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Q&A with Adam Berkowitz, Co-Head of Television Packaging at CAA, Creative Artists Agency

Nov
09
2012

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• Speaker: Adam Berkowitz
• Host Department: Screen Arts and Cultures (SAC)
• Date: 11/09/2012
• Time: 3:30 pm - 5:00pm
  
  
• Location: Studio A - Room 1440 North Quad  (Show map)
  105 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
  
  
  
  
• Description:

  Adam Berkowitz is the Co-Head of Television at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), an entertainment and sports agency based in Los Angeles with offices in New York, London, Nashville, and Beijing. In addition to working with many of the world's leading television producers, writers and directors, Berkowitz has been instrumental in packaging numerous television programs including  Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, Arrested Development and Two and a Half Men. Prior to joining CAA in 1997, Berkowitz was an Agent at the William Morris Agency. He began his agent career working summers and holiday breaks at William Morris' New York office, where he later landed a full-time position in the mailroom. Splitting time between the agency and night classes at Fordham Law School, he passed the New York bar in 1989.  Berkowitz currently serves on the President’s Committee of the American Jewish Committee and on the  Board of the Hollywood Radio & Television Society and The New York Television Festival.