Cora Olson & Michael Diamond Join Range As Partners
EXCLUSIVE: Cora Olson and Michael Diamond, a pair of well-respected industry vets, have joined management and production company Range as Partners, we can reveal.
The pair join from Mgmt Entertainment, where they co-ran the lit division, representing writers, creators, filmmakers and producers.
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Olson also has a robust talent business and works with numerous multi-hyphenates, both behind and in front of the camera, and between them, the duo will continue to represent a top-flight list of clients. The list includes Dan Levy, co-creator and star of the record-breaking, Emmy-winning comedy Schitt’s Creek; Michael Sarnoski, writer-director of Neon’s critically acclaimed Pig and Paramount’s hit horror prequel A Quiet Place: Day One; Emmy-winning actress, director and producer Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer); French writer-director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre (The Mustang); writer Chris Kekaniokalani Bright (Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch remake); Golden Globe-nominated actor and filmmaker Simon Helberg (Florence Foster Jenkins); writers Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer (upcoming Fantastic Four: First Steps); award-winning Swiss Italian filmmaker Petra Volpe (Heldin); writer Kristina Lauren Anderson, who in 2014 became the first female screenwriter to top the Black List; Elvis scribe Sam Bromell; DGA Award-nominated writer-director Tara Miele (Lessons in Chemistry); writer-director Bryan Bertino (Vicious, The Strangers); and director Alberto Belli (Paramount’s upcoming Dora and the Search for El Dorado), among many others.
“Everyone who has worked with Cora & Michael know how committed they are to their clients, nurturing their dynamic careers with exceptional clients and impeccable taste,” Range CEO Peter Micelli said. “They are deeply respected throughout the industry, and we are very honored to have them join us.”
In a joint statement, Olson and Diamond told Deadline, “We are thrilled and privileged to be joining the Range family and are so excited to put their unparalleled resources to work for our beloved clients. We look forward to building upon Range’s impressive vision, to guide artists to maximum heights in this ever-changing industry and beyond.”
Prior to management, Olson spent a decade as an independent film producer, producing festival favorites The Babysitters and Good Dick before moving on to run Simon Helberg & Jocelyn Towne’s WBTV-based pod Wildline Entertainment. There, she exec produced Elvis Goes, a four-part travel docuseries hosted by film critic Elvis Mitchell, which featured guests including Guillermo del Toro, Ryan Coogler, Sofia Coppola and Paul Feig.
Joining Mgmt Entertainment in 2014, with prior stints in management at Magnolia and Magnet, Diamond began his career as an assistant at UTA. On the production side, he most recently served as an executive producer on Sarnoski’s feature directorial debut Pig, the buzzy truffle hunter drama starring Nicolas Cage.
Range Media Partners expanded in May, with ten promotions and four new hires. This came a month after news that the company had secured a minority investment from a group including Liberty Global and Wildcat Capital Management. Range announced a new strategic partnership with Artists For Artists, the production company of Kenan Thompson & John Ryan Jr., just last week.
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