Glenn Weiss Signs With Gersh Agency
Glenn Weiss, a director and executive producer of large live television shows, has signed with the Gersh agency to represent him in all areas, Variety reported on 29 October 2026.
A talent agency finds work for directors, writers and performers, and negotiates their contracts. Gersh was founded in 1949 by Phil Gersh and is based in Beverly Hills, California. The company describes itself as the fourth largest talent and literary agency in the world, according to its website.
Weiss has a long run on the biggest stages in American entertainment. He has won 15 Emmy Awards and nine Directors Guild of America Awards. He has worked on the Oscars eight times and has served twice as the show's executive producer. For 25 years he was executive producer and director of the Tony Awards, and he produced and directed the Kennedy Center Honors for seven years.
On television, he has directed nine Primetime Emmy Awards broadcasts. He also received an Emmy nomination for directing "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour." His producing credits include several Super Bowl Halftime Shows and pregame performances.
His upcoming work is already on the calendar. Variety reports that he is preparing the 16th edition of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," and that he is directing "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" for a fourth year. He is also executive producer of next year's Golden Globes ceremony.
Weiss has a memorable moment on an Emmy stage too. In 2018 he won Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special for the Oscars telecast that year, and he used his acceptance speech to make a surprise marriage proposal. Hollywood Reporter recorded the moment. Deadline reported at the time that he had been up against Hamish Hamilton, who directed the 2018 Emmy telecast, in the same category.
For readers wondering what a signing like this means, the answer is mostly about who will pitch his name for future work. An agency can put a director forward for new shows, specials and film projects, and it handles the negotiation of his fees and terms.
