Michael Green

Michael Green founded The Collective with a vision of creating a true 21st century management and production company. His model: a collaborative approach to generating unmatched opportunities for clients, creating a diverse and dynamic portfolio of assets and cultivating new avenues for the distribution of content. Ultimately, clients would be empowered to control how their artistry and content are distributed.

Since it’s founding in 2005, The Collective has grown to a staff of forty employees and several top industry executives who all support the company’s primary objective – to provide the client with a single full-service, multi-media management and production company. As The Collective’s CEO, Michael’s leadership has influenced the formation of five divisions comprising of feature film packaging, digital media, home entertainment, music, live entertainment, television production and the representation of clients including Martin Lawrence, Katt Williams, John Leguizamo, Eddie Izzard, Emile Hirsch, Linkin Park, and The All-American Rejects, amongst others.

In a vast career that includes managing talent and packaging multi-media projects, Michael, along with partner Jeff Kwatinetz, started The Firm in 1997. Under Michael’s direction, The Firm would become one of the most successful and recognizable management companies in the entertainment industry. Michael would continue to oversee blockbuster projects that included Martin Lawrence, Vin Diesel and Ice Cube. In 1999, after signing The Backstreet Boys, one of the biggest selling music groups of all time, The Firm solidified its place in the industry as a pop-culture management powerhouse. In addition, The Firm represented a diverse roster of music clients including Korn, Enrique Iglesias, Limp Bizkit and Michael Jackson. In an unprecedented achievement, Michael expanded The Firm into other divisions of media, including licensing, animation and apparel. During this period, Michael engineered the acquisition of Pony, which upon its successful resurgence, was sold for a substantial multiple of its original value. In 2002, Michael sold his interests in The Firm and devoted his time to starting a family.

Michael began his management career at Gallin-Morey Associates, where he quickly rose to Senior Manager. Michael’s experience, strength and influence solidified him as one of the top players in the industry, representing some of the biggest names in show business including Jim Carrey, Martin Lawrence, Ellen DeGeneres, and Roseanne Barr.