EXCLUSIVE: Ellie Klein has been elevated to Partner at TFC Management, the first internal partner promotion at the firm.
Ellie joined TFC in early 2021 after many years as an agent at Paradigm.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Klein started her career as an assistant at The Hollywood Reporter. She joined Paradigm in 2013, and was promoted to agent two years later. During her tenure at Paradigm, Klein built a roster of creators and writers, many of them women and people of color.
TFC Management and TFC Productions was founded in 2020 by former WME and UTA partners, David Stone and Ben Jacobson. On the management side, the firm’s clients include actors Dakota and Elle Fanning, Shira Haas, JD Pardo, Daniel Ing, and Josh Hutcherson, and creators, filmmakers, novelists, and producers ranging from Warren Littlefield, Brian Yorkey, Megan Park, Adam Reed, Akiva Goldsman, Courtney Lilly, Josh & Jonas Pate, and Rebecca Serle. The company has expanded to now include 12 managers as well as a small team on the TFC Productions side.
TFC Productions is currently producing the upcoming A24 and Apple series Margo’s Got Money Troubles created by David E. Kelley and starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole Kidman as well as the Paramount+ series, Discretion. They are also in post on the independent feature Driver’s Ed for AGC Studios which premiered at TIFF in 2025, directed by Bobby Farrelly and starring Molly Shannon, Kumail Nanjiani, and Sam Nivola. TFC also has several film and TV projects in development.
“We are so thrilled to welcome Ellie into the partnership!,” said TFC Founders Jacobson and Stone. “She is an incredible representative and colleague. She has been an integral part of this company since she joined us in 2021 and we’re thrilled with this homegrown success story.”
“I’m so happy to call TFC my home!,” said Klein,. “I am incredibly proud of the company we have all built and I am so happy to join the partnership.”