MISSION STATEMENT: 

To work together with immensely talented artists to create extraordinary film, television, live performance, and internet content that entertains, inspires, and changes the world. 

BIOGRAPHY: 

Barry Katz is an Emmy and Grammy nominated TV-film-record producer, talent manager, and podcast host. He is universally known for representing iconic artists like Louie Anderson, Ken Jeong, Andy Dick, Hasan Minhaj, and Mike Epps, giving the first quality stage time in New York City and Boston to future stars like Kevin Hart, Ed Helms, Sarah Silverman, Anthony Clark, Dave Attell, Bobcat Goldthwait, Dana Gould, Timothy Olyphant, Denis Leary, and the late Patrice O'Neal, as well as helping launch the careers of some of the most extraordinary comedy artists in the business-including Dave Chappelle, Nick Swardson, Louie CK, Felipe Esparza, Bill Burr, Frank Caliendo, Marc Maron, Whitney Cummings, Bill Bellamy, Judah Friedlander, Wanda Sykes, Bert Kreischer, Jeff Dye, Jim Gaffigan, Dane Cook, Steve Byrne, Jeffrey Ross, Neil Brennan, and former and present SNL stars Darrell Hammond, Jay Mohr, Melissa Villasenor, Jim Breuer, and Tracy Morgan.

Throughout his career, Katz has sold 37 out of 38 stand-up comedy specials he produced and has brokered an unprecedented 100 TV development deals, created 3 television shows, and executive produced over 50 different specials, documentaries, reality shows, and scripted series including the YouTube TV produced Telethon for America (with Natalie Portman, Orlando Bloom, Jennifer Lawrence, Pete Davidson, Alicia Keys, Charlize Theron, Ray Romano, Chelsea Handler, and Jane Fonda), NBC's Whitney, Netflix's The Road Trick, FOX's Action, HBO's Tourgasm, Showtime's Jay Mohr: Happy. And A Lot, History Channel's Houdini: Unlocking the Mystery, TBS's Frank TV, Comedy Central's Whitney Cummings: Money Shot, HBO's Heidi Fleiss: The Would-be Madam of Crystal, the syndicated Bellamy/Tim Meadows/Jon Lovitz/Vivica Fox sitcom Mr. Box Office, and 7 seasons of the Emmy-nominated NBC series Last Comic Standing.

Katz started his involvement in the film business when he helped Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan (who eventually went on to create Chappelle's Show) sell the cult classic Half Baked to Universal Studios and went on to produce several films after that, including Employee of the Month (starring Jessica Simpson and Cook), Good Luck Chuck (starring Jessica Alba), My Best Friend's Girl (starring Kate Hudson and Alec Baldwin), I Killed JFK (about the only living person in history to admit to killing Kennedy), and Misery Loves Comedy (starring Tom Hanks, Amy Schumer, Judd Apatow, and Larry David).

Katz was the first manager to work with a comedy artist to use social media to accelerate their career, with Dane Cook. At the height of his popularity, he was able to press a button on his computer and sell out 2 shows in one night at Boston Garden and 2 shows in one night at Madison Square Garden for a total of 75,000 tickets sold in less than a week-which had never been done before. In the recording world, he has produced Grammy nominated, multiple gold, platinum, and double platinum albums, while becoming the only manager/producer to debut a comedy album in Billboard's top 5 national charts-twice.

In other facets of the business, Katz was one of the driving forces behind the launch of Comedy Dynamics, which has become one of the largest independent comedy production and distribution companies in the world. Additionally, he was involved in the original sale of the Emmy-nominated Comedy Central Roasts to the network, which has become one of the longest running, most profitable, annual specials franchises in the history of TV.

Non-paid internship with BARRY KATZ ENTERTAINMENT. 

JOB DETAILS: Working directly with the CEO of the management and production company (Barry Katz) along with a team of other assistants, on day-to-day tasks relating to audio and video editing (very important this year)…as well as his comedy talent management clients, tv-film productions, VR/AR projects, executive consulting, and Industry Standard subscription based (and free and subscription based) podcasts (guests have included Kevin Hart, Dr. Phil, Caitlyn Jenner, "Wonder Woman" director Patty Jenkins, David Copperfield, Judd Apatow, Norman Lear, Bill Burr, Chuck Lorre, and Netflix president Ted Sarandos). We have a VERY limited number of openings coming up right now and you are one of a select few that we are considering. 

Although not 100% necessary, the candidates that will be considered more highly are those who are proficient in editing video/audio content, have production experience, and who are located in the LA area.

If you are interested, please 

If interested, please include a link of a short 5-minute (or less) video shot horizontally on your smart phone or laptop, of you answering the following questions within 72 hours of getting this…and please put an effort into making it AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL, AND FUNNY:

 

1. What inspires you about the possibility of working in the entertainment/comedy business?

2. What is your proudest moment thus far in your life?

3. What are your greatest strengths and biggest weaknesses?

4. Your Location and How many hours can you work per week and what day and date can you start (and have to stop) working?

5. Why are you are the best candidate for the job?

Thank you for your time, patience and consideration. We look forward to hearing from you. 



BKE Team

CEO of Barry Katz Entertainment is looking for energetic, motivated interns to help contribute to our growing company. This is an excellent chance to work in a high-pace, exciting environment where duties will include much more than just reading scripts and writing coverage. 

Applicants must be local to the greater Los Angeles Area and able to commute to the Malibu area ON OCCASION. This is a remote position, but hands on, in-person experience is crucial in this industry. 

Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams as well as the Adobe Creative Suite. 

We are a smaller management company, so interns will be working side by side getting hands-on experience in the entertainment industry. We will train you on the phones as well, which is great experience if you want to work in the entertainment industry in the future. We are looking for someone who has personality and wants to learn more about the talent industry in a fun environment. Applicants must be hungry and willing to go that extra mile to succeed. The position would be ideally 2/3 days a weeks for school credit as it is non-paid.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.