Richard Arlook

Richard Arlook is a prominent American talent manager, film producer and the President of The Arlook Group, a talent and literary management and production company based in Beverly Hills, California.

Prior to founding The Arlook Group, he was a senior partner at The Gersh Agency.

Arlook was born in New York City, but moved to Puerto Rico as a young child after his father took a job on the Island.

Discovering his passion for show business at an early age, Arlook went to work for a local concert promoter and began booking local bands while he was still in high school.

He attended Emerson College where he produced student films and all through out college interned at 20/20, working with Geraldo Rivera.

After graduation, Arlook moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Hollywood. His first job was a stint as the contestant coordinator for the game show "Tic Tac Dough". Shortly thereafter, he worked at a foreign sales and distribution company where he helped to sell films overseas.

A major opportunity arose and he went to work as an assistant to Scott Rudin, who was then running Fox Studios.

It was a transformative learning experience, and after nearly a year working for Scott Rudin, Arlook left to produce films on his own. He formed a production company called High Bar Pictures, and at the age of 26, he produced and persuaded MGM to green-light the horror film "After Midnight".

Soon after, he was invited to join The Gersh Agency where he represented many of the industry's top writers and directors. He rose through the ranks and eventually became a partner and the head of the motion picture literature department.

Arlook is known for the good-will that he has in the entertainment industry. He has made it a priority to treat people the way that he wishes he had been treated as a young person and has been a mentor to many successful people.