Look who is reading "Out of Ashes" a novel by Sutton L Avery, Mr. Charles King. Some may ask who is he? In defense of his or her clients’ best interests, a reliable Hollywood agent calls on a variety of skills: they’re part P.T. Barnum, part Machiavelli, part enforcer, and all champion. Ten years on, Charles King wears these multiple fedoras as well as any one in the upper echelons of the entertainment industry. As an agent at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (arguably the major player in Hollywood artist representation), King has parlayed a passion for the business, a feverish work ethic and a conviction of the marketability of the spectral African-American experience into a rare position as an African-American with leverage, wide and deep, in the workings of modern Hollywood. Two of his most celebrated clients reflect King’s success. Terrence Howard, an actor of panoramic skills in a wide range of dramas, counts King as his agent. And so does Tyler Perry, one-man industry and the current reigning supernova. Orchestrating deals in series television and feature films, King was instrumental in helping Perry gain a level of creative autonomy — production, writing, directing and acting — unprecedented for an African-American filmmaker. This hasn’t stopped King from agitating more widely on behalf of black and minority actors. outofashesthenovel Get your copy!
Posted on: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 15:01:14 +0000
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