Gersh Promotes Sylvee Legge to Agent

Sandy Springs native Sylvee Legge has been promoted to agent at the Gersh Agency. Legge entered the agency via its mailroom in 2018 and swiftly climbed the ranks. Most recently, she worked under agent Tara Kromer, and is the first trainee in Gersh history to be promoted internally from the New York division of the department.

“We are thrilled to announce Sylvee’s very well-deserved promotion to agent. She has an unstoppable work ethic with great taste; and not only does she add value to our production department, but cross-departmentally to Gersh as a whole,” said agency co-president David Gersh. “We are excited for her future and proud to have her as an integral part of our expansion in New York.”

Legge has already cultivated an impressive roster of talent at Gersh, this year signing clients including Roger Horrocks — the cinematographer behind the 2021 Best Documentary Feature Oscar winner, “My Octopus Teacher” — and production designer Will Hughes-Jones, who recently received his first Emmy nomination for his work on Shonda Rhimes’s hit Netflix series “Bridgerton.”

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Legge also works with clients of Gersh’s Commercial and Music Video Department, including production designer R. Tyler Evans — who has collaborated with the likes of Lizzo, Ariana Grande and Cardi B — as well as emerging cinematographer Sade Ndya. The latter graced the cover of the Los Angeles Times this year, with a profile spotlighting her contributions to diversifying Hollywood. Ndya was one of 10 BIPOC filmmakers selected to shoot a project for Lena Waithe, Hillman Grad Production and Indeed, as part of their Rising Voices initiative, unveiled at the Tribeca Film Festival this year.

Prior to her position in New York, Legge graduated from The Epstein School and the Galloway School in Atlanta and the Tisch College of the Arts at New York University, where she majored in film and drama. Her parents, Janie Cohen-Legge and Jerry Legge, are longtime members of Congregation B’nai Torah.