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Chris Bellant Joins Vision Entertainment As Manager
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EXCLUSIVE: Vision Entertainment has brought on Chris Bellant as a manager in their talent and literary departments. He’ll work out of the company’s Los Angeles office and will also work with Vision’s production arm to produce both film and TV.
Bellant joins from Zero Gravity Management, where he also worked across talent, literary and production. Before Zero Gravity, he was a manager at Established Artists and previously ran the management and production company Waldorf Entertainment. Most recently, Bellant produced the upcoming crime thriller Nowhere Men, starring Jack Quaid, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman. Previously, he produced films including Loserville, starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Matt McGorry, and The Lost Weekend, starring Tony winner Reed Birney and Gracie Gillam.
Bellant’s clients include Emmy-nominated writers Steven White (Black-ish, Grown-ish) and Daniel Dratch (Anger Management, The Cleveland Show); actors Brad Leland (Friday Night Lights, The Last of Us), Taylor Anthony Miller (FBI) and Carlo Alban (Apple TV+’s Black Bird); and filmmakers including Brendan Muldowney (Pilgrimage), Duncan Skiles (IFC’s The Clovehitch Killer), Matthew Gentile (American Murderer), Iram Parveen Bilal (Wakhri) and Ben Parker (Burial).
In a statement on his new position, Bellant told Deadline, “I’m thrilled to be joining Andres, Liam and the whole team at Vision. It was clear to me right away that the company’s values are completely aligned with my own. They work tirelessly to develop creative strategies that address the specific needs of each client individually.”
Bellant went on to underscore that Vision’s “integrity and dedication to a client-first approach has attracted world class actors, writers and filmmakers to the company. I’m excited to be part of such a stellar team and look forward to everything we will be able to accomplish together for our clients.”
Added Vision founders Andres Budnik and Liam Scholey, “We are delighted to welcome Chris to our team. He brings an exceptional track record and a wealth of experience in both talent management and production. His passion, drive, and commitment are unmatched, and his teamwork mentality is exemplary. Chris is a great fit for our company, and we are excited to see the incredible contributions he will make to our team and clients.”
The talent and literary management and production company Vision Entertainment was founded in Los Angeles in 2013. On the acting front, notable clients include Emeraude Toubia (With Love), Christopher Ammanuel (Black Lightning), Sergio Peris-Mencheta (Snowfall), Nicholas McDonough (Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies), Mariela Garriga (Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning), Sydney Mitchell (BMF), Mariana Treviño (A Man Called Otto), Alejandro Edda (Narcos), Jackie Cruz (Orange Is the New Black) and Zion Moreno (Gossip Girl).
On the literary side, the company reps writers and directors such as Gonzalo Maza (A Fantastic Woman), Lucia Garibaldi (The Sharks), Julio Rojas (Case 63), Natalia Mejia (Snowfall), Ximena Garcia Lecuona (Anything’s Possible), Fernando Guzzoni (Blanquita), Ilse Apellaniz (Acapulco), David Pablos (The Chosen Ones), David Zonana (Heroic), Analeine Cal y Mayor (Book of Love), Hari Sama (This Is Not Berlin) and Isaac Ezban (Parallel).