HOW TO BE UNDENIABLE IN THE COMEDY BUSINESS - BARRY KATZ
No matter what age you are or your level of experience, Barry can help you take your comedy career to the highest levels…as he has helped other artists do hundreds and hundreds of times.
“A must for anyone with an interest in the entertainment business…. essential for anybody who hopes to turn their passion into success.” – Doug Herzog (Former president of Fox, MTV, Quibi, Comedy Central, and Viacom)
Barry is an Emmy/Grammy nominated TV-film-record producer, talent manager, podcast host, and mentor, who is universally known for representing iconic artists like Louie Anderson, Ken Jeong, Hasan Minhaj, and Mike Epps, giving the first quality stage time in NYC and Boston to Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Sarah Silverman, Dave Attell, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dana Gould, Timothy Olyphant, Denis Leary, Neil Brennan, and the late Patrice O’Neal, and launching and managing the careers of Chappelle, Swardson, CK, Esparza, Burr, Caliendo, Cummings, Sykes, Kreischer, Dye, Gaffigan, Cook, Ross, and former SNL cast members Hammond, Mohr, Villasenor, Edwards, Oteri, and Tracy Morgan.
About Barry Katz:
- -Sold over 40 stand-up comedy specials
- -Produced and brokered over 100 TV development deals
- -Created 3 television shows
- -Executive produced over 50 different television series
- -Helped Chappelle and Brennan sell the cult classic Half Baked to Universal
- -Produced films starring Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Alex Baldwin, Larry David, and Tom Hanks
- -The first manager to use social media to accelerate an artists career
- -Produced Grammy nominated, multiple gold, platinum, and double platinum albums.
- -Only manager/producer to debut a comedy record in Billboard’s top 5 national charts–twice.
- -Co-founder of Comedy Dynamics, one of the largest independent comedy companies
- -Involved in original sale of the Emmy-nominated Comedy Central Roasts to the network, which became one of the longest running, most profitable, annual specials franchises in the history of TV.
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