Ryan Bartlett Exits Hyperion, Joins Independent Artist Group

Nellie Andreeva

17 June 2024 at 8:13 pm·1-min read

EXCLUSIVE: Seven years after Ryan Bartlett left UTA to launch Hyperion, the veteran talent agent is leaving the boutique agency to join Independent Artist Group. He will work in IAG’s talent department, reporting to Andrew Rogers in a reunion for the duo who were agents together at Paradigm where Rogers headed Motion Picture Talent.

The deal for Bartlett came together late last week and was finalized over the weekend. He plans to bring many of his longtime clients to IAG, including Xochitl Gomez, Ashton Sanders and Natasha Behnam.

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Meanwhile, the plan for Hyperion, which Bartlett ran since its June 2017 inception, is to continue with agents Austin Leshay and Will Atlas at the helm.

IAG was formed a year ago when Agency for the Performing Arts and music touring agency Artist Group International merged. The new combined agency (and APA before that) has been bulking its ranks over the past 18 months with the hire of more than two dozen agents and a slew of signings, including Regina Hall, Sonequa Martin-Green, William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Ken Jeong, Troy Kotsur, Rosa Salazar, Hayden Christensen, Pamela Anderson, Maria Bello, Marc Maron and Russel Hornsby.

British-born Bartlett started his Hollywood career at 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 2000. He switched over to agenting at Paradigm where he rose through the ranks before joining UTA in 2015.

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