Robert Walker
Writer and Project Manager in Los Angeles, CA. United States
Robert Walker is The Executive Vice President of the newly formed literary management and production company, Next Phaze Media Group.
The company was co-founded by Robert along with his colleague Author/Producer Karen E. Franks, and they launched the company in January of 2023.
As an award-winning writer who began working in the performing arts industry after attending Colgate University in 1981, Robert has worn many hats over the years as a music manager, promoter, and publicist. He has spent the last 4 years as the Literary Talent Agent for Smith Young Talent Agency headquartered in Atlanta, GA.
Working out of the agency's satellite office in Los Angeles, Robert was responsible for the client acquisition of writers and content creators for the agency and represented those writer’s intellectual properties in seeking shopping agreements and production deals for feature films, and TV series, and also representing authors seeking book publication deals. To date he has successfully procured agreements for clients with MACRO, Edmonds Entertainment, Birds Eye Entertainment, Swirl Films and All Black TV.
Some of his clients have included award winning Actress/Director/Writer, Lonette McKee; R&B/Gospel Singer Kelly Price; 'Boley USA' award winning creator Andre Jackson and Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' music video co-star Ola Ray; and award-winning Producers Erin C. Hawkins of Erin Hawkins Consulting and Emmy winner Frederick Taylor of Tomorrow Pictures.
As a freelance Public Relations Consultant and Feature Blogger, Robert’s clients have included the NBA's only licensed female designer of women's sports apparel, Deborah Williams of Her Game 2; The Sickle Cell Anemia Disease Association of America; Gospel Artist and 2009 NAACP Image Award nominee Omega Bugembe Okello; Electric Soul Singer Esnavi; famed Dancer and Actress, Trina Parks; Filmmaker Nicole Franklin, Jazz Singer Freda Payne; and actresses Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tommie Tonea Stewart.
Robert has published over 100 feature articles on HubPages and for Gospel Innovation, SHEEN Magazine, Black Star News, Harlem World Magazine, and HBCU Connect. He is the recipient of the Silver Award at the 2011 World Fest Film Festival for co-producing and writing the children’s animated educational pilot, ‘Milieu the Cricket’.
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