Just in time for Sundance, Provocation Entertainment has signed four new clients: filmmakers Frank Hudec and Darryl Wharton-Rigby, screenwriter Jim Tierney and actor Eddie Daniels. The company, which handles management, production and public-relations, made the announcement Tuesday.
Provocation will celebrate the new signings with an exclusive party at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24.
"As part of our commitment to fostering a clientele of groundbreaking transmedia artists, we've got a playwright transitioning to film [Tierney], a filmmaker branching into graphic novels [Hudec], a TV writer moving into documentaries [Wharton-Rigby], and an indie film icon who's an actress/singer/writer/social activist [Daniels]," Provocation Senior Manager Eli Perle said in a statement.
"If our clients had any more slashes, they'd be horror film victims," he added.
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Hudec wrote and directed the 2000 feature "Building Bombs," produced the 1995 feature film "Low," and has directed short films and advertisements. Now, Hudec — who has also has tenure as a script doctor — is working on "Necropolis," his first graphic novel.
Tierney, who has been involved with the New York Fringe Festival for the past two years, is working on feature-film adaptations of two of his plays. He is current casting for "The Banshee of Bainbridge," while "Carry On" is in pre-production.
Wharton-Rigby wrote for the NBC shows “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Just Deal,” and directed the feature film “Detention” and the short film “Obon." He is working on another feature, the documentary “Don Doko Don."
Daniels' credits include acting stints in the original "Bad Lieutenant," Larry Clark and Ed Lachman's "Ken Park" and the Sundance award-winner "Rhythm Thief." Her upcoming projects include "Meth Head" and "Crazy Bitches." Provocation is only handling PR for Daniels, who is managed by Bohemia Group's Susan Ferris and Alison Buck.
Based in West Hollywood, Provocation's existing roster includes Slamdance Film Festival co-founder and director Dan Mirvish ("Between Us"); and filmmakers Kevin DiNovis ("Surrender Dorothy"), Eitan Gorlin ("The Holy Land" ") and Daniel J. Harris "(The Bible and Gun Club").