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Exclusive: Matt Rosen has joined the management and production firm Navigation Media Group as a Literary Manager.

Rosen comes to the company from Rain, where he worked with up-and-coming screenwriters and filmmakers, setting up projects with a number of producers. His clients include Stephen Shields (Abigail), E.T. Feigenbaum (Blink Twice), Julia Yorks (1Up), Anni Weisband, Dana Boulos, and Filipe Coutinho.

Notably, in just the past four years, Rosen has represented clients with 15 screenplays on the prestigious Black List, an annual compilation of Hollywood’s most-liked unproduced screenplays. He also saw Sony/Escape Artists preemptively acquire his client Chris Grillot’s grounded sci-fi short story Bliss for development as a feature in 2023. A longtime cinephile, who has been working as a rep for five years, he began his career at UTA.

In a statement to Deadline, Rosen said, “I am so grateful for the opportunity to join the Navigation team and represent extraordinary creative talent.

Exclusive: Rain Management has hired Matt Rosen as a Talent Manager, effective immediately.

Most recently, Rosen was a manager at Mazo Partners with David Clark where he signed and developed writers and filmmakers such as Kryzz Gautier, Chris Grillot, Brendan McHugh, Sarah Gambles and Crystal Bass. Last year, he had four writers on the 2021 Blacklist including scripts Wheels Come Off and Whittier.

Prior to Mazo Partners, Rosen served as development exec at the independent production company Armory Films where he worked on multiple projects, including the critically acclaimed The Peanut Butter Falcon. Before that, he worked for film producer Andrew Panay at Panay Films. Rosen began his career at UTA.

Said Rosen, “I am so excited to bring my clients and join the great team at Rain. As a premiere company specializing in film and tv writers and directors, they are the perfect platform for me and my artists to...