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06.06.2022 - 17:31 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: In an eye-catching acquisition, 42 has bought respected UK talent and literary agency Dalzell and Beresford, we can reveal.
Veteran British agent Simon Beresford has joined the LA and London-based management and production company as a Partner and Manager and his roster is moving over with him.
Clients include Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Sir Simon Russell Beale, Ciarán Hinds, Indira Varma, Lindsay Duncan, Giles Terera, Ken Stott, Patrick Marber, Leslie Caron, Jamie Campbell Bower, Nathaniel Parker, Simon Callow, Jim Norton, Matthew McNulty, Julian Clary, Dame Siân Phillips, Fra Fee, Nigel Havers, Sinéad Cusack and Andrei Konchalovsky.
Beresford’s team will also be joining him at 42, including Vicki Oliver as a Manager and Kitty Johnson. Kara Fitzpatrick, who runs Dalzell and Beresford’s literary department, brings with her clients including Roy Williams, Tanika Gupta, Dawn Sievewright, Paddy Campbell and John Donnelly.
Dalzell and Beresford was set up in 1966 by the legendary UK rep Larry Dalzell. Beresford took over the company in 1998 and for a number of years there has been strong acquisition interest from larger firms.
Beresford, who joins 42’s founding partners Kate Buckley, Josh Varney, Rory Aitken, Cathy King and Ben Pugh, will be based at the company’s London office.
As we revealed earlier this year, 42 recently had minority investment from Lionsgate and inked a first look US TV deal with the studio.
Among the company’s hundreds of clients are Jesse Armstrong, Julian Fellowes, Claire Denis, Charlie Brooker, Michael Caine, Sofia Boutella, Nicholas Hoult, Krysty Wilson Cairns, Lynne Ramsay, Nadine Labaki, Neil Marshall, Ed Skrein, Katherine Waterston, Jonny Lee Miller, Harris Dickinson and Will Davies.
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