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Born April 15, 1960 Tacoma, Washington Occupation Producer, Talent Manager, Chairman/CEO of The Alternative LLC, and singer and songwriter Website The Alternative,
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John ferriter managing director octagon entertainment
John Ferriter (born April 15, 1960 in Tacoma, Washington) is a television producer and talent representative with Emmy and NAACP-nominated credits.
Contents
- John ferriter managing director octagon entertainment
- Education
- William Morris Agency
- Octagon
- The Alternative
- Global Commercial Television Production
- The Stingrays
- The Tearaways
- Personal life
- References
The American entertainment industry executive is also a singer and songwriter, having performed with two bands, including the Santa Barbara-based Stingrays where he was a frontman. The Stingrays opened for The Bangles, REM, Maria McKee and Guns & Roses.
Ferriter began his career as a talent manager and scout. Before launching his own celebrity representation and management firm The Alternative, he worked for decades as an executive with some of Hollywood's largest celebrity client representation agencies, including Octagon and the William Morris Agency where he was ultimately promoted to Executive Vice President.
Education
Ferriter received a BA in History from the University of California Santa Barbara where he was Student Body Vice President and the Program Director at KCSB-FM.
William Morris Agency
For a span of nearly two decades, Ferriter worked at the William Morris Agency, the world’s longest-running entertainment talent agency, where he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Head of Non-scripted Television, and a member of the company’s board of Directors after a successful career as a talent and packaging agent.
At the Agency, Ferriter was most known for representing top talent and packaging popular television shows, including non-scripted series like Project Runway, The Biggest Loser, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, On Air With Ryan Seacrest, The Donny & Marie Show, the late night comedy talk show Chelsea Lately and numerous Garth Brooks specials.
Ferriter is also recognized for transforming notable radio personalities, like Ryan Seacrest, Carson Daly, Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky into internationally known and celebrated television personalities. Ferriter continues to represent celebrities and public figures. Some of his early clients, include supermodel Claudia Schiffer and the late musician Jerry Garcia.
Octagon
In 2015, it was announced that Ferriter was amicably leaving his position at the conclusion of his five- year contract as the founding Managing Director of Octagon to launch The Alternative.
While at the helm of the entertainment management division of the global sports, music and entertainment marketing conglomerate, Ferriter had oversight over Octagon’s talent management and representation services catering to celebrity entertainers.
The Alternative
The Alternative was formed in March 2016, and represents actors, anchors, hosts, musicians, producers and directors. Ferriter brought many of his clients into the representation and management firm, including Piers Morgan, Nancy O'Dell, 11-time Emmy award-winning director/producer Glenn Weiss, Holly Robinson Peete, Mark Walberg and others. New clients include Mike Love and The Beach Boys, Mike Wolfe from American Pickers, Jake Paul, The Empty Hearts and others.
Global Commercial Television Production
Ferriter has been an executive producer on a number of television series and specials, including Name That Tune for ITV in the United Kingdom, and CTV in Canada, For Peete’s Sake for OWN, The Real Invincible and Remember When for Reelz, I am Novak for Amazon, Logheads for DIY, LeAnn & Eddie for VH-1, It Gets Better for MTV, I’m Positive for MTV, Now Brian Copeland for NBC, The Arsenio Hall Show for CBS/Tribune and Garth Brooks Live from Las Vegas. It Gets Better was Emmy-nominated and The Campaign for LGBT Youth won the Emmy.
The Stingrays
As a singer and songwriter, Ferriter formed and fronted The Stingrays from Santa Barbara, California. He co-wrote and produced the EP Talk To Me Johnny on True Records, and Coast To Coast and Praise the Music for Stonegarden Records. With the Stingrays, Ferriter performed hundreds of shows and opened for bands like The Bangles, REM, Maria McKee and Guns & Roses.
The Tearaways
In 2012, Ferriter rejoined The Tearaways from Santa Barbara and has co-written and co-produced several releases on Robo Records/Universal.
The newest release “Martin, Gibson, Fender, Gretsch, Rickenbacker, Hofner, Ludwig & Vox, esq” is due to be released in September 2016.
Personal life
Ferriter’s wife Rebecca Ferriter is a news anchor for KCBS KCAL Television in Los Angeles.