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An experienced representative of television writers, producers, and directors, Ryan Ly has placed award-winning professionals on successful programs. He stands out as former partner and head of the television literary department at Creative Artists Agency, where he also served as agent to numerous high-profile clients. During the last broadcast year of his service, Ryan Ly placed more than 500 clients on projects across streaming, cable, and network platforms. Ryan Ly accepted his department head position in 2013, becoming the youngest professional in company history to do so. He had previously served the company as a television literary and packaging agent, in which role he distinguished himself as the agency's top facilitator of client bookings. He also excelled in the industry as a whole, having stood out during awards season as the representative of the most writing nominees for Emmy, Writers Guild, and Golden Globe honors. Ryan Ly now leads as principal of Curate Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. He comes to his work with a bachelor's degree in film studies and English, which he received from the University of Pennsylvania in 2003.

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UPenn Students Study in Cannes

Formerly the head of Creative Artists Agency LLC’s Television Literary Department in Los Angeles, Ryan Ly now functions as the principal of Curate Entertainment. In anticipation of his successful entertainment career, Ryan Ly studied for his BA in English and film studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Students of cinema at UPenn may choose to study abroad in France for a semester. With a variety of locations available for summer studies, experiencing the world-renowned Cannes Film Festival in person is usually a top choice for cinema students. In addition to the exposure to international films and filmmakers, students get to witness how festivals, marketing, and celebrity culture contribute to the cinema industry. After preparing for the experience by attending introductory lectures before departure, students spend every day of the two-week summer study program immersed in the Cannes Film Festival. They have a chance to attend screenings and lectures by leading professionals in the cinema industry. Each year, program admission applications are accepted from January 15 to March 1.

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The Hague - Netherlands (by Christopher A. Dominic) 

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Beautiful Rome, Italy.

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The Orrery Society Supports Penn Libraries

Ryan Ly, former head of the television literary department at Creative Artists Agency, now serves as the principal of Curate Entertainment. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Ryan Ly belongs to the Orrery Society, a leadership board for the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. Some of the most diverse research libraries in North America, Penn Libraries serve all disciplines within the Penn scholarly community. The Libraries house one of the largest collections of published materials on the continent. Penn’s collections include handwritten manuscripts, sound recordings, e-journals, and printed books. The Libraries must continually update their collections to better serve researchers. The Orrery Society was created to address this financial concern. Since 2008, the Orrery Society has raised more than $7 million in support of the Libraries' collections. This reduces the financial burden of the Penn Libraries’ annual operating budget. For more information, visit www.giving.library.upenn.edu.

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Amazon’s "Good Girls’ Revolt" Portrays Seminal Moment in US History

Originally from Long Island, Ryan Ly leads Southern California-based Curate Entertainment and has provided literary agenting services for a number of top television series. Among the properties Ryan Ly has represented over the course of his career are Making A Murderer and Good Girls’ Revolt. Starting out as a single episode on Amazon’s late 2015 pilot season, the latter program made an outsized impact when it debuted as a full season the following year. The series is based on Lynn Povich’s nonfiction work The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace. The 46 women employees who sued against gender discrimination in 1970 were the first within the media industry ever to do so. With “star” positions on the staff reserved for men, they lived by an unspoken office rule that “women don’t write at Newsweek.” The move to cancel the Amazon show, which received favorable reviews, came to the surprise of many fans, who launched a #SaveGoodGirlsRevolt campaign in late 2017 that ultimately failed.

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Ryan Ly - Former Agent of Award-Winning Creative Professionals

Over the course of his career in entertainment, Curate Entertainment principal Ryan Ly has represented numerous successful television writers, directors, and producers. He distinguished himself in his early career with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where he represented more nominees for Golden Globe, Writers Guild, and Emmy Awards than any of his competitors. In 2013, Ryan Ly accepted an appointment to the position of partner and head of the television literary department. He became the youngest CAA agent ever to accept these positions, which required him to oversee 18 agents in the company's Los Angeles, New York, and London locations.

During his time at CAA, Ryan Ly surpassed his peers in booking clients to television series staff positions. He also drove the sale of several award-winning series, including Better Call Saul and Making a Murderer.

Ryan Ly has been the subject of profiles and interviews in Variety, USA Today, and NPR. He stands out as a member of The Hollywood Reporter's 2015 Next Gen list of leading entertainment executives.