Michael Green (agent)

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.^{[1][non-primary source needed]}

In 1997, he co-founded The Firm, a music and talent management agency, with Jeff Kwatinetz.^{[2][non-primary source needed]} The company grew rapidly, eventually managing Backstreet Boys, Korn,^[3] 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.^[4] In 2002, Green sold his interests in the company to spend time with his family.^[1]

In 2005, he founded a new management company, The Collective.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

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