Irene Webb Literary is a bridge between the publishing world and the film and TV business. Located in Los Angeles , in the center of the Hollywood community, IWL is considered the “go-to” place for quality film material by producers and studios. The agency handles marketing, negotiating and selling media rights on behalf of writers, publishers and top independent literary agencies from all around the country.
Unrivaled Experience
Irene Webb opened IWL in 2003 with a client list including screenwriters as well as novelists and non-fiction writers. Webb has a depth of experience in the publishing and film industries that is unrivaled. She began her career in the rights department at Alfred A. Knopf, where she worked with such authors as Alistair Cooke, Joseph Heller, Anne Rice, and Anne Tyler. She was lured away by G. P. Putnam’s to be Subsidiary Rights director, where she presided over a list of hundreds of books, making six and seven-figure deals for authors such as Peter Straub, Robin Cook, and set an industry record by selling rights for Mario Puzo’s books, THE GODFATHER AND FOOLS DIE.
A Wide Range of Genres
Irene Webb has worked with books across a wide range of genres, including literary and commercial fiction, thrillers, mysteries, narrative non-fiction, memoirs, sports books, and pop culture. As Vice President of the William Morris Agency in charge of the West Coast book division she was renown for selling film and TV rights for an array of commercial and literary authors, including Dominick Dunne, Susan Isaacs, Tom Clancy, H.G. Bissinger, Carrie Fisher, Gregory McDonald, John Updike, Douglas Adams and many others.
Award Winners and Fantasy Heroes
As Vice President in charge of film rights at International Creative Management, Webb made over $5 million worth of deals on behalf of authors including Caleb Carr, Cormac McCarthy, Howard Blum, Anna Quindlin, Carl Hiassen, and the comic book, MEN IN BLACK.
Top Relationships
Irene Webb has built strong relationships with all the top film and television producers, studios, and artists, including actors, directors, writers and their representatives. Working in various capacities with actors such as Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts and many others, IWL has built a strong network of contacts in the film business. Webb’s extensive experience working with one foot in Hollywood and one in New York enables her to be a top dealmaker in both arenas.
Irene Webb’s past credits include film sales of “Men in Black”, “All the Pretty Horses”, “Patriot Games”, “Postcards from the Edge” and Ghost Story” to publishing Best Sellers such as “Fit For Life” and “The Children of Willesden Lane.”
