partner/Co-Founder, PatMa Productions); Diane Warren (Songwriter, Producer), Iliza Shlesinger (Comedian), and Ben Silverman (Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Propagate Content) are among 200+ signers of the open letter, which was made public today.

Addressed to leaders at Amazon and Barnes and Noble, the letter reads, “After more than a week of private messages and public calls to take the fallacious book and movie “Hebrews to N**roes” from your sites, you have so far refused to act.”

The statement’s signers are among the first in the entertainment industry to publicly and collectively call for the removal of the film, hoping to eliminate future radicalization and indoctrination.

“At a time in America where there are more per capita hate crimes against Jews than any other minority, overwhelmingly more religious-based hate crimes against the Jewish people than any other religion, and more hate crimes against the Jewish people in New York than any other minority, where a majority of American Jews live, it is unacceptable to allow this type of hate to foment on your platforms,” the letter continues.

“Respected platforms and companies like Amazon and Barnes & Noble have a choice,” said Ari Ingel, Director of Creative Community for Peace. “They can either continue to profit off of hatred and antisemitism, while turning a blind eye to the fears of the Jewish community, or they can choose to be an ally, and stand on the right side of history. While free speech is vital, corporations don’t need to help facilitate the spread of dangerous conspiracy theories that threaten the Jewish community. We implore them to take the prudent, responsible steps needed to remove this content.”

If you would like to add your name to this letter please click here.

Creative Community for Peace aims to promote the arts as a means for peace while fighting antisemitism in the entertainment industry and on prominent media platforms. To learn more about their cause, visit www.creativecommunityforpeace.com.

 

OPEN LETTER

To Jeff Bezos, James Daunt, and the leaders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble:

After more than a week of private messages and public calls to take the fallacious book and movie “Hebrews to N**roes” from your sites, you have so far refused to act.

The book and movie, and its contents, have been shared by several high-profile individuals causing tremendous harm to the Jewish community while spreading dangerous misinformation to an impressionable public that may be susceptible to its propaganda.

These works promote numerous antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories that have no basis in fact, including manufactured Hitler quotes, false claims of Jewish power and control, that the Jewish people fabricated the Holocaust, and that the Jewish people are fake Jews.

The claims made in these works have led to the persecution and murder of millions of Jews throughout the centuries.

Over the past week, the book has become a bestseller on both sites. There has also undoubtedly been a spike in viewership of the movie on Amazon. Your companies are profiting from hate.

At a time in America where there are more per capita hate crimes against Jews than any other minority, overwhelmingly more religious-based hate crimes against the Jewish people than any other religion, and more hate crimes against the Jewish people in New York than any other minority, where a majority of American Jews live, it is unacceptable to allow this type of hate to foment on your platforms.

We, the undersigned, demand that you immediately remove these works from your sites.

 

SIGNATORIES

Jason Adelman: Vice President, Brand Innovators

Orly Adelson: President, Orly Adelson Productions

Marty Adelstein: CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Ben Adler: Musician

Michael Adler: Partner at Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman & Clark

Michael Auerbach: Partner, Jackoway Austen

Nate Auerbach: Partner, Versus Creative

Jeremy Barber: Partner, United Talent Agency

Eve Barlow: Music Journalist

David Baron: Rabbi, Temple of the Arts

Richard Baskind: Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Aaron Bay-Schuck: CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records

Hannah Bay-Schuck: Music Publisher, Prescription Songs

Miles Beard: Executive VP of A&R, Republic Records

Aton Ben-Horin: Executive VP of Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group

Pablo Bendersky: Producer/Artist

Hilary Bendon: Peace Partner, HXB LLC

Sandra Bendon: Attorney

Steven Bensusan: President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Adam Berkowitz: Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Luc Bernard: Director, Voices of the Forgotten

Mayim Bialik: Actress

Josh Binder: Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Neil Blair: Partner, The Blair Partnership

Allison Bloom

Evan Bogart: Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music

David Byrnes: Partner at Ziffren Brittenham, LLP

Markell Casey: Senior Director of A&R, Sony Music Australia

Brian Celler: Bravo Charlie Management

Pamela Charbit: A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Emmanuelle Chriqui: Actress

Adam Cooper: Partner, Jackoway Austen

Leanne Coronel: President, The Coronel Group

Andy Corren: Author

Raye Cosbert: Managing Director at Metropolis Music

Ben Cosgrove: CEO, Leviathan Productions

Paul Craig: Chair, Nostromo Management

Avi Dahan: Attorney, Boyarski Fritz LLP

Ian Daly: Head of Brand Strategy, Live Nation

Greg Daniels: Writer and Producer

Howard Davine: Head of Business & Operations, Wiip

Josh Deutsch: Chairman/CEO – Premier Music Group

Avi Diamond: Director, Film & TV Licensing, Warner Music Canada

Kosha Dillz: Artist

Craig Dorfman: President and Owner, Frontline MGMT

Helen Dosik: Professor of Sociology, California State University, Northridge

David Draiman: Frontman, Disturbed

Beth Elitzer: B. Elitzer Consulting

Talya Elitzer: Co-Founder & President, Godmode Music

Craig Emanuel: Partner, Paul Hastings LLC

Daniel Erlig: Partner, United Talent Agency

Ron Fair: Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber: Composer

Paul Farberman: President, Paul Faberman Entertainment

Daniel Federman: Owner, Maccabi Tel Aviv

Eric Feig: Founder, Eric Feig Entertainment & Media Law, Inc.

Yossi Feinberg: Professor of Economics

Patti Felker: Partner, Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, & Abramson LLP

Jacob Fenton: Partner, United Talent Agency

Ken Fermaglich: Partner, United Talent Agency

David Fishof: Producer and Music Executive

Josh Fluxgold: President, Oneway MGMT

Erica Forster: Entertainment Attorney

Gary Foster: Principal in Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment

Jordan Frazes: Founder, Frazes Creative

Francine Freid

Adina Friedman: Friends at Work

Dara Frimmer: Rabbi, Temple Isaiah Los Angeles

Siri Garber: CEO & Founder, Platform Public Relations

David Gardner: President, Artists First

Nancy Gates: Partner, United Talent Agency

Andrew Genger: Manager, Red Light Management

Lorna Gerry

Gary Gersh: President, Global Touring, AEG

Gary Ginsberg: Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Karen Glauber: President, HITS Magazine

David Glick: Founder & CEO, Edge Group & Chairman, Tap Music

Elon Gold: Actor, Comedian

Nicole Goldman: EVP, Branding, The Jim Henson Company

Alex Goldstone: Partner, Anonymous Content

Michael Goldwasser: Record Producer & President/Co-Founder of Easy Star Records

Robert Golenberg: Partner at Silver Lining Entertainment Productions

Jonathan Golfman: Co-President, MRC Film

Michael Gordon: Partner, Creative Artists Agency

Andrew Gould: Music Executive

Cary Granat: Co-Founder & Partner, Destiny Media, EMH Media

Trudy Green: Trudy Green Management/HK

Scott Greenberg: Manager and Partner at LBI Entertainment

Steve Greenberg: Founder & President of S-Curve Records

Renee Haas

Ronnie Harris: Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

Jo Hart: Founder, Hart Media

Avi Hirshbein: A&R, Electric Feel Entertainment and Ventures

Linda Edell Howard: Attorney, Novick Law

Ari Ingel: Director, Creative Community For Peace

Richard “BournRich” Ingram: Artist/Creative Director

Neil Jacobson: Founder & CEO of Hallwood Media

Jordana Jaffe: Writer & Producer

Brandt Joel: Agent, William Morris Endeavor

Zach Katz: President & COO, FaZe Clan

Jonathan Kellerman: Novelist

David Kendall

Ilan Kidron: Artist & Musician

Scott Kluge: President, Tremendous Entertainment

Amanda Kogan: Agent, The Gersh Agency

Rick Krim: CEO, Krim Music & Media

Mila Kunis: Actress

Seth Kurland; Television Writer/Producer

Matt Labov: Manager/Publicist

Gabz Landman: VP A&R, Warner Chappell Music

Sherry Lansing: Former CEO of Paramount Pictures

Colin Lester OBE: Founder/Chairman JEM Music Group

Jonathan Levav: Marketing Professor, Stanford University

Stephen Levinson: Filmmaker/Producer

David Levy: Former President of Turner/WarnerMedia, Founder of Back Nine Ventures

David Levy: Partner, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

Cory Litwin: EVP, Hallwood Media

David Lonner: CEO, The David Lonner Co.

Ben Maddahi: SVP A&R, Columbia Records

Imran Majid: Co-CEO, Island Records

Gabriel Mann: Composer/Producer

Susan Markheim: Full Stop Management, The Azoff Company

Orly Marley: President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

John Mass: President at Content Partners, LLC

Nancy Matalon: VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

Debra Messing: Actress

Art Mollen: Physician

Sadaf Muncy: SVP, Development & Production, HappyNest

Spencer Neumann: CFO at Netflix

Joel Nickerson: Rabbi, Wilshire Boulevard Temple

Julia Nickerson

Leetal Nissenbaum: SVP of Synchronization and Licensing, Giant Music & Iconic Artists Group

Lisa Nupoff: Manager at IMIN Music

Tracy-Ann Oberman: Actress

Scott Packman: Founder and Managing Member, SSP Partners LLC

Mandi Perkins: Artist, Composer, Author

Jonah Platt: Actor, Writer

Mike Praw: Music Executive

David Renzer: Former Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Publishing

Sydnee Rimes: Vice President of Current Programming at ABC Studios

Hanna Rochelle: Founder, Purple Productions, LLC

Alex Rockwell: Writer/Producer

Zoe Rogovin: SVP, Non-Fiction Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.

Dan Rosen: President of Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen: Co-Founder, Endeavor

Erez Rosenberg: Attorney, Jackoway Austen

Shani Rosenzweig: Partner, United Talent Agency

Michael Rotenberg: Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Autumn Rowe: Songwriter, Artist

Piper Rutman

Haim Saban: Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group

Asif Satchu: Co-CEO, MRC and Producer

Jacqueline Saturn: President, Virgin Music

Ayalet Schiffman: SVP, Head of Promotions, Island Records

Paul Schindler: Senior Chair of the New York Entertainment and Media Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Steve Schnur: Worldwide Executive & Music President, Electronic Arts

Jordan Schur: CEO & Chariman, Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Entertainment

Sam Schwartz: Partner, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Michael Seitzman: Producer, Maniac Productions

Camila Seta: Executive, Brand Consulting

Stefi Shabashev: Songwriter

DJ White Shadow: Producer/Artist

Iliza Shlesinger: Comedian

Noah “Westside Gravy” Shufutinsky: Artist

Jeremy Silver

Ben Silverman: Chairman and Co-CEO, Propagate Content

Ralph Simon: Chairman & CEO, Mobilium Global Limited

Marty Singer: Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Danielle Solzman: Film Critic, Solzy at the Movies

Jeff Sosnow: EVP A&R, Warner and Reprise Records

Nancy Spielberg: President, Playmount Productions

Donna Spievak: VP of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records

Halle Stanford: President of Television & Executive Producer, The Jim Henson Company

Nancy Steingard: Producer & Partner/Co-Founder, PatMa Productions

Jonathan Steinsapir: Partner, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP

Justin Sternberg

Gary Stiffelman: Founder, GSS Law

Rachel Strassberger: Manager, Grassroots Music

Aaron Symonds: Film Composer

Traci Szymanski: President, Co-Star Entertainment

Nina Tassler: Producer & Partner/Co-Founder, Patma Productions

Adam Taylor: President, APM Music

Scott Tenley: Chief Business Officer, MRC

Geffen Sonnenfeld Toar

Niv Toar: Composer

Fred Toczek: Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson LLP

Eric Tuchman: Writer, Producer

Oded Turgeman: President, The Operating Room

Alex Voihanski: President, Paramount Business Group

Jeremy Vuernick: President of A&R, Capitol Music Group

Diane Warren: Songwriter, Producer

Joshua Washington: Artist/Producer

Jon Weinbach: President, Skydance Sports

Nola Weinstein: Global Head of Brand Experiences & Engagement, Twitter

Modi Wiczyk: Co-CEO, MRC & Producer

Evan Winiker: Managing Partner, Range Media

Jeffrey Winter: Executive Director, The Film Collaborative

Yale Wolman: Agent, CAA

Sharon Tal Yguado: Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

David Zedeck: Global Head of Music, United Talent Agency

Bradley Zweig: Executive Producer/Writer

Additional Signatores:

Jamie Denbo: Co-Executive Producer, Grey’s Anatomy

Eric Kranzler: Founding Partner, Entertainment 360

Rosalie Swedlin: Partner/Managing Producer: Anonymous Content

Elizabeth Ziff: Singer/Guitarist, BETTY the band

Tiffany Shlain: Film Director, Author, Artist

Orlando Jones: Producer, Writer, Actor, Comedian

Tanya Lopez: EVP Scripted Content at Lifetime, A+E Networks

Mollie Fermaglich: Writer, WGA

Jill Zarin: Actor

John Andriani: Singer/Songwriter, The Dwellers

Tomer Capone: Actor

** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.

Sia, Debra Messing and Others Join 300+ Entertainment Industry Leaders in Rejection of the Cultural Boycott of Israel and their Support for Israel’s Largest LGBTQ+ Film Festival and its Participating Filmmakers

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Mayim Bialik, Billy Porter, Dame Helen Mirren, Debra Messing, Sia, Phil Rosenthal, Zachary Quinto, Sherry Lansing, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Dana Goldberg, Iliza Shlesinger, Gene Simmons, Greg Berlanti, Michael Ian Black, Tracy Ann Oberman, and Diane Warren among 300+ celebrities and entertainment industry professionals sign open letter against boycott of Israel’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival.

LOS ANGELES (Oct 19 2022) — More than 300 leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace in support of the Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (TLVFest) and the participating filmmakers.

The entertainment leaders stand united in rejecting the cultural boycott of Israel as yet another roadblock to peace and its subversion of art for nefarious political purposes. As the LGBTQ+ Community around the world continues to face immense discrimination, it is particularly shameful to boycott an event that gives a voice to their stories and struggles.

The open letter comes in response to repeated attempts by anti-Israel activists to boycott a film festival that celebrates international voices from the LGBTQ+ community, including the Middle East. TLVFest represents the epitome of coexistence, and regularly features Palestinian films.

“In Israel, movies have the unique power to bring together Jews, Arabs, and people of all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds in collaboration under a shared love of the arts, working together towards the common goal of telling their stories, and building bridges of compassion and understanding,” the letter reads.

Signatories to the open letter include: Neil Patrick Harris (Actor); Dame Helen Mirren (Actress); Mila Kunis (Actress); Zach Quinto (Actor); Mayim Bialik (Actress); Sia (Artist and Songwriter); Debra Messing (Actress); Emmanuelle Chriqui (Actress); Aaron Bay-Schuck (CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Record); Jeremy Piven (Actor, Comedian); Marty Adelstein (CEO Tomorrow Studios); Jonathan Tucker (Actor); Billy Porter (Actor); Gene Simmons (Artist, KISS); Greg Berlanti (Producer, Director); Haim Saban (Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group); Iliza Shlesinger (Comedian); Robbie Rogers (Athlete); Dana Goldberg (Chief Creative Officer of Skydance); Simon Callow (Actor); Tracy Ann Oberman (Actress); Lance Bass (Artist); David Burtka (Actor); John Benjamin Hickey (Actor); Rick Rosen (Co-Founder of Endeavor); Ben Silverman (Chairman & Co-CEO, Propagate Content); Melissa Rivers (Actress, TV Host); Paul Feig (Actor/Director); Michael Rotenberg (Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment); Eric Balfour (Actor); Rachel Riley (TV Host); Richard Benjamin (Actor/Director); Diane Warren (Songwriter); and Sherry Lansing (Former CEO of Paramount Pictures) amongst many others.

See full list of signees below, and to add your name click here.

The letter’s signatories believe strongly in the power of film to bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, and affect positive societal change. They also call on their friends and colleagues to join in expressing support for a successful TLVFest 2022.

“We stand united with all the participating filmmakers against the divisive rhetoric espoused by boycott activists who seek to misinform, bully and intimidate artists into removing their films from the festival or shame them for participating in the festival,” the letter continues.

“Anti-Israel boycott activists continually use incendiary language and misrepresent the facts to try and bully filmmakers into backing out. Their reckless use of misinformation only furthers hostility and decreases the chance for peace, which all of us so urgently desire,” stated Ari Ingel, Director of Creative Community for Peace.

Ingel added that “instead of amplifying the voices of coexistence and peace trying to effect real change on the ground, those who support the calls for a boycott are only creating more division and fear.”

Creative Community for Peace aims to promote the arts and culture as a means to peace and to counter and educate the entertainment industry about rising antisemitism. To learn more about their work, visit www.creativecommunityforpeace.com.

 

OPEN LETTER

We, the undersigned, believe that artistic freedom and creative expression are critical to a healthy, diverse, and inclusive society.

Films have the power to bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, and affect positive societal change.

In Israel, movies have the unique power to bring together Jews, Arabs, and people of all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds in collaboration under a shared love of the arts, working together towards the common goal of telling their stories, and building bridges of compassion and understanding.

The annual Tel Aviv International LGBTQ Film Festival (TLVFest) embodies this spirit of unity and truth, featuring films from filmmakers of all backgrounds, including Palestinians.

For this reason, we reject any attempt to boycott TLVFest – Israel’s largest LGBTQ Film Festival — which works to showcase the stories of LGBTQ people globally and create a brighter future for LGBTQ people both inside Israel and around the world.

We stand united with all the participating filmmakers against the divisive rhetoric espoused by boycott activists who seek to misinform, bully and intimidate artists into removing their films from the festival or shame them for participating in the festival.

We believe that anyone who works to subvert TLVFest merely adds yet another roadblock to freedom, justice, equality, and peace that we all desperately desire, especially for the LGBTQ community that is persecuted throughout the Middle East and around the world.

Artists should never be silenced, and art should not be subverted for political goals.

We call on our friends and colleagues worldwide to join us in expressing their support for a successful and exciting TLVFest 2022.

 

SIGNATORIES

Aaron Bay-Schuck: CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records

Jason Adelman: Vice President, Brand Innovators

Orly Adelson: Producer, Orly Adelson Productions

Marty Adelstein: CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Michael Adler: Partner of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman & Clark Inc.

Javier Adrados: Music Journalist

Dan Aloni: Partner, Motion Pictures, William Morris Endeavor

Buck Angel: Trans Activist and Filmmaker, Actor

Nate Auerbach: Partner, Versus Creative

Michael Auerbach: Partner at Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein

Eric Balfour: Actor

Craig Balsam: Co-Founder, Razor & Tie Entertainment

Eve Barlow: Music/Culture Journalist

Jonathan Baruch: Partner, Rain Management Group

Richard Baskind: Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Lance Bass: Artist, Entrepreneur

Miles Beard: Executive VP of A&R, Republic Records

Jonathan Beckerman: Agent, United Talent Agency

Pablo Bendersky: Producer/Artist

Aton Ben-Horin: Executive VP of Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group

Richard Benjamin: Actor/Director

Steven Bensusan: President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Shelly Berger: Music Manager

Adam Berkowitz: Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Greg Berlanti: Producer, Director

Sara Berman: Artist

Luc Bernard: Director, Voices of the Forgotten

Mayim Bialik: Actress

Sharon Bialy: Casting Director

Josh Binder: Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Michael Ian Black: Actor

Neil Blair: Partner, The Blair Partnership

Evan Bogart: Songwriter & CEO, Seeker Music

Howard Bragman: Publicist

Josh Brill: Writer, Producer

Jurgen Bruning: Producer

A.J. Buckley: Actor

David Burtka: Actor/Chef

David Byrnes: Partner, Ziffren, Brittenham, LLP

Sir Colin Callender CBE: Producer and CEO, Playground Entertainment

Simon Callow: Actor, Director

Nick Carter: Artist

Markell Casey: Senior Director A&R, Sony Music Australia

Brian Celler: Bravo Charlie Management 

Pamela Charbit: A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Emmanuelle Chriqui: Actress, Activist

Erran Baron Cohen: Composer

Paul Colichman: Chief Executive Officer at Here Media, Inc.

Victoria S. Cook: Partner, Frankfurt Kurmit Klein & Selz

Leanne Coronel: President, The Coronel Group

Raye Cosbert: Managing Director, Metropolis Music

Ben Cosgrove: CEO, Leviathan Productions

Ian Daly: Head of Brand Strategy, Live Nation

Greg Daniels: Writer and Producer

Yuval David: Actor, Host, Filmmaker, and Advocate

Josh Deutsch: Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Jenna Dewan: Actress

Avi Diamond: Director, Film & Licensing Warner Chappell Music

Kosha Dillz: Artist

Craig Dorfman: President and Owner, Frontline MGMT 

David Draiman: Artist, Frontman of Disturbed

Doug Ellin: Screenwriter, Director

Stephan Elliott: Director

Craig Emanuel: Partner, Paul Hastings LLC

Ron Fair: Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber: Composer

Daniel Federman: Owner, Maccabi Tel Aviv

Eric Feig: Founder, Eric Feig Entertainment & Media Law Inc.

Paul Feig: Actor, Director, Producer

Ryan Feldman: Agent, William Morris Endeavor

Patti Felker: Partner, Felker Toczek Gelman Suddleson

Jacob Fenton: Partner, United Talent Agency

Ken Fermaglich: Partner, United Talent Agency

Rodney Ferrell: EVP, Head of Scripted, Propagate

Greg Fleishman: Co-Founder & CEO, Foodstirs

Josh Fluxgold: President, One Way MGMT

Erica Forster: VP of Music Partnerships, DanceOn

Gary Foster: Principal at Krasnoff Foster Productions

Eytan Fox: Director

Jordan Frazes: Founder, Frazes Creative

Ben Freeman: Educator and Writer

Sonia Friedman OBE: Theatre Producer

Stephen Fry: Actor

Siri Garber: President, Platform Public Relations

David Gardner: President, Artists First

Nancy Gates: Partner, United Talent Agency

Andrew Genger: Manager, Red Light Management

Gary Gersh: President of Global Talent, AEG

Gary Ginsberg: Former Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Daniel Glass: President and Founder, Glassnote Records

Karen Glauber: President, HITS Magazine

David Glick: Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Elon Gold: Comedian

Dana Goldberg: Chief Creative Officer, Skydance

Iddo Goldberg: Actor

Michael Goldwasser: Producer & President/Co-Founder, Easy Star Records

Michael Gordon: Partner, CAA

Andrew Gould: EVP Music Publishing, Roc Nation

Trudy Green: Trudy Green Management/HK

Steve Greenberg: President, S-Curve Records

Scott Greenberg: Manager and Partner at LBI Entertainment

Joao Rui Guerra da Mata: Director, Production Designer

Paul Haas: Agent, Partner William Morris Endeavor

Sarah Halioua: Producer and Partner, Abracadabra Audiovisual

Neil Patrick Harris: Actor

Ronnie Harris: Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

John Benjamin Hickey: Actor

Antony Hickling: Director

Tom Holland: Author/Historian

Erik Hyman: Partner, Paul Hastings

Richard “BournRich” Ingram: Artist, Creative Director

Neil Jacobson: Founder, Hallwood Media

Jonathan Jakubowicz: Writer and Director

Aharon Keshales: Filmmaker

Zach Katz: President and COO, FaZe Clan

Lee Kern: Screenwriter

Scott Kluge: President, Tremendous Entertainment

Amanda Kogan: Agent, The Gersh Agency

Rick Krim: Co-Founder, Worldwired Music

Mila Kunis: Actress

Gabz Landman

Sherry Lansing: Former CEO of Paramount Pictures

Joanie Leeds: Singer/Songwriter

Sam Leifer: Writer/Director

Teddy Leifer: Producer

Martin Lesak: Partner, United Talent Agency

Colin Lester OBE: Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

David Levy: Partner, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

David Levy: Former President of Turner/WarnerMedia, Founder of Back Nine Ventures

Jonathan Lipnicki: Actor

David Lonner: CEO, The David Lonner Co. 

Ben Maddahi: SVP A&R, Columbia Records

Imran Majid: Co-CEO, Island Records

Gabriel Mann: Composer/Producer 

Susan Markheim: Manager, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company

Orly Marley: President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Rachel Mason: Director

Nancy Matalon: VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

Biran Maya: Actor, Producer

David Mazouz: Actor

AJ McLean: Artist

Doron Medalie: Composer

Debra Messing: Actress

Helen Mirren DRE: Actress

Matthew Mishory: Actor

Max Mutchnick: Executive Producer

Guy Nattiv: Director

Leetal Nissenbaum: VP of Synchronization and Licensing, Ultra Records

Lisa Nupoff: Manager, IMINMUSIC Management 

Tracy Ann Oberman: Actress

Sharon Osbourne: Television Personality, Manager

Navot Papushado: Director

Mandi Perkins: Artist, Songwriter

Trevor Phillips OBE: Journalist and Commentator

Henry Platt: Musician

Jonah Platt: Actor/Writer

Jeremy Piven: Actor, Comedian

Billy Porter: Actor

Mike Praw: Entertainment Industry Executive

Paula Prentiss: Actress

Zachary Quinto: Actor

Itay Reiss: Talent Manager

David Renzer: Former Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Publishing

Zak Resnick: Actor

Rachel Riley: TV Host

Melissa Rivers: Actress, TV Host

Lindy Robbins: Artist

Jaimison M. Roberts: Attorney

Hanna Rochelle: Founder & President, Lyric Culture

Poao Pedro Rodrigues: Filmmaker

Robbie Rogers: Professional Soccer Player

Dan Rosen: President of Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen: Co-Founder, Endeavor

Howard Rosenman: Producer, Actor, Writer

Shep Rosenman: Partner, Katz Golden Roseman LLP

Phil Rosenthal: Writer, Producer          

Michael Rotenberg:  Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Autumn Rowe: Songwriter, Producer, DJ

David Russell: Manager, Crush Music

Haim Saban: Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group

Asif Satchu: Co-CEO, MRC and Producer

Jacqueline Saturn: President, Virgin Music

Danielle Savre: Actress

Ayelet Schiffman: SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Paul Schindler: Senior Chair of the New York Entertainment and Media Practice

Steve Schnur: President of Music, Electronic Arts

Jordan Schur: CEO & Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures & Suretone Entertainment

Sam Schwartz: Partner, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Camila Seta: Marketing & Content Strategy, Rogers & Cowan

DJ White Shadow: Producer/Artist

Iliza Shlesinger: Comedian, Actress

Emile Sherman: Director, Producer

Noah “Westside Gravy” Shufutinsky: Artist

Sia: Artist and Songwriter

Ben Silverman: Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Propagate Content

Gene Simmons: Artist, KISS

Ralph Simon: Chairman & CEO, Mobilium Global Limited

Marty Singer: Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Robert Singer: President, Dec. 3rd Productions

Jeff Sosnow: EVP A&R, Warner Music

Nancy Spielberg: Filmmaker

Donna Spievak: Director of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records

Justin Sternberg: Writer

Gary Stiffelman: Founder, GSS Law

Aaron Symonds: Composer    

Traci Szymanski: President, Co-Star Entertainment

Alona Tal: Actress

Adam Taylor: President, APM Music

Fred Toczek: Partner, Felker Toczek Gelman Suddleson

Eric Tuchman: Writer, Producer

Jonathan Tucker: Actor

Ronli Tzour: VP Marketing & Manager, First Access Entertainment

Gal Uchovsky: Director

Ian Van der Putten: Cinemien

Tehran Von Ghasri: Entertainer

Ariel Vroman: Director

Jeremy Vuernick: Executive VP of A&R, Capitol Records

Diane Warren: Songwriter, Producer

Joshua Washington: Artist, Producer

Tom Watson: Former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture

Jon Weinbach: President, Skydance Sports

Nola Weinstein: Global Head of Culture & Experiential, Twitter

Ron West: Co-founder and Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Evan Winiker: Managing Partner, Range Media

Modi Wiczyk: Co-CEO, MRC and Producer

Jeffrey Winter: Executive Director, The Film Collaborative 

Shirin Yadegar: Journalist

Sharon Tal Yguado: Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

Sebastian Zar Esq.: Sedlmayr & Associates

David Zedeck: Global Head of Music, United Talent Agency

Additional Signers:

Phillip Guttmann: Writer, Producer

Orly Ravid: Founder & Co-Executive Director, The Film Collaborative

Amnon Lourie: Writer, Producer

Predrag Azdejkovix: Director, Merlinka Queer Film Festival – Belgrade

Nate Dushku: Director, Producer, Birder, Maplethorpe

Andrei Zinca: Director, Writer, Producer

Elana Podolskaya: Antipode Sales International LLC

Henrika Kull: Director

Thunska Pansittivorakul: Director, Sleep of Reasons Films

Marc Putman: CEO, PRIDEtv

Bjorn Koll: Salzgeber

Kai Tillman: Filmmaker

Jason Laurits: Filmmmaker

Adrian Hume Robinson: Actor, Filmmaker

Wiktor Morka: CEO, LGBT+ Film Festival Poland

Abe Gurko: Writer, Producer, Won’t Be Silent LLC

Stefan Manthey: Photographer

Kai Stanicke: Director

Laurent Burst: Photographer, Media Founder

Pauline Jabes: Filmmaker

Joshua Rosenzweig: Creative Executive

Andrea Krauss: Programming Director, Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival

Andy Vallentine: Director

Bohdan Zhuk: Director SUNNY BUNNY LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Kyib

Allison Tate: Lead Producer, Big Boys Feature Film

Martin Rodriguez Redondo: Filmmaker

Olivier Ducastel: Director

Jacques Matineau: Director

Monika Treut: Hyena Films

Alante Kavaite: Film Director

Keith Levy: Sher Vine Inc.

Stefan Westerwelle: Director

Jakub Mroz: CEO, Tongariro Releasing

Romas Zabarauskas: Director

Michael Stock: Filmmaker

Marc Smolowitz: 13th Gen, Director, Producer, Executive Producer

Prederico Evaristo: Filmmaker, Brazil

Maria Katsikadakoy Cyber: Artist, Greece

Michelle Ehlen: Director, Producer

Rona Lee Shimon: Actor, Artist

Pepe Ruiloba: Film Critic, Festival Programmer

Amit Rahav: Actor

Ursula Raberger:  Psychotherapist and Film Scientist

Jeffrey Schwarz: Documentary Filmmaker

Johanna Jackie Baier: Director

Malgorzata Kubiak: The Ego Trip Label

Ron Leshem: Writer, Producer

Moran Resenblatt: Actor

Eli Roth: Director

Kristina Maca: Director, Writer, Actor

Sonia Jean-Baptiste: Co-Founder & Head Programmer, Chelsea Film Festival NYC

Ingrid Jean-Baptiste: Founder & Artistic Director, Chelsea Film Festival NYC

Jen Cohn: Voiceover, On Camera, Gaming and Fashion

Wieland Speck: Filmmaker, ex Berlinale Panorama Director

FranckFiance-Madureira: President, Founder Queer Palm

Till Kleinert: Writer, Director

Stephane Riethauser: Director Lambda Prod

Fabian Stumm: Actor, Director

Rosa von Praunheim: Director

Daniela Aguinsky: Filmmaker, Artist Audiovisual

Julius Fedlmeier: Actor, Director

Clemens Schick: Actor

Elizabeth Ziff: Singer, Songwriter, Producer BETTY

Ofir Raul Grazier: Director

Matthew Nouriel: Director of Community Engagement, JIMENA

Tomer Heymman: Director

Yariv Mozer: Film Director

Dave Kim: Programmer, Seoul International PRIDE Film Festival

Shanni Suissa: CEO, Jews Talk Justice

Menina Putri Wismurti: Film Progammer

Dana Morag: Artistic Director, Tel Aviv Cinematheque

Michael Franco: Film Director

Eline Gehring: Director

Richard Resch: Singer

Mariana Cecilia Russo: Director, Producer, Sombracine SRL

Shawn Harris: Cultural Programs Specialist Tuscan Jewish Community Center

Amy Lord Posey: Eris Talent Agency Owner

Melissa Center: Actor, Filmmaker

Justin Arnold: Actor

Rachel Eddy: Actor, Writer

Paula Eiselt: Director and Producer

Rachel Turner Seed: Director

Jeremy Podgursky: Composer

Shara Ashley Zeiger: Actor, Filmmaker

Danny Manus: Script Consultant, Wrtier

Keetgi Kogan Steinberg: Writer, Producer, Screenwriter

Jamie Denbo: CO-EP, Grey’s Anatomy, Writer, Actor

Stephanie Liss: Founder, Artistic Director, The American Jewish Theatre

Wendy Engelberg: WGA East

Leslie Belzberg: Canucklehead Productions

Clifford Green: Screenwriter

Amy Engelberg: Writer

Patrick Moss: WGA Writer

Stafanie Leder: Writer, Producer, WGA

Alison Stover: Actor, Filmmmaker

Frederic Richter: Archival Producer & Researcher, Luminous Pictures

Avital Levy: Producer

Lisa Ullmann: Independent

Seth Nesenholtz: Screenwriter

** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.

FOMENTING HATE: How the Entertainment and Sports Industries Can Address the Growing Threat of Antisemitism

 Antisemitism is a Significant Problem in Entertainment and Sports, Says New Report from Industry Group

 

Creative Community for Peace details practical reforms necessary to address rising antisemitism promulgated by entertainers, entertainment companies and platforms, athletes, and fans.

LOS ANGELES—Today Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) released the first-ever report focused exclusively on antisemitism within the entertainment industry, documenting how this age-old hatred has festered across film, television, music, professional sports, and on digital platforms.

The report, Fomenting Hate: How The Entertainment and Sports Industries Can Address the Growing Threat of Antisemitism, documents hundreds of examples of antisemitism, outlining how content from studios, influencers, and celebrities filters through the cultural landscape and shapes public perceptions.

The report notes that “there is a feedback loop between the entertainment industry, influencers, and the public. And entertainment leaders are not effectively regulating their products or protecting their Jewish employees and consumers from hate, targeting and discrimination.”

CCFP recommends practical reforms that the entertainment industry must take to address this issue. Notably, CCFP encourages studios and digital platforms to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, following the U.S. State Department and 37 countries worldwide who have done the same. CCFP also recommends that studios implement a framework for creating more accurate and nuanced representations of Jewish people in media.

For years, CCFP has worked closely with digital platforms to identify and remove antisemitic content. This report outlines the complexity and extent of the challenge that remains in this work today.

“The entertainment industry drives public perception, and thus, has a significant responsibility to avoid perpetuating harmful stereotypes,” said CCFP Director Ari Ingel. “This report shows how much work needs to be done within our industry. For instance, usually unaware, streaming platforms, television shows, and films disseminate and promulgate antisemitic tropes. In a society that’s increasingly become more sensitive to fair and accurate representation, the impact on Jews often doesn’t count.”

Entertainment Industry Leaders Stand United Against Cultural Boycott of Israel and In Support of Sydney Festival

120+ celebrities and entertainment industry professionals to sign open letter in support of artistic freedom and against boycott of Sydney Festival.

 

More than 120 leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organisation Creative Community For Peace in support of the Sydney Festival and participating artists.

After suffering through two years of border closures, extended COVID lockdowns, the most catastrophic bushfires on record and devastating floods, this iconic Festival, celebrating its 45th year, is supposed to celebrate Sydney’s diverse history and rich culture, reuniting Sydney as a community.

The open letter comes in response to attempts by anti-Israel activists to boycott the Sydney Festival because the Israeli Embassy in Australia is sponsoring the performance of a world-renowned Israeli dance ensemble.

The entertainment leaders stand united in rejecting the cultural boycott of Israel as yet another roadblock to peace and its subversion of art for nefarious political purposes.

“While art can reflect politics, and artists can choose to reflect their politics in their own art, art should never become subservient to politics and artists and cultural events should never be forced to be politicised,” the letter reads.

Signatories to the open letter include: Gene Simmons: Artist, KISS; Aaron Bay-Schuck: CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Record;  Diane Warren: Songwriter/Producer; Craig Emanuel: Partner, Paul Hastings LLC; Emile Sherman: Co-Founder, See-Saw Films; Rick Rosen: Co-Founder, Endeavor; Ben Silverman: Chairman & Co-CEO, Propagate Content; Orly Marley: President, Tuff Gong Worldwide; Jacqueline Saturn: President, Virgin Music; Stephan Elliot: Director; Emmanuelle Chriqui: Actress; Dan Rosen: Music Executive; Michael Rotenberg: Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment; David Zedeck: Global Head of Music at UTA; Gary Gersh: President, Global Touring, A.E.G.; David Draiman: Artist, Frontman of Disturbed; Haim Saban: Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group; and Sherry Lansing: Former CEO of Paramount Pictures. A full list of all the signatories can be seen below.

The letter’s signatories believe strongly in the power of art to bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, and affect positive societal change. They also call on their friends and colleagues to join in expressing support for the artists of the Sydney Festival and against this counterproductive boycott call.

“We, the undersigned, believe the cultural boycott movement of the Sydney Festival is an affront to both Palestinians and Israelis who are working to advance peace through compromise, exchange, and mutual recognition. While we all may have differing opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the best path to peace, we all agree that a cultural boycott is not the answer.” the letter continues.

“The organisers of the Sydney Festival boycott intentionally misrepresent the truth about Israel and make provocative statements, to try and bully artists into backing out of the festival. Their messages deceptively involve an element of dishonesty and deny the truth of Jewish indigeneity to the land of Israel. Their actions only further hostility and dampen hope for peace, which all of us so urgently desire,” stated Ari Ingel, Director of Creative Community for Peace.

Mr. Ingel added that “the Sydney Festival is a beautiful event celebrating Sydney’s diverse and rich culture – bringing the entire community together. Unfortunately, it’s now being used for political purposes to divide, rather than unite. The boycott movement is also counterproductive and instead of amplifying the voices of coexistence trying to effect real change on the ground, those who support the calls for a boycott are only creating more hostility, division, and mistrust.”

Creative Community for Peace aims to promote the arts and culture as a means to peace and to counter and educate the entertainment industry about rising antisemitism. To learn more about their work, visit www.creativecommunityforpeace.com.

 

OPEN LETTER

We, the undersigned, believe that cultural events are vitally important vehicles to bring people together of different backgrounds under a shared love of the arts.

The annual Sydney Festival embodies this unifying power. Every year, thousands of Australians make common cause in a massive display of cultural exchange and celebration of our diverse cultures and histories.

Unfortunately, this year, the spirit of the Festival is under attack by those calling for a boycott because the Israeli Embassy is sponsoring a world renowned Israeli dance ensemble. This call for a boycott turns the festival from an opportunity for unity into a weapon of division.

We also reject the boycott activist claims that Jews are not indigenous to the land of Israel. The Jewish people have over a 3,000 year connection to the land of Israel, and many Jewish families have lived in the land for hundreds of generations. This fact does not deny any other groups claims of indigeneity.

While art can reflect politics, and artists can choose to reflect their politics in their own art, art should never become subservient to politics and artists and cultural events should never be forced to be politicized.

We believe the cultural boycott movement is an affront to both Palestinians and Israelis who are working to advance peace through compromise, exchange, and mutual recognition.

While we all may have differing opinions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the best path to peace, we all agree that a cultural boycott is not the answer.

As Nick Cave stated: “The cultural boycott of Israel is cowardly and shameful. Israel is a real, vibrant, functioning democracy – yes, with Arab members of parliament – and so engaging with Israelis, who vote, may be more helpful than scaring off artists or shutting down means of engagement.”

We call on all our friends and colleagues in the entertainment community to express their support for an exciting and successful Sydney Festival 2022 and to purchase a ticket and attend the festival itself to understand the power of arts to bring people together first hand.

 

SIGNATORIES

Gene Simmons: Artist/ co-lead singer KISS

Aaron Bay-Schuck: CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records

Jason Adelman: Vice President, Brand Innovators

Orly Adelson: Producer, Orly Adelson Productions

Marty Adelstein: CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Benjamin Adler: Violinist (CHUTNEY)

Michael Adler: Partner of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman & Clark Inc.

Nate Auerbach: Partner, Versus Creative

Eric Balfour: Actor

Eve Barlow: Music/Culture Journalist

Richard Baskind: Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Miles Beard: Senior Vice President, A&R at Artist Partner Group, Inc.

Aton Ben-Horin: Global Vice President of A&R for Warner Music Group

Pablo Bendersky: Producer/Artist

Steven Bensusan: President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Adam Berkowitz: Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Luc Bernard: Director, Voices of the Forgotten

Josh Binder: Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Neil Blair: Partner, The Blair Partnership

Evan Bogart: Songwriter & Co-Founder of Boardwalk Entertainment Group

Josh Brill: Writer, Producer

David Byrnes: Partner, Ziffren, Brittenham, LLP

Markell Casey: Music Executive

Brian Celler: Bravo Charlie Management

Pamela Charbit: A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Garry Charny: CEO/Producer, Spotted Turquoise

Deborah Conway: Artist

Leanne Coronel: President, The Coronel Group

Emmanuelle Chriqui: Actress

Raye Cosbert: Managing Director, Metropolis Music

Ian Daly: Head of Brand Strategy, Live Nation

Greg Daniels: Writer and Producer

Josh Deutsch: Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Avi Diamond: Director, Film & Licensing Warner Chappell Music

Kosha Dillz: Artist

Craig Dorfman: President and Owner, Frontline MGMT

David Draiman: Artist, Frontman of Disturbed

Stephan Elliot: Director

Craig Emanuel: Partner, Paul Hastings LLC

Ron Fair: Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber: Composer

Daniel Federman: Owner, Maccabi Tel Aviv

Ken Fermaglich: Partner, United Talent Agency

Josh Fluxgold: President, One Way MGMT

Erica Forster: VP of Music Partnerships, DanceOn

Gary Foster: Principal at Krasnoff Foster Productions

Jordan Frazes: Founder, Frazes Creative

Daryl Friedman: Former Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer for The Recording Academy

Siri Garber: President, Platform Public Relations

David Gardner: President, Artists First

Andrew Genger: Manager, Red Light Management

Gary Gersh: President of Global Talent, AEG

Gary Ginsberg: Former Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Daniel Glass: President and Founder, Glassnote Records

Karen Glauber: President, HITS Magazine

David Glick: Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Elon Gold: Comedian

Michael Goldwasser: Producer & President/Co-Founder, Easy Star Records

Lara Goodridge: Musician, (FourPlay/Baby et Lulu)

Andrew Gould: Senior Music Executive

Cary Granat: CEO, Immersive Artistry

Trudy Green: Trudy Green Management/HK

Steve Greenberg: President, S-Curve Records

Scott Greenberg: Manager and Partner at LBI Entertainment

Ronnie Harris: Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

Jo Hart: Founder, Hart Media

Avi Hirshbein: Associate, Sony Production Music

Richard “BournRich” Ingram: Artist, Creative Director

Ilya Isakovich: Australian Chamber Orchestra

Neil Jacobson: Founder, Hallwood Media

Jonathan Jakubowicz: Writer and Director

Rick Kalowski: Screenwriter/Producer

Zach Katz: President, Raised In Space

Ilan Kidron: Songwriter/Musician

Scott Kluge: President, Tremendous Entertainment

Amanda Kogan: Agent, The Gersh Agency

Rick Krim: Co-Founder, Worldwired Music

Romi Kupfer: Artistic Director (RK Collaborations)

Gabz Landman: VP of A&R, Warner Records

Sherry Lansing: Former CEO of Paramount Pictures

Colin Lester OBE: Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

David Levy: Partner, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

David Levy: Former President of Turner/WarnerMedia, Founder of Back Nine Ventures

David Lonner: CEO, The David Lonner Co.

Ben Maddahi: SVP A&R, Columbia Records

Gabriel Mann: Composer/Producer

Susan Markheim: Manager, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company

Orly Marley: President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Nancy Matalon: VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

David Mazouz: Actor

Julia McCrossin: Broadcaster/Comedian

Leetal Nissenbaum: VP of Synchronization and Licensing, Ultra Records

Lisa Nupoff: Manager, IMINMUSIC Management

Scott Packman: SSP Partners

Mike Praw: Music Executive

David Renzer: Former Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Publishing

Jaimison M. Roberts: Attorney

Hanna Rochelle: Founder & President, Lyric Culture

Dan Rosen: Music Executive

Rick Rosen: Co-Founder, Endeavor

Michael Rotenberg:  Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Autumn Rowe: Songwriter, Producer, DJ

Haim Saban: Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group

Jacqueline Saturn: President, Virgin Music

Ayelet Schiffman: SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Paul Schindler: Senior Chair of the New York Entertainment and Media Practice

Steve Schnur: President of Music, Electronic Arts

Jordan Schur: CEO & Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures & Suretone Entertainment

Sam Schwartz: Partner, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Camila Seta: Marketing & Content Strategy, Rogers & Cowan

Emile Sherman: Producer, See-Saw Films

Noah “Westside Gravy” Shufutinsky: Artist

Ben Silverman: Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Propagate Content

Ralph Simon: Chairman & CEO, Mobilium Global Limited

Marty Singer: Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Jeff Sosnow: EVP A&R, Warner Music

Donna Spievak: Director of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records

Nancy Spielberg: Filmmaker

Jonathan Steinsapir: Partner, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP

Gary Stiffelman: Founder, GSS Law

Aaron Symonds: Composer

Traci Szymanski: President, Co-Star Entertainment

Adam Taylor: President, APM Music

Noa Tishby: Actress, Producer

Fred Toczek: Partner, Felker Toczek Gelman Suddleson

Eric Tuchman: Writer, Producer

Jeremy Vuernick: Executive VP of A&R, Capitol Records

Diane Warren: Songwriter, Producer

Joshua Washington: Artist, Producer

Jon Weinbach: President, Skydance Sports

Nola Weinstein: Global Head of Culture & Experiential, Twitter

Evan Winiker: Managing Partner, Range Media

Jeffrey Winter: Executive Director, The Film Collaborative

Sharon Tal Yguado: Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

David Zedeck: Global Head of Music, United Talent Agency

Willy Zygier: Artist

Signatories as of January 9, 2021:

Alex Voihanski: President Unity Through Sport

Anthony Bregman: Producer, Likely Story

Avi Goldstein: Rockaway Nissan

Deborah Harris: The Deborah Harris Agency, Founder and Director

Dr. Evgeny Sorkin: Performer

Dror Shaul: Filmmaker 

Efrat Lev: Foreign Rights Director, the Deborah Harris Literary Agency

Fay Sussman: The Klezmer Fivas Band

Geoff Sirmai: Arts Publicist, Actor

George Eltman: The Deborah Harris Agency

Immanuel Suttner: Poet

Isser Feiglin: Performer

Jennifer Hillman: H S Consulting, Waterhole Art

Lloyd Morris: Lloyd Morris Promotions

Nick Shay Deutsch: Former Artistic Director Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM)

Ole Bohn: A/Professor Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Roger Velik: Director, Leopard View Pty Ltd

Sam Weiss: Composer for Film & Television/Saxophonist

Sean Marks: Partner, Marks Law Group

Sheldon Sroloff: VP Creative Artist Agency

Sondra Gordon: Quest/CCNY, New York City, N.Y. U.S.A.

Tamar Simon: Mean Streets Management

Victoria S Cook: Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz

Vladimir Fanshil: Conductor, Producer

Jack Eppington: Artist, Epmusic

David Bernard: Senior BP, CHEAR CENTER 

Jackie & Steven Worth: The Mighty Music Machine & Mighty Mixes

Mohammad Baqlawa: Composer, Film & Television/UAEspoort

Hilda Feinstein: Quest Lifelong Learning

Michael Nebenzahl: Managing Director, Playbill Group

Dr Gene Sherman AM: Founder and Director, Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas

Tony Weinstein:        DePauw University

Ilana Wernick:           Writer/Producer

Susan Fisher:            Actress

Valerie Nissim:          Writer

Talia Harris Ram:      TV and Film Manager at the Deborah Harris Agency

Jennifer Herzog:       Theatre Practitioner/Arts Educator

Nicola Furst: Producer Furst Class Productions 

Roderic Wachovsky: Playwright/Director, Happy Guy Theater

Michael Zweig: Attorney

Sonya Lifschitz:  Head of Music Performance and Creative Practice, University of NSW

Alyson Fishbein: Singer/Songwriter and Biological Anthropologist 

Jeanne Pepper Bernstein: Founder #BlazeitForward

Josh Roehl: Singer/Songwriter

Daniel Scharf: Producer/Talent Agent

Austen Tayshus: Comedian

Jonathan Shteinman: Bluewater Pictures

 

ABOUT CREATIVE COMMUNITY FOR PEACE:** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.

Founded by entertainment industry executives, Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) is a non-profit organization comprised of prominent members of the entertainment industry who have come together to promote the arts as a means to peace, to counter antisemitism within the entertainment industry, and to galvanize support against the cultural boycott of Israel. CCFP is apolitical and does not stand for any government official or party. Instead, CCFP believes in artists and their ability to affect lives and effect positive change in the world. For more information please visit: creativecommunityforpeace.com

 

Add your name to our letter by visiting http://ccfpeace.org/?SydneyFestival

For more information please contact us directly at info@creativecommunityforpeace.com.

Entertainment Industry Leaders Stand United Against Cultural Boycott of Israel and In Support of LGBTQ+ Film Festival and Filmmakers

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Mayim Bialik, Billy Porter, Dame Helen Mirren, Phil Rosenthal, Zachary Quinto, Sherry Lansing, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Dana Goldberg, Gene Simmons, Greg Berlanti, Edgar Ramirez, Tracy Ann Oberman, and Diane Warren among 200+ celebrities and entertainment industry professionals to sign open letter against boycott of Israel’s largest LGBTQ+ film festival.

LOS ANGELES (Oct 27 2021) — More than 200 leaders from the entertainment industry have signed an open letter released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace in support of the Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (TLVFest) and the participating filmmakers.

The entertainment leaders stand united in rejecting the cultural boycott of Israel as yet another roadblock to peace and its subversion of art for nefarious political purposes. At a time when the LGBTQ+ Community around the world continues to face immense discrimination, it is especially abhorrent to call for a boycott of an event that gives a voice to their stories and struggles.

The open letter comes in response to attempts by anti-Israel activists to boycott a film festival that celebrates international voices from the LGBTQ+ community, including the Middle East. TLVFest represents the epitome of coexistence, and regularly features Palestinian films, including two this year.

“In Israel, movies have the unique power to bring together Jews, Arabs, and people of all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds in collaboration under a shared love of the arts, working together towards the common goal of telling their stories, and building bridges of compassion and understanding,” the letter reads.

Signatories to the open letter include: Neil Patrick Harris (Actor); Dame Helen Mirren (Actress); Mila Kunis (Actress); Zach Quinto (Actor); Mayim Bialik (Actress); Emmanuelle Chriqui (Actress); Aaron Bay-Schuck (CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Record); Jeremy Piven (Actor, Comedian); Marty Adelstein (CEO Tomorrow Studios); Jonathan Tucker (Actor); Billy Porter (Actor); Gene Simmons (Artist, KISS); Edgar Ramirez (Actor); Greg Berlanti (Producer, Director); Haim Saban (Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group); Robbie Rogers (Athlete); Dana Goldberg (Chief Creative Officer of Skydance); Simon Callow (Actor); Tracy Ann Oberman (Actress); Lance Bass (Artist); David Burtka (Actor); John Benjamin Hickey (Actor); Rick Rosen (Co-Founder of Endeavor); Ben Silverman (Chairman & Co-CEO, Propagate Content); Melissa Rivers (Actress, TV Host); Paul Feig (Actor/Director); Michael Rotenberg (Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment); Eric Balfour (Actor); Rachel Riley (TV Host); Richard Benjamin (Actor/Director); Diane Warren (Songwriter); and Sherry Lansing (Former CEO of Paramount Pictures) amongst many others. 

The letter’s signatories believe strongly in the power of film to bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, and affect positive societal change. They also call on their friends and colleagues to join in expressing support for a successful TLVFest 2021.

“We stand united with all the participating filmmakers against the divisive rhetoric espoused by boycott activists who seek to misinform, bully and intimidate artists into removing their films from the festival or shame them for participating in the festival,” the letter continues.

“Anti-Israel boycott activists intentionally use inflammatory language and make provocative statements, to try and bully filmmakers into backing out. Their messages intentionally involve an element of dishonesty and misinformation that only furthers hostility and dampens hope for peace, which all of us so urgently desire,” stated Ari Ingel, Director of Creative Community for Peace. 

Ingel added that “support of the boycott movement is also counterproductive and instead of amplifying the voices of coexistence trying to effect real change on the ground, those who support the calls for a boycott are only creating more hostility and division.”

Creative Community for Peace aims to promote the arts and culture as a means to peace and to counter and educate the entertainment industry about rising antisemitism. To learn more about their work, visit www.creativecommunityforpeace.com.

OPEN LETTER

We, the undersigned, believe that artistic freedom and creative expression are critical to a healthy, diverse, and inclusive society.
 
Films have the power to bring people together, transcend boundaries, broaden awareness, and affect positive societal change. 
 
In Israel, movies have the unique power to bring together Jews, Arabs, and people of all races, ethnicities, and backgrounds in collaboration under a shared love of the arts, working together towards the common goal of telling their stories, and building bridges of compassion and understanding.
 
The annual Tel Aviv International LGBTQ Film Festival (TLVFest) embodies this spirit of unity and truth, featuring films from filmmakers of all backgrounds, including Palestinians.
 
For this reason, we reject any attempt to boycott TLVFest – Israel’s largest LGBTQ Film Festival — which works to showcase the stories of LGBTQ people globally and create a brighter future for LGBTQ people both inside Israel and around the world.  
 
We stand united with all the participating filmmakers against the divisive rhetoric espoused by boycott activists who seek to misinform, bully and intimidate artists into removing their films from the festival or shame them for participating in the festival.
 
We believe that anyone who works to subvert TLVFest merely adds yet another roadblock to freedom, justice, equality, and peace that we all desperately desire, especially for the LGBTQ community that is persecuted throughout the Middle East and around the world. 
 
Artists should never be silenced, and art should not be subverted for political goals.
 
We call on our friends and colleagues worldwide to join us in expressing their support for a successful and exciting TLVFest 2021.

SIGNATORIES 

Aaron Bay-Schuck: CEO/Co-Chairman Warner Records

Jason Adelman: Vice President, Brand Innovators

Orly Adelson: Producer, Orly Adelson Productions

Marty Adelstein: CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Michael Adler: Partner of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman & Clark Inc.

Javier Adrados: Music Journalist

Dan Aloni: Partner, Motion Pictures, William Morris Endeavor

Nate Auerbach: Partner, Versus Creative

Michael Auerbach: Partner at Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein

Eric Balfour: Actor

Craig Balsam: Co-Founder, Razor & Tie Entertainment

Eve Barlow: Music/Culture Journalist

Jonathan Baruch: Partner, Rain Management Group

Richard Baskind: Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Lance Bass: Artist, Entrepreneur

Miles Beard: Senior Vice President, A&R at Artist Partner Group, Inc.

Jonathan Beckerman: Agent, United Talent Agency

Pablo Bendersky: Producer/Artist

Jacob Benbunan: CEO, Saffon Brand Consultants

Aton Ben-Horin: Global Vice President of A&R for Warner Music Group

Richard Benjamin: Actor/Director

Steven Bensusan: President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Shelly Berger: Music Manager

Adam Berkowitz: Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Greg Berlanti: Producer, Director

Sara Berman: Artist

Luc Bernard: Director, Voices of the Forgotten

Mayim Bialik: Actress

Sharon Bialy: Casting Director

Josh Binder: Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Neil Blair: Partner, The Blair Partnership

Evan Bogart: Songwriter & Co-Founder of Boardwalk Entertainment Group

Howard Bragman: Publicist

Josh Brill: Writer, Producer

A.J. Buckley: Actor

David Burtka: Actor/Chef

David Byrnes: Partner, Ziffren, Brittenham, LLP

Sir Colin Callender CBE: Producer and CEO, Playground Entertainment

Simon Callow: Actor, Director

Nick Carter: Artist

Markell Casey: Senior Director A&R, Sony Music Australia

Brian Celler: Bravo Charlie Management 

Pamela Charbit: A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Emmanuelle Chriqui: Actress, Activist

Erran Baron Cohen: Composer

Paul Colichman: Chief Executive Officer at Here Media, Inc.

Victoria S. Cook: Partner, Frankfurt Kurmit Klein & Selz

Leanne Coronel: President, The Coronel Group

Raye Cosbert: Managing Director, Metropolis Music

Ian Daly: Head of Brand Strategy, Live Nation

Greg Daniels: Writer and Producer

Yuval David: Actor, Host, Filmmaker, and Advocate

Josh Deutsch: Chairman/CEO, Premier Music Group

Jenna Dewan: Actress

Avi Diamond: Director, Film & Licensing Warner Chappell Music

Kosha Dillz: Artist

Craig Dorfman: President and Owner, Frontline MGMT 

David Draiman: Artist, Frontman of Disturbed

Doug Ellin: Screenwriter, Director

Stephan Elliott: Director

Craig Emanuel: Partner, Paul Hastings LLC

Ron Fair: Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber: Composer

Daniel Federman: Owner, Maccabi Tel Aviv

Eric Feig: Founder, Eric Feig Entertainment & Media Law Inc.

Paul Feig: Actor, Director, Producer

Ryan Feldman: Agent, William Morris Endeavor

Patti Felker: Partner, Felker Toczek Gelman Suddleson

Jacob Fenton: Partner, United Talent Agency

Ken Fermaglich: Partner, United Talent Agency

Rodney Ferrell: EVP, Head of Scripted, Propagate

Greg Fleishman: Co-Founder & CEO, Foodstirs

Josh Fluxgold: President, One Way MGMT

Erica Forster: VP of Music Partnerships, DanceOn

Gary Foster: Principal at Krasnoff Foster Productions

Jordan Frazes: Founder, Frazes Creative

Ben Freeman: Educator and Writer

Sonia Friedman OBE: Theatre Producer

Stephen Fry: Actor

Siri Garber: President, Platform Public Relations

David Gardner: President, Artists First

Nancy Gates: Partner, United Talent Agency

Andrew Genger: Manager, Red Light Management

Gary Gersh: President of Global Talent, AEG

Gary Ginsberg: Former Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Daniel Glass: President and Founder, Glassnote Records

Karen Glauber: President, HITS Magazine

David Glick: Founder & CEO, Edge Group

Elon Gold: Comedian

Dana Goldberg: Chief Creative Officer, Skydance

Iddo Goldberg: Actor

Michael Goldwasser: Producer & President/Co-Founder, Easy Star Records

Andrew Gould: EVP Music Publishing, Roc Nation

Trudy Green: Trudy Green Management/HK

Steve Greenberg: President, S-Curve Records

Scott Greenberg: Manager and Partner at LBI Entertainment

Paul Haas: Agent, Partner William Morris Endeavor

Sarah Halioua: Producer and Partner, Abracadabra Audiovisual

Alex Hai: Writer, Director

Neil Patrick Harris: Actor

Ronnie Harris: Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

John Benjamin Hickey: Actor

Tom Holland: Author/Historian

Wes Hurley: Filmmaker/Writer

Erik Hyman: Partner, Paul Hastings

Richard “BournRich” Ingram: Artist, Creative Director

Neil Jacobson: Founder, Hallwood Media

Jonathan Jakubowicz: Writer and Director

Zach Katz: President, Raised In Space

Lee Kern: Screenwriter

Scott Kluge: President, Tremendous Entertainment

Amanda Kogan: Agent, The Gersh Agency

Rick Krim: Co-Founder, Worldwired Music

Mila Kunis: Actress

Gabz Landman

Sherry Lansing: Former CEO of Paramount Pictures

Joanie Leeds: Singer/Songwriter

Sam Leifer: Writer/Director

Teddy Leifer: Producer

Martin Lesak: Partner, United Talent Agency

Colin Lester OBE: Founder/Chairman, JEM Music Group

Alberto Levy: Artist, Technologist

David Levy: Partner, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

David Levy: Former President of Turner/WarnerMedia, Founder of Back Nine Ventures

Jonathan Lipnicki: Actor

David Lonner: CEO, The David Lonner Co. 

Ben Maddahi: SVP A&R, Columbia Records

Imran Majid: Co-CEO, Island Records

Gabriel Mann: Composer/Producer 

Susan Markheim: Manager, Full Stop Mgt., The Azoff Company

Orly Marley: President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Nancy Matalon: VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

David Mazouz: Actor

AJ McLean: Artist

Doron Medalie: Composer

Helen Mirren DRE: Actress

Sebastian Moguilevsky: Managing Director, Warner Bros. Spain and Portugal

Max Mutchnick: Executive Producer

Guy Nattiv: Director

Leetal Nissenbaum: VP of Synchronization and Licensing, Ultra Records 

Lisa Nupoff: Manager, IMINMUSIC Management 

Tracy Ann Oberman: Actress

Sharon Osbourne: Television Personality, Manager

Mandi Perkins: Artist, Songwriter

Trevor Phillips OBE: Journalist and Commentator

Jonah Platt: Actor/Writer

Jeremy Piven: Actor, Comedian

Billy Porter: Actor

Mike Praw

Paula Prentiss: Actress

Zachary Quinto: Actor

Edgar Ramirez: Actor

Itay Reiss: Talent Manager

David Renzer: Former Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Publishing

Zak Resnick: Actor

Rachel Riley: TV Host

Melissa Rivers: Actress, TV Host

Lindy Robbins: Artist

Jaimison M. Roberts: Attorney

Hanna Rochelle: Founder & President, Lyric Culture

Robbie Rogers: Professional Soccer Player

Dan Rosen: President of Warner Music Australasia

Rick Rosen: Co-Founder, Endeavor

Howard Rosenman: Producer, Actor, Writer

Shep Rosenman: Partner, Katz Golden Roseman LLP

Phil Rosenthal: Writer, Producer          

Michael Rotenberg:  Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

Autumn Rowe: Songwriter, Producer, DJ

Haim Saban: Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group

Jacqueline Saturn: President, Virgin Music

Ayelet Schiffman: SVP Head of Promotions, Island Records

Paul Schindler: Senior Chair of the New York Entertainment and Media Practice

Steve Schnur: President of Music, Electronic Arts

Jordan Schur: CEO & Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures & Suretone Entertainment

Sam Schwartz: Partner, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Camila Seta: Marketing & Content Strategy, Rogers & Cowan 

DJ White Shadow: Producer/Artist

Noah “Westside Gravy” Shufutinsky: Artist

Ben Silverman: Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Propagate Content

Gene Simmons: Artist, KISS

Ralph Simon: Chairman & CEO, Mobilium Global Limited

Marty Singer: Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Robert Singer: President, Dec. 3rd Productions

Danielle Solzman: Film Critic, Solzy at the Movies

Jeff Sosnow: EVP A&R, Warner Music

Nancy Spielberg: Producer, Playmount Productions 

Donna Spievak: Director of Strategic Marketing, Interscope Records 

Justin Sternberg: Writer

Jonathan Steinsapir: Partner, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP

Gary Stiffelman: Founder, GSS Law

Lior Suchard: Master Mentalist

Aaron Symonds: Composer    

Traci Szymanski: President, Co-Star Entertainment

Alona Tal: Actress

Adam Taylor: President, APM Music

Noa Tishby: Actress, Producer

Fred Toczek: Partner, Felker Toczek Gelman Suddleson

Eric Tuchman: Writer, Producer

Jonathan Tucker: Actor

Ronli Tzour: VP Marketing & Manager, First Access Entertainment

Tehran Von Ghasri: Entertainer

Jeremy Vuernick: Executive VP of A&R, Capitol Records

Diane Warren: Songwriter, Producer

Joshua Washington: Artist, Producer

Tom Watson: Former Shadow Secretary of State for Culture

Jon Weinbach: President, Skydance Sports

Nola Weinstein: Global Head of Culture & Experiential, Twitter

Ron West: Co-founder and Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Evan Winiker: Managing Partner, Range Media

Jeffrey Winter: Executive Director, The Film Collaborative 

Shirin Yadegar: Journalist

Sharon Tal Yguado: Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

Sebastian Zar Esq.: Sedlmayr & Associates

David Zedeck: Global Head of Music, United Talent Agency

 

** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.

Manufactured Outrage: Billie Eilish is Latest Target of Anti-Israel Bot Army

Creative Community For Peace’s Digital Entertainment Task Force Releases Report Detailing Anti-Israel Bot Attack on Artist Billie Eilish

Singer/songwriter Billie Eilish was attacked on her social media platforms by a suspected network of anti-Israel bots. After Eilish said “Hi Israel” in a promotional video for her new album, her social media accounts were flooded with thousands of bot-generated comments. The original promotional video was not uploaded to Eilish’s social media account. Regardless, many anti-Israel comments began to appear on her platforms.

This report analyzes the engagement on 6 of Eilish’s posts, following the release of her “Hi Israel” video. A clear pattern emerges – for invoking “Israel”, Eilish became the target of a concerted effort of demonization.

On the 6 posts analyzed:

Of all the “top comments”, 30% were distinctly anti-Israel and were posted by users who have 0 posts on their personal profiles (a strong indicator of bot activity). These “top comments” garnered a total of 235,995 likes.

Of all the “top comments,” 48% were distinctly anti-Israel and were posted by users with 0-2 posts on their private profiles (a strong indicator of suspected bot activity). Those comments garnered a total of 291,995 likes.

This coordinated attack on Billie Eilish is another example of how social media can be used to manipulate public opinion. And of a specific effort by anti-Israel activists, who use social media to distort and influence public opinion against Israel via unauthentic means.

Entertainment Leaders Call on Celebrities and Influencers to Stop Spreading Misinformation about Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Entertainment Leaders Call on Celebrities and Influencers to Stop Spreading Misinformation about Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Michael Bublé, Sherry Lansing, Gene Simmons, Meghan McCain, Selma Blair, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Haim Saban, and Diane Warren among 130+ celebrities and entertainment executives to sign open letter calling for balanced discourse regarding escalating violence in Israel and Palestinian Territories

LOS ANGELES (May 14, 2021) — Today, more than 125 leaders from the entertainment industry signed a joint statement released by the non-profit entertainment industry organization Creative Community For Peace, which calls on fellow entertainers and executives to use their platforms to combat misleading and one-sided accounts of the conflict in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The open letter urges those in the entertainment community to use their voice to call for the de-escalation of violence and the end to divisive rhetoric while also acknowledging the pain and loss impacting all parties involved in the conflict. 

The joint statement comes amid a wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, including indiscriminate rocket attacks targeting metropolitan areas throughout Israel as well as Israel’s retaliatory response in Gaza.

Gene Simmons (Artist/KISS), Meghan McCain (Co-Host, The View), Haim Saban (Chairman & CEO, Saban Capital Group), Sherry Lansing (Former CEO of Paramount Pictures), Orly Agai Marley (President, Tuff Gong Worldwide), David Draiman (Frontman, Disturbed), Selma Blair (Actress), Michael Buble (Artist), Diane Warren (Songwriter, Producer), and Ben Silverman (Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Propagate Content) are among nearly 130 signers of the joint statement, which was made public Friday. 

“We are deeply concerned by the escalating violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories,” the statement reads. “The loss of life and violence is heartbreaking. We call on the leaders of all parties to end the violence, urge calm, and work toward de-escalation.”

The statement’s signers are among the first in the entertainment industry to publicly promote peace while also opposing a surge of deceptive media narratives that have dominated the news cycle since tensions escalated nearly a week ago.

“We also call on our colleagues and friends in the entertainment community to stop posting misinformation and one-sided narratives that only work to inflame the conflict instead of bringing about peace,” the statement continues.

 “Misinformed and fallacious memes being posted by those far away from the conflict are being taken for truth,” said Ari Ingel, Director of Creative Community for Peace. “This distorted version of reality is being spread online and then amplified by influencers, which only fans the flames of hatred and has real life consequences.”

OPEN LETTER

We are deeply concerned by the escalating violence in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. The loss of life and violence is heartbreaking. We call on the leaders of all parties to end the violence, urge calm, and work toward de-escalation.

We also call on our colleagues and friends in the entertainment community to stop posting misinformation and one-sided narratives that only work to inflame the conflict instead of bringing about peace.

While we may have differing opinions on the conflict, it is never okay for Hamas to publicly call for the killing of civilians, use civilians as human shields, and rain down missiles indiscriminately on civilian populations with no care about who is killed—Arab or Jew.

When lives are at stake, we all bear responsibility to unite rather than divide. Incendiary language only benefits those at the extremes who have no interest in peace. Our thoughts are with all Israelis and Palestinians who are experiencing unfathomable levels of fear and violence, and hope for the day when both peoples can live side by side in peace.

SIGNATORIES

Jason Adelman: Vice President, Brand Innovators

Marty Adelstein: CEO, Tomorrow Studios

Michael Adler: Partner of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler, Feldman & Clark.

Moran Atias: Actress

Eve Barlow: Music Journalist

Jonathan Baruch: Rain Management Group

Richard Baskind: Partner & Head of Music, Simons Muirhead & Burton

Miles Beard: SVP of A&R, APG

Aton Ben-Horin: Global Vice President of A&R for Warner Music Group

Pablo Bendersky: Producer/Artist

Steven Bensusan: President, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Adam Berkowitz: Founder and President, Lenore Entertainment Group

Sharon Bialy: Bialy Thomas and Associates

Josh Binder: Partner, Rotherberg, Mohr, and Binder LLP

Todd Black: Film Producer

Neil Blair: Partner, The Blair Partnership

Selma Blair: Actress

Jared Bloch: Attorney, Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, & Abramson LLP

Evan Bogart: Songwriter & Co-Founder of Boardwalk Entertainment Group

Ruth Bornhauser: Thruline Entertainment

Josh Brill: Music Journalist

Michael Bublé: Artist

David Byrnes: Partner at Ziffren, Brittenham, LLP

Aaron Cohen: Actor

Markell Casey: Senior Director, Creative, PULSE Music Group

Brian Celler: Bravo Charlie Management

Pamela Charbit: A&R Manager, Atlantic Records

Emmanuelle Chriqui: Actress, Activist

Raye Cosbert: Metropolis Music. Managing Director of Metropolis Music

Ivory Daniel: President, Regime Management

Josh Deutsch: Chairman/CEO – Premier Music Group

Kosha Dillz: Artist, Rapper

David Draiman: Frontman of Disturbed

Craig Emanuel: Partner, Paul Hastings LLC

Ron Fair: Record Producer & CEO, Faircraft Inc.

Sharon Farber: Composer

Daniel Federman: Owner, Maccabi Tel Aviv

Patti Felker: Partner, Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, & Abramson LLP

Eric Feig: Founder, Eric Feig Entertainment & Media Law Inc.

Ken Fermaglich: United Talent Agency

Marc Fineman: Founder and President FINE Group

Bryan Freedman: Freedman & Taitelman, LLP

Josh Fluxgold: President One Way MGMT

Erica Forster: VP of music partnerships at DanceOn

Gary Foster: Principal in Krasnoff Foster Productions

Daryl Friedman: The Recording Academy / GRAMMYs on the Hill Chief Advocacy & Industry Relations Officer

Jordan Danielle Frazes: Founder, Frazes Creative

David Gardner: President, Artists First

Stephen Gates: Founder and Partner Ellipsis Entertainment Group

Andrew Genger: Red Light Management

Gary Gersh: President, Global Touring, A.E.G.

Gary Ginsberg: Senior VP, SoftBank Group Corp.

Karen Glauber: President, HITS Magazine

Michael Glouberman: Television Writer and Producer

Elon Gold: Actor, Comedian

Richard Goldgewicht: Director

Alistair Goldsmith: Manager, Chosen Music

Michael Goldwasser: Record Producer & President/Co-Founder of Easy Star Records

Corey Goldstein: Coordinator, Virtual Reality, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Mitchell Gossett: Industry Entertainment Partners

Andrew Gould: EVP Music Publishing, Roc Nation

Trudy Green: Trudy Green Management/HK

Scott Greenberg: Manager and Partner at LBI Entertainment

Steve Greenberg: CEO, S-Curve Holdings

Lawrence Grey: Grey Matters Productions

Marc Hamou: Manager/Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Ronnie Harris: Partner, Harris & Trotter LLP

Jo Hart: Founder, Hart Media

Max Jacoby: Director of Development, 87North

Neil Jacobson: Founder of Hallwood Media

Barry Jossen: President & Head, A+E Studios

Declan Joyce: Actor

Zach Katz: President of Raised In Space

Lee Kern: Writer, Comedian, Actor

Scott Kluge: President, Tremendous Entertainment

Amanda Kogan: Agent, The Gersh Agency

Walter Kolm: CEO, W.K. Entertainment

Rick Krim: Co-Founder, Worldwired Music

Matt Labov: Manager/Publicist

Sherry Lansing: Former CEO of Paramount Pictures

Estelle Lasher: Lasher Group

Colin Lester: CEO, JEM Artists

Carol Leifer: Comedian

David Levy: Former President of Turner/WarnerMedia, Founder of Back Nine Ventures

David Levy: Partner, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

David Lonner: CEO, The David Lonner Co.

Jordan Lonner: UTA

Ben Maddahi: SVP A&R, Columbia Records

Gabriel Mann: Composer/Producer

Susan Markheim: Full Stop Management, The Azoff Company

Orly Agai Marley: President, Tuff Gong Worldwide

Nancy Matalon: VP of A&R, Spirit Music Group

Matisyahu: Artist

David Mazouz: Actor

Meghan McCain: Co-Host, The View

William Mercer: Thruline Entertainment

Sharona Monder: Manager, Morse Artists

David Nimmer: Attorney

Leetal Nissenbaum: VP of Synchronization and Licensing – Ultra Records

Lisa Nupoff: Manager, IMIN Music

Mandi Perkins: Artist, Songwriter, Producer

Mikey Pauker: Artist

Mike Praw

David Renzer: Former Chairman/CEO of Universal Music Publishing

Bourn Rich: Social Justice Street Artist, Clothing Designer

Rachel Riley: Television Host

Lindy Robbins: Songwriter

Jaimison M. Roberts: Attorney at Law

Hanna Rochelle: Founder & President, Lyric Culture

Dan Rosen: President of Warner Music Australasia 

Michael Rotenberg: Partner, 3 Arts Entertainment

David Sacks: Executive Producer, Never Give Up Productions

Haim Saban: Chairman and CEO, Saban Capital Group

Nancy Sanders: Partner,Thruline Entertainment

Paul Schindler: Senior Chair of the New York Entertainment and Media Practice

Steve Schnur: President of Music, Electronic Arts

Jordan Schur: CEO & Chairman, Mimran Schur Pictures & Suretone Entertainment

Sam Schwartz: Partner, Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency

Adam Schweitzer: ICM Partners

Eric Senat: Film Producer

Camila Seta: Marketing & Content Strategy at Rogers & Cowan

Alan Siegel: G-BASE

Ben Silverman: Chairman and CEO of Propagate Content

Gene Simmons: Artist/KISS

Ralph Simon: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Mobilium Global Limited

Marty Singer: Attorney, Lavely and Singer

Jeff Sosnow: EVP A&R Warner Bros. Records

Donna Spievak: Director of Strategic Marketing – Interscope Records

Jonathan Steinsapir: Partner · Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP

Gary Stiffelman: Founder, GSS Law

Adam Swig: Executive Director, Value Culture

Aaron Symonds: Film Composer

Traci Szymanski: President, Co-Star Entertainment

Alona Tal: Singer, Actress

Nina Tassler: Co-Founder/President, PatMa Productions

Adam Taylor: President, APM Music

Noa Tishby: Author, Producer, Actor

Fred Toczek: Partner, Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson LLP

Jonathan Tropper: Screenwriter, Author, Producer

Jonathan Tucker: Actor

Jeremy Vuernick: Executive VP of A&R

Diane Warren: Songwriter

Avi Wasserman: CAA

Jon Weinbach: Executive Vice-President of Mandalay Sports Media

Nola Weinstein : Twitter, Global Head of Culture & Experiential

Ron West: Partner, Thruline Entertainment

Evan Winiker: Managing Partner, Range Media

Jeffrey Winter: Executive Director, The Film Collaborative

Sharon Tal Yguado: Founder & CEO, Astrid Entertainment

** Note – The signers of this statement do so as individuals on their own behalf and not on behalf of their companies or organizations. All organizations and companies listed are for affiliation purposes only.

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ABOUT CREATIVE COMMUNITY FOR PEACE:

Founded by entertainment industry executives, Creative Community for Peace (CCFP) is a non-profit organization comprised of prominent members of the entertainment industry who have come together to promote the arts as a means to peace, to counter antisemitism within the entertainment industry, and to galvanize support against the cultural boycott of Israel. CCFP is apolitical and does not stand for any government official or party. Instead, CCFP believes in artists and their ability to affect lives and effect positive change in the world. For more information please visit: creativecommunityforpeace.com

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