Jelani Johnson has returned to CAA as an agent in the motion picture literary department, it was announced Wednesday.
Johnson is a former CAA intern who went on to become a manager at Generate before becoming a founding partner of The Mission Entertainment, a management and production company that focuses on representing diverse content creators.
Johnson is a savvy and motivated dealmaker who has given his time to the HollyShorts Film Festival as a jury member and panelist. He’s a solid addition to CAA in the wake of a group defection to UTA earlier this year.
The up-and-coming young agent will be based in CAA’s Los Angeles office.
CAA recently signed “Concussion” director Peter Landesman, “The Tribe” director Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy and comedian Yousef Saleh Erakat, aka FouseyTube.