Michael Green is an American talent manager, entrepreneur and movie producer.
Career Green began his career as a personal appearance agent in the early 1990s at Irvin Arthur Associates representing stand up comedians. He then moved to talent management at Gallin-Morey Associates, where he eventually became a Senior Manager.Partners: Michael Green . The Collective.
In 1997, he co-founded The Firm, a music and talent management agency, with fellow Gallin-Morey employee Jeff Kwatinetz.The Firm Company Profile . Yahoo! Finance. Kwatinetz and Green sued their former employer Sandy Gallin alleging sexual harassment. Gallin responded with a countersuit for $1 million alleging his former employees had breached their contractual obligations with his firm and produced the sexual harassment allegations by way of distraction from their violations.The Advocate. November 25, 1997. ISSN 0001-8996. p. 34.
The company grew rapidly, eventually managing Backstreet Boys, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Pamela Anderson and others. Expanding beyond the representation business, The Firm also acquired and sold the shoe brand Pony, and controlled an equity position in Build-A-Bear Workshops.Lieberman, Allyson. . The New York Post. February 27, 2001. In 2002, Green sold his interests in the company to spend time with his family.
In 2005, he founded a new management company, The Collective.Donahue, Ann. 'Mad' Men. Billboard. June 14, 2008. The Collective continued to represent Green’s longtime clients like Martin Lawrence, and also signed Linkin Park, Counting Crows, Enrique Iglesias, Slash, Alanis Morissette, and Emile Hirsch, among others.Mitchell, Gail. Exclusive: Godsmack, Counting Crows Sign With the Collective . Billboard. March 3, 2011. As CEO, Green expanded The Collective outside simple talent management, acquiring the horror movie site Bloody-Disgusting.com and popular YouTube accounts and personalities like Fred and Annoying Orange under Collective Digital Studio.Graser, Marc. Collective nabs Bloody-Disgusting. Variety. September 12, 2007.
Filmography + Year Film Notes 2000 Big Momma's House Producer 2001 Black Knight Producer 2003 National Security Producer 2006 Big Momma's House 2 Producer 2007 Katt Williams: American Hustle Executive Producer 2011 Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred Executive Producer 2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son Producer 2012 This Means War Executive Producer
References
External links The Collective homepage