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David Weintraub
David WeintraubBorn September 7, 1978
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.Nationality American Alma mater University of Southern California Occupation Producer, talent manager Years active 1999- David Weintraub is the CEO of DWE Talent, a management, film and television production company and Vice-President of Series Development for Stone & Co Entertainment,[1] a major player in non-scripted television production. Both companies are based in Los Angeles, California.
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Early life
David Weintraub[2] was born on 7 September 1978 in Beverly Hills, California, the only child of a Beverly Hills dentist father (who died while Weintraub was young) and a psychotherapist mother. Weintraub’s family mostly work in the field of science.
Career
Weintraub’s career began as a teenage intern for Interscope Records and Death Row Records where he worked on records for artists such as Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, No Doubt, Bush and Eminem. It was while at Death Row Records that he entered the University of Southern California entertainment business programme. In his last year at USC, Weintraub founded Spellbound Records with his boyhood friend Randy Spelling, the son of entertainment mogul Aaron Spelling.
Weintraub joined the William Morris Agency as an agent trainee for the heads of the music division before moving to United Talent Agency where he spent six years as a motion picture talent agent in the prestigious Film & Television department. Whilst there he sorted film and television projects for clients such as Eminem, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Nelly, Birdman, Kurupt and MYA. He also facilitated the move from reality TV to movies for Kristin Cavallari, Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. After United Talent Agency, David co-founded Coalition Management with Troy Carter and they worked with Fat Joe, Eve, Nelly, Lady Gaga and Ya Boy.
Weintraub and his close friends Randy Spelling and Sean Stewart appeared in David’s first TV show Sons of Hollywood[3][4] ,[5] which aired on the A&E network. In a highly unusual move in showbusiness, Weintraub not only created a show but also produced it, starred in it and agented the participants.
Weintraub is currently working on projects with VH1, MTV, Lifetime, TLC, A&E, Nick, Bravo, Oxygen, E! and WE.
Weintraub is also a major force behind the widely successful Celebrity Rehab series aired on VH1 with Dr Drew. Weintraub hired sixty of the ninety celebrities appearing on the programme and also worked as a producer for the show. Weintraub's spin-off series from Celebrity Rehab was Sex Rehab, on which Weintraub worked as a producer and casting director.
DWE Talent now focuses on the pop culture world of non-scripted television creation and production and Weintraub has been involved in many shows and pilot shows, as well as the management of the careers of pop culture celebrities. His clients include:
- Steven Adler of Guns N’ Roses
- Christian Audigier
- Crystal Audigier
- B2K – Omarion, Lil Fizz, J-Boog
- Birdman aka Baby Williams, CEO of Cash Money Records and father of Lil Wayne
- Traci Bingham
- Bizarre of Eminem’s D12
- Foxy Brown
- Rebecca Cardon
- Katie Cazorla of The Painted Nail (Nail Files (TV series))
- Crazy Town
- Donna D'Errico
- Michael Damian
- Jo De La Rosa – The Real Housewives of Orange County
- Scott Disick of Keeping Up With The Kardashians
- Jermaine Dupree
- Nicole Eggert
- Maria Eriksson
- Prince Emanuel Filberto of Italy
- Josh Flagg of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing
- Megan Hauserman
- Jeremy Jackson
- Shar Jackson
- Kendra Jade
- Levi Johnston
- Maria Kanellis, World Wrestling Entertainment/Celebrity Apprentice
- Kurupt
- Lorenzo Lamas
- Tiny “Zues” Lister
- Michael Lohan
- Darius McCrary
- Shanna Moakler
- Mýa
- Nicole Narain
- Gena Lee Nolin
- Kari Ann Peniche
- Angelina Pivarnick of Jersey Shore
- Play n Skillz
- Daniel Puder – MMA fighter
- Simon Rex aka Dirt Nasty
- DJ Quik
- The Rad Girls – Fuse TV cast
- Nik Richie, the owner of THEDIRTY.COM
- Shayne Lamas
- Lukas Rossi – winner of CBS Rock Star: Supernova
- Michaele Salahi of The Real Housewives of D.C.
- Tareq Salahi
- Shauna Sand
- Kyle Sandilands
- Scareface
- Courtney Semel
- Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town
- Slade Smiley – The Real Housewives of Orange County
- Amber Smith
- Fredro Starr of Onyx
- Danielle Staub
- Kimberly Stewart
- Sean Stewart
- Scott Storch
- Paul Telner
- Tha Dogg Pound aka Daz and Kurupt
- Too Short
- Danny Trejo
- Rachel Uchitel
TV credits
2010 Back to the Bay (TV series) (executive producer)[6]
2010 Extreme Food Sculptors (TV movie) (producer) [7]
2009-2010 Sober House (TV series) (consulting producer - 17 episodes) [8] – Episode dated 29 April 2010 (2010) (consulting producer) – Episode dated 22 April 2010 (2010) (consulting producer) – Episode dated 15 April 2010 (2010) (consulting producer) – Episode dated 8 April 2010 (2010) (consulting producer) – Episode dated 1 April 2010 (2010) (consulting producer) See all 17 episodes »
2008-2010 Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (TV series) (consulting producer - 28 episodes) [9] – Graduation (2010) (consulting producer) – Acting Out (2010) (consulting producer) – Family Weekend (2010) (consulting producer) – Triggers (2010) (consulting producer) – Loss (2010) (consulting producer) See all 28 episodes »
2010 The Penthouse (executive producer)
2009 Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew (TV series) (consulting producer - 8 episodes) [10] – Episode #1.8 (2009) (consulting producer) – Episode #1.7 (2009) (consulting producer) – Episode #1.6 (2009) (consulting producer) – Episode #1.5 (2009) (consulting producer) – Episode #1.4 (2009) (consulting producer) See all 8 episodes »
2009 Nicole Eggert Is Back in Baywatch (video) (producer) [11]
2008 Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee (TV series) (consulting producer - 10 episodes, 2008) (producer - 10 episodes, 2008) [12] – Finale at the Greek (2008) (consulting producer, producer) – Downtown Battleground (2008) (consulting producer, producer) – Something's Fishy (2008) (consulting producer, producer) – Wet and Wild (2008) (consulting producer, producer) – Battle at Big Bear (2008) (consulting producer, producer) See all 10 episodes »
2007 Living with... Kimberly Stewart (TV series) (producer - 10 episodes) [13] – Episode #1.10 (2007) (producer) – Episode #1.9 (2007) (producer) – Episode #1.8 (2007) (producer) – Interrogations (2007) (producer) – Episode #1.6 (2007) (producer) See all 10 episodes »
Sons of Hollywood (TV series) (executive producer - 12 episodes, 2007) (producer - 8 episodes, 2006–2007) [14] – And the Sons Played On (2007) (executive producer, producer) – Hi... Jack (2007) (executive producer) – Hollywood Hills 90069 (2007) (executive producer) – S.W.A.T (Spelling, Weintraub and Trouble) (2007) (executive producer, producer) – Making of a Male Actor (2007) (executive producer)
Personal life
Randy Spelling and Sean Stewart were childhood friends of Weintraub’s, both of whom David went on to manage as part of DWE Talent. Weintraub can often be seen at red carpet events throughout Los Angeles and frequents the celebrity website TMZ.[15]
References
- ^ http://www.stonetv.com/home.html
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1479111/
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/30/arts/television/30sons.html
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/08/entertainment/et-sons8
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/08/entertainment/et-sons8/2
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707409/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706600/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1275409/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1114705/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442133/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535018/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1229845/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131976/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824737/
- ^ http://www.tmz.com/person/david-weintraub/
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