After nearly two decades at WME, the agency partner has decided to leave to start her own management company, Blue Marble Pictures, where she has already set up a multi-year overall deal with Apple TV+. Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron, who she signed as an agency client just a year ago, will be moving with her in a new capacity .
In her new role, Kang-Lowe intends to keep her focus on discovering and amplifying underrepresented voices, noting that "the power of storytelling is transformative" and that, particularly in this moment in time, she wants "to be closer to the creative process.
Kang-Lowe, who recently welcomed her second child, has been a major force at the talent agency, and her departure will be felt across its many divisions. Her client roster reads like a who's who of Hollywood, with producers, writers, directors and talent including Riz Ahmed, Simon Beaufoy, Damien Chazelle, Deborah Chow, Ryan Coogler, Guillermo Del Toro, Gillian Flynn, Gal Gadot, Lisa Joy & Jonah Nolan, Lena Waithe and Steve Zaillian.
To that end, Kang-Lowe, the first Asian American agent to be promoted to partner at WME, has used her own voice and platform to push for change as well. Internally, she co-founded Empower, a company-wide program promoting diversity, inclusion and mentorship. Elsewhere in Hollywood, she was appointed to Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti’s Entrepreneurs in Residence for the Evolve Entertainment Fund, which has focused on increasing diversity initiatives in the entertainment industry.
Her decision to move on comes at challenging time for the agency business at large and her company in particular. In early May, WME
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