CAA TV Lit Agent Christopher Licata Joins 42 As Manager – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Tv literary agent Christopher Licata has left CAA — and agenting. He has joined Los Angeles and London-based administration and manufacturing firm 42 (The Silent Twins, The Flatshare) as a supervisor. Primarily based in 42’s Los Angeles workplace, Licata will proceed to concentrate on literary expertise illustration, working with creators and writers throughout tv and movie.

Licata had been a TV agent at CAA since 2017. He’ll proceed to characterize a lot of his purchasers in his new function of supervisor at 42, together with showrunners Alena Smith, Caitlin Parrish & Erica Weiss, Jeffrey Paul King, and Ben Roy; New York Occasions bestselling creator Mackenzi Lee; Australian TV creator and screenwriter Maria Lewis; and Mexican filmmaker and TV creator Carlos Rincones.

“Chris is a whirlwind of concepts and creativity, and his distinctive purchasers have a associate and information that’s constructed for administration,” mentioned Josh Varney, 42 Managing Accomplice. “As we proceed to construct our home tv enterprise with Lionsgate and 3Arts, we’re thrilled that we’ve got an professional in Chris and that he has chosen 42 for his subsequent chapter.”

Previous to his six-year stint at CAA, Licata was a TV lit agent at Paradigm, having been promoted after serving consecutive phrases because the Movement Image Literary Division coordinator and the Tv Literary Division coordinator. He began his profession in bodily manufacturing, engaged on a lot of initiatives together with Massive Seaside Movies’ Little Miss Sunshine, FBC’s The Loop and ABC/Fremantle Media’s American Inventor.

This marks the newest enlargement of 42’s U.S. administration staff, following the latest hires of former Netflix and Tiger Facet Productions govt Ben Cavey as Head of Comedy and Leisure, Peter Dealbert, Pacific View founder and producer of Amazon Studios’ Holland, Michigan, and former UTA lit agent Jev Valles.

“I look ahead to serving to develop and assist 42’s roster of genuine storytellers as we surge into the ever-evolving movie and tv market,” Licata mentioned. “I’m eternally grateful to CAA for his or her assist and excited to proceed my work with the company in our shared illustration of present and future purchasers.”