CAMS: Coffee Break with Randi Michel, C’91 Talent Manager and Emmy Award-Winning Producer
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Talent Manager and Emmy Award-winning Producer (“Bessie” starring Queen Latifah for HBO), Randi Michel’s next film projects include producing with Queen Latifah and her Flavor Unit Entertainment the animated film “The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear”, based on the fantasy novel of the same name by popular German author and illustrator Walter Moers for Netflix with partner The Henson Company. She is also producing with Travis Scott the Sony Pictures feature "All Screwed Up" for his Cactus Jack label based on the life of DJ Screw, the legendary Houston D.J. Randi has also put together a comedy series that will star Smartless co-host Sean Hayes and be directed and produced by Ben Stiller, along with the “Bad Sisters” writer-producers Brett Baer and Dave Finkel. Some of Randi’s other notable clients are global movie star John Travolta and his daughter Ella, Jenna Elfman, Devon Sawa,Gina Gershon, Bachelor star Colton Underwood and Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York. When client and legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin celebrated 50+ years of walking on the moon, Randi closed lucrative endorsement campaigns for him with Omega watches, IBM, and YouTube.
Randi serves on the Advisory Board of The Said Project (http://thesaidproject.com/), a non-profit focusing on educational equality in the arts started by her high school-age son. It brings theater access to public school students, inspiring the next generation of theater audiences and sparking interest in career paths in the entertainment industry. She is also involved in the film communities of Saudi Arabia and Southeast Asia.
Randi heads up the New York office of management-production company Artists First. She started in the industry in the William Morris Agency mailroom. She went on to be a Partner at WME and after 22 years at the agency became a manager/producer for her clients. Randi is a graduate of Beverly Hills High School and University of Pennsylvania.
Randi is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of Cinema & Media Studies where she teaches a course on Artist Representation.

Headshot of Randi Michel, C’91