CAA TV Lit Agent Roy Ashton Joins Gersh As Partner And Mind Of TV Lit Division

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran CAA TV literary agent Roy Ashton is joining the Gersh Agency as Partner and Mind in the Television Literary Department. The recruitment of Ashton, that's been at CAA more than 13 years, is an element from the expansion plan by Gersh, that's been getting into experienced agents in a variety of areas as partners within the this past year, including Bob Hohman, Bayard Maybank and Devra Lieb inside the Film Lit department and Jay Cohen inside the Film Financing and Distribution division. At Gersh, Ashton will probably be designated with leading the current 6-agent TV lit department and grow it. The organization, that's very good in TV round the talent side, makes beefing up its TV lit roster important. Roy is probably the respected agents inside the TV literary area and you'll be an very strong resource for the agency,” Gersh co-presidents Bob Gersh, David Gersh and controlling partner Leslie Siebert mentioned. “His experience and associations could make him a great leader after we expand our presence in the bradenton area. Getting Roy was step one towards accomplishing this goal. It's yet unclear who of Ashton’s clients follows him to Gersh where he'll bring the quantity of partners to 13. CAA can be a terrific agency which i hold the finest respect for everyone I have labored with,” he mentioned. Gersh presented me getting a distinctive and special opportunity to participate building something great. My goal is always to create a competitive TV literary department, Gersh gets the assets and contains made the persistence for get this to a real possibility.