A New Endeavor for Lesher, of Paramount Importance...
EXCLUSIVE: FishbowlLA has learned that Endeavor partner and motion picture department co-head John Lesher is leaving the agency to become a motion picture production executive at Paramount.
Lesher, whose exit has been rumored for months, carries an enviable client list of indie-darling writer/directors, including Martin Scorsese, PT Anderson, Mark Romanek (“One Hour Photo”), Fernando Meirelles (“City of God”), Walter Salles (“Central Station”), Patrick Marber (“Closer”), Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (“21 grams”), and David O. Russell (“Three Kings”).
(Above: Marty “Are you representin’ me? Are you representin’ me!?!” Scorsese)
Insiders say that Lesher has likely signed an agreement with Endeavor that gives him some percentage of his clients future commissions, so he is definitely incentivized to direct his directors to stay.
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