Exclusive: Veteran talent agent Melisa Spamer, who most recently ran Domain Talent, is joining the talent department of Innovative Artists. She will be based at Innovative Artists’ Los Angeles office.
Spamer began her career at Metropolitan Talent Agency before founding Domain Talent in 2005 with former partners Gabrielle Krengel and Joe Vance in 2005. Over the next decade, Domain grew into a top-tier boutique talent agency. After Krengel died in 2015, the agency carried on for several more years. The surviving partners ultimately parted ways after Spamer took Vance to court and obtained sole control of Domain.
“I have always had great respect for Domain and its success as a boutique talent agency ever since Melisa and her associates launched their company more than fifteen years ago” said Innovative Artists president Scott Harris. “Following the unfortunate death of her co-founder Gabrielle, and having successfully resolved her legal differences with her former partner, we...
Spamer began her career at Metropolitan Talent Agency before founding Domain Talent in 2005 with former partners Gabrielle Krengel and Joe Vance in 2005. Over the next decade, Domain grew into a top-tier boutique talent agency. After Krengel died in 2015, the agency carried on for several more years. The surviving partners ultimately parted ways after Spamer took Vance to court and obtained sole control of Domain.
“I have always had great respect for Domain and its success as a boutique talent agency ever since Melisa and her associates launched their company more than fifteen years ago” said Innovative Artists president Scott Harris. “Following the unfortunate death of her co-founder Gabrielle, and having successfully resolved her legal differences with her former partner, we...
- 1/26/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Talent agent Melisa Spamer, one of two surviving partners at a LLC that operates as Domain Talent, filed a petition today to expel from the company the other, Joe Vance, alleging that the latter had embezzled significant amounts of money over a number of years.
“Respondent’s unlawful activity has resumed with additional acts of embezzlement that Respondent had concealed,” the filing alleges of Vance after a previous dispute of business funds and unauthorized checks was presumed to be settled in 2019 so the duo could keep on working together.
“It is now apparent that Petitioner cannot continue to engage in business with Respondent occupying any role or responsibility that enables him to deal with the moneys of Petitioner or its clients, or any other significant management or financial role or responsibility,” attorney Norman Levine says for his client Spamer in the filing (read it here).
In what could be the...
“Respondent’s unlawful activity has resumed with additional acts of embezzlement that Respondent had concealed,” the filing alleges of Vance after a previous dispute of business funds and unauthorized checks was presumed to be settled in 2019 so the duo could keep on working together.
“It is now apparent that Petitioner cannot continue to engage in business with Respondent occupying any role or responsibility that enables him to deal with the moneys of Petitioner or its clients, or any other significant management or financial role or responsibility,” attorney Norman Levine says for his client Spamer in the filing (read it here).
In what could be the...
- 3/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Gabrielle Krengel had been a staple in every acceptance speech Jane Lynch has made, with the actress regularly giving her agent of more than a decade shoutouts like "Gabrielle Krengel, you are the best agent in the world" and "I love you" from the Emmy and Golden Globe stage. Lynch did it one last time tonight when accepting her third Emmy a month after the passing of Krengel, who died in August from pulmonary embolisms at the age of 49. Lynch, the last winner at the…...
- 9/13/2015
- Deadline TV
One of the top clients of Gabrielle Krengel, the 49-year-old co-founder of Domain Talent who died Monday, was Jane Lynch, whom Krengel had represented for more than a decade. With Krengel by her side, Lynch got her breakout role on Fox’s musical dramedy Glee, which earned the actress an Emmy and a Golden Globe; signed on to host NBC’s Hollywood Game Night, which landed her another Emmy; hosted the Primetime Emmys; and toplines CBS’ upcoming comedy series Angel From Hell.…...
- 8/5/2015
- Deadline TV
Veteran talent agent Gabrielle Krengel, partner at Domain Talent agency, died Monday, August 3. She was 49. Krengel, whose clients included Jane Lynch, had been diagnosed with cancer in late 2014, for which she underwent treatment. In July, she had fallen ill from pulmonary embolisms, complications from which ultimately caused her death. Krengel’s passing shocked many in the talent world as very few had been aware that she was sick. “She didn’t tell anyone, so no one had…...
- 8/4/2015
- Deadline
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