Emmy and DGA Winner Glenn Weiss Signs With Gersh for Representation

Fifteen-time Emmy Award winner Glenn Weiss has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas, the agency representation deal announced this week confirms.

Weiss is one of the most decorated live-television directors working today. He holds 15 Emmy Awards and nine Directors Guild of America Awards. His credits span awards shows, television shows, scripted musicals and live events.

The scale of his resume is unusual. Weiss has worked on the Oscars eight times, twice serving as executive producer. He spent 25 years as executive producer and director of the Tony Awards. He produced and directed the Kennedy Center Honors for seven years. He has directed nine broadcasts of the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Earlier this year, Weiss landed an Emmy nomination for directing "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour."

His producing credits also include multiple Super Bowl Halftime Shows and pregame performances.

What does Weiss say about the move?

Announcing his decision, Weiss kept the tone that has made him a fixture of live broadcasting. "What I liked about Gersh is that they seem genuinely excited about the work, not just the deal," Weiss said. "That's the kind of energy I want around me. Plus, they seem appreciate my sense of humor, which may turn out to be a serious lapse in judgment on their part." — a line delivered, characteristically, with a raised eyebrow at his own expense.

The joke carries a point. Weiss built his career on productions that balance spectacle with intimacy, and his choice of representation follows the same logic: he wants a partner invested in the work, not only the transaction.

What is he working on next?

Weiss is not slowing down. He is currently preparing his 16th edition of "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" and his fourth year directing "Christmas in Rockefeller Center." He is also working on next year's Golden Globes ceremony, where he serves as executive producer.

That calendar — a New Year's Eve broadcast, a tree-lighting special and a film awards ceremony — sits at the center of American live event television. It also means Gersh now represents a director whose work appears in millions of living rooms every December and January.

Known for his collaborative approach, Weiss works closely with artists, producers and creative teams to bring a shared vision to life. Whether directing from a theater, arena, stadium or unconventional location, he combines cinematic storytelling with the immediacy of live performance, creating productions that feel spectacular in scale yet personal to audiences watching at home.

What does this change for viewers? Likely nothing visible — the director remains the director. What changes is the business structure around him: a director with 25 years of Tony Awards, eight Oscar broadcasts and a Taylor Swift concert film to his name now negotiates his next slate through Gersh. Whether that pairing yields new formats beyond the awards-show circuit is the question the agency's "genuine excitement" will now have to answer.