Bio

Winter 2006

JOAN HYLER founded HYLER MANAGEMENT with partner Larry Scissors in l995 after having been a Senior Vice President of the William Morris Agency where she represented such icons as BOB DYLAN, ANDY WARHOL, MERYL STREEP, MADONNA, PETER O'TOOLE, ANN-MARGARET among others. JOAN HYLER has additionally specialized in the development of talent at both William Morris and HYLER MANAGEMENT and her long term current clients have achieved great success and great acclaim. Included among these Tony, Emmy and Oscar nominated clients are: DIANE LANE (Oscar nominated for Unfaithful); ERIC MCCORMACK (Emmy winner and star of "Will and Grace") ALFRED MOLINA (Doc Ock in Spiderman and Tony nominated for both "Art" and "Fiddler on the Roof") among many others.

Other long term clients include RUTGER HAUER (with whom HYLER produced the feature film "Precious Find"), RICKI LAKE, ALYSSA MILANO, ANNABETH GISH, SHARON LAWRENCE who starred in the television comedy "Ladies Man" for CBS which HYLER produced with ALFRED MOLINA; and client BRUCE VILANCH. HYLER co produced the Miramax documentary "Get Bruce" as well as his hit off Broadway play "Almost Famous".

A former President of Women in Film, JOAN HYLER created both the Morning Star Commission and the Entertainment Council of the National Foundation for Culture. With Howard Bragman they created and produced the successful Jewish Image Awards. A visiting professor at USC, JOAN HYLER travels and lectures all over the world on film as well as womens' issues retaining a Board position on the Women in Film Foundation.