Behind The Scenes

From his early days as a storytelling accelerator and founding member of Kinetic Theater at Colgate University to years working in Hollywood with artists, polymaths and tech and culture disrupters, Ira Liss has attracted, entrusted and elevated uncommon people. We've worked with Jeremy Strong, Jeff Goldblum, Ted Danson, David Duchovny, Tea Leoni, Terry Cruze and Tamara Taylor, among others. In 2010, Manifest partnered with actor, Adrian Grenier (ENTOURAGE), award winning technologists, game theorists and social impact entrepreneurs to launch a social game for good called AOK (Acts & Observations of Kindness). Social Impact became a primary "Why" of most Manifest Talent projects thereafter. We began forging meaningful connections between celebrity/activists and technologists and policy advocates to effect amplified change. During the pandemic, Manifest Talent forged a deal with Terry Cruze the entirety of Carnegie Hall's infrastructure to be digitally preserved through state of the art photogrammetry. As the internet vastly expanded channels for expression and the newly emerging Creative Class began overwhelming traditional talent reps, Manifest Talent formed in 2007 to meet more substantial demands of up and coming storytellers. Along content can be made entirely without screenwriters, directors, editors or actors. we need deeply concieved, boldly experimental and uniquely human