Bryan Lourd

Bryan Lourd
Born
Bryan William Lourd

(1960-11-05) November 5, 1960 (age 64)
New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Occupations
OrganizationCreative Artists Agency
Board member ofInterActiveCorp
Spouse
Bruce Bozzi
​
(m. 2016)​
PartnerCarrie Fisher (1991–1994)
Children2, including Billie

Bryan William Lourd (born November 5, 1960) is an American talent agent. He is the CEO and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Early life

Bryan William Lourd was born on November 5, 1960, in New Iberia, Louisiana, to Sherion (Brice) and Harvey H. Lourd Jr. (1938–2011).[1] He attended New Iberia Senior High School,[2] and earned a degree from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism in 1982.[3]

Career

Lourd has been partner, managing director and co-chairman of Creative Artists Agency (CAA) since October 1995.[3][4] During the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, he served as a mediator between Patric Verrone, the President of the Writers Guild of America, West and its legal counsel, David Young, and movie executive Peter Chernin and Bob Iger, the chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company.[5] In 2014, he was honored at a gala with many entertainers in New York City.[6][7][8]

He has served on the board of directors of IAC, an online media company headed by Barry Diller, since 2005.[3]

Personal life

Lourd and actress Carrie Fisher were in a relationship from 1991 to 1994, which during the time they identified themselves as being a married couple.[2] Their relationship ended when he left her for a man after realizing he was gay.[9] They have one daughter, actress Billie Lourd, born in 1992.[4][10]

Lourd married Bruce Bozzi, the former co-owner of The Palm (later owned by Landrys Restaurants),[4] on October 12, 2016, Bozzi and Lourd legally adopted Bozzi's daughter, Ava.[11][12] They divide their time between an apartment in the West Village, in Lower Manhattan, New York City,[4] and a house in Beverly Hills, California.

Philanthropy and public service

Lourd was elected to the board of trustees of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2011.[13] He serves on the board of directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.[4][14] He was appointed to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities in 2009 by President Barack Obama and to the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 2015.[15][16] He attended the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in 2013.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Harvey H. 'Puffer' Lourd Jr". iberianet.com. 26 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b Walker, Jude (June 18, 2018). "Top 5 Famous People From Iberia Parish". 97.3 The Dawg. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  3. ^ a b c "Bryan Lourd profile". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e Heyman, Marshall (February 11, 2014). "Lourd-ing Over Lincoln Center: Star-Studded 'American Songbook' Gala Honoring Bryan Lourd". The Wall Street Journal.
  5. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (2013). TV on Strike: Why Hollywood Went to War Over the Internet. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-8156-1008-3.
  6. ^ Cox, Gordon (February 10, 2014). "Matt Bomer Sings a Duet, Anne Hathaway Plays Air Guitar in Bryan Lourd's Living Room". Variety.
  7. ^ Malle, Chloe (February 11, 2014). "Lincoln Center's American Songbook Gala Honors Bryan Lourd". Vogue.
  8. ^ Williams, Alex (February 12, 2014). "Southern Gentleman as Hollywood Agent: At a Lincoln Center Gala, Hollywood Honors Bryan Lourd of the Creative Artists Agency". The New York Times.
  9. ^ "Carrie Fisher takes reality for a spin - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. 2009-09-16. Archived from the original on 2009-09-16. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  10. ^ Fisher, Carrie (2009). Wishful Drinking. New York: Simon & Schuster.
  11. ^ "Carrie Fischer's ex and CAA head Bryan Lourd been with boyfriend since 1994, Bruce Bozzi". AOL. October 14, 2016. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
  12. ^ Witchel, Alex (March 30, 2018). "For the heir to the Palm steakhouse empire, nostalgia is a plate of fancy chicken nuggets". The Washington Post.
  13. ^ "Bryan Lourd on LACMA Board of Trustees". The Huffington Post. October 3, 2011.
  14. ^ "Board of Directors". Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
  15. ^ Johnson, Ted (September 25, 2014). "Bryan Lourd Appointed to Kennedy Center Board". Variety.
  16. ^ "About the Center". John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
  17. ^ Abrams, Rachel (July 2, 2013). "Sun Valley Conference Guest List Includes Chris Christie, Mark Zuckerberg". Variety.