Guymon Casady

He earned a B.A. in European history and art history from the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career in artist management working at Creative Artists Agency (CAA).[2]

Casady began his career in Hollywood working as an assistant in the Motion Picture Talent Department at Creative Artists Agency. He left CAA when he was offered the opportunity to work for Propaganda Films CEO Steve Golin. While working as Steve’s assistant, Casady wrote a business plan making the argument for why Propaganda should start an in house talent management company to theatrically represent the directors who the company was already representing for music videos and commercials, including David Fincher, Michael Bay, Spike Jonze and Antoine Fuqua. He was promoted to a development/production executive and worked on such movies as The Game, directed by David Fincher and Being John Malcovich, directed by Spike Jonze. When Phillips sold Polygram (who owned Propaganda) to Seagrams, Casady left Propaganda to work as a manager at Industry Entertainment.[3] On November 13, 2002, Casady, Eric Kranzler and David Seltzer left Industry Entertainment to start a new venture, Management 360, a start up talent management production company they cofounded with Suzan Bymel, Evelyn O’Neill, and Daniel Rappaport.[4]Shortly after forming Management 360, the company signed an overall productideal with Warner Bros. Studio on July 7, 2003.[5]

From 2011 - 2017, Casady produced MPTF’s annual Reel Stories, Real Lives evening to raise money and build next generation awareness for the organization.

In 2008, Casady was included in Variety’s first annual Dealmakers Impact Report.

Casady is a U.S. Junior National rowing champion in the 4 with coxswain. He is the brother of Bret Casady - prominent architectural designer and builder in Los Angeles, son of Janed Guymon and Kent Casady. He grew up in San Diego's historical neighborhhod Mission Hills and the childhood home of his mother Janed.[6] His mother Janed is the granddaughter of Edward "E.T." Guymon, after whom the city of Guymon, Oklahoma is named.[7] He is married to Robyn Norris Casady, and is the father of Ford and Boone Casady.[2] His late grandfather was the journalist and politician Simon Casady, who in 1976, was the Democratic Party’s candidate of choice to run against Pete Wilson for the mayor of San Diego; his great-grandfather was the Episcopal Bishop Thomas Casady, who in 1947, founded the Casady School in Oklahoma City; his great-great-grandfather was the prominent Iowa banker Simon Casady, and his great-great-great-grandfather was the Iowa judge Phineas M. Casady.[6]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

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