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Joel Zadak

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Joel Zadak

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Joel Zadak is a talent manager and television producer whose work includes sketch comedy and comedian-led series. An Artists First partner, he served as an executive producer of Key & Peele, helping bring Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key’s sketch series to television.

Zadak shared the series’ 2016 Emmy for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series. His producing credits also include The Last O.G. and Hot Date. In interviews about talent management, he has discussed developing comedians’ careers and moving their ideas from live performance into film and television.

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