Managers Joe Bello & Mike Griffin Join Luber Roklin Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Luber Roklin Entertainment has expanded its team with the addition of Joe Bello and Mike Griffin as managers, Deadline has learned. Both will be based out of the company’s Los Angeles office.

Bello joins from Anonymous Content, where he worked as a manager for more than four and a half years. Clients he brings with him to Luber Roklin include actors Joseph Mawle (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power), Tamzin Merchant (Carnival Row), Kai Luke Brummer (Moffie), Kit Clarke (Hellraiser), Whoopie van Raam (The Meg 2), Terique Jarrett (Daddy) and Paris and Dylan Brosnan (The Unholy Trinity), among others. 

Griffin joins after a six-year stint at boutique management and production firm Make Good Content. His clients include writers such as Emmy winner Dennis McNicholas (SNL), and on-camera talent such as Creed Bratton (The Office), Bobby Naderi (The Beekeeper), Mikaela Hoover (Superman), Wil Coban (The Boys in the Boat), Sahana Srinivasan (The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh), Aaron Branch (Unstable) and Sierra Katow (The Sex Lives of College Girls).

During his time at Make Good, Griffin’s producing credits included a Co-EP role on the animated series Woman in the Book for Crypt TV and Facebook Watch, as well as a co-producing role on Showtime docuseries, The Comedy Store. He got his start as an assistant in the motion picture talent department at ICM before working as an assistant to Mel Gibson on projects like his Oscar winner Hacksaw Ridge and actioner Blood Father.

Prior to Anonymous, Bello spent over five years at WME as an agent trainee in the motion picture and music departments. He worked for Politico out of college, before transitioning into entertainment.

“We are thrilled to bring Mike and Joe into the Luber Roklin team,” said co-head Matt Luber in a statement to Deadline. “Mike brings great experience working with actors, writers, and directors. He knows how to put projects together for his clients which is something we have emphasized and done successfully at Luber Roklin for years.”

Continued Luber, “Joe brings great experience working with actors. He has great taste and knows what it takes to move an actor’s career forward. Both of these guys love the business and embrace hard work and the grind – they will fit in well.”

Luber Roklin Entertainment is coming off of production on The Upside of Unrequited, a coming-of-age comedy helmed by the Shakespeare Sisters, as well as the romantic dramedy Falling, starring K.J. Apa, Isabel May, Emma Laird and Archie Renaux. Recently, the company also produced the motorcycle racing pic One Fast Move, starring Apa and Maia Reficco, which released as the number one film on Prime Video last week.

Other credits for the company on the production side include The Other Zoey, starring Josephine Langford and Drew Starkey, and Upgraded, starring Camila Mendes and Renaux.