EXCLUSIVE: Dean Gild has been promoted to manager and producer at Mainstay Entertainment.

Gild started at Mainstay as an assistant in the talent department in August 2023, in January 2025 becoming department coordinator, where he developed and supported a growing roster of multifaceted talent across the industry. He was elevated to manager just this month.

“Dean represents the next generation of manager/producers—globally minded, creatively fluent, and focused on building bold, multidimensional careers. His promotion underscores our confidence in his vision and the future he is helping shape,” said Ray Moheet and Derek Van Pelt, who were just recently upped to Co-CEOs of Mainstay, as we reported exclusively.

Gild relocated to the United States from Australia for career purposes after graduating from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the Victorian College of the Arts. He began in New York with Jean Doumanian Productions, supporting the creative development team across a diverse slate of theatre, film, and television projects. His career in talent representation led him to Los Angeles, where he joined the now defunct A3 Artists Agency‘s Talent Division before making his way to Mainstay.

Founded by Norman Aladjem in March 2017, Mainstay Entertainment’s clients include David Archuleta, Tisha Campbell, Kim Coates, Rachael Leigh Cook, James Frain, Samantha Hanratty, Katherine Heigl, Laurie Holden, Chris Lee, Maz Jobrani, Aaron McGruder, Omar Benson Miller, Trevor Noah, Hayden Pannettiere, Danielle Pinnock, Laura Prepon, Zach Sang, and Roy Wood Jr., among others.

In film, Mainstay’s development projects include an adaptation of Trevor Noah’s bestselling memoir Born a Crime and the genre-bending Lionsgate vampire western The Sun Always Sets in the West, which shoots this year. On the small screen, Mainstay recently produced The Matchmaker with Patti Stanger at The CW, All Access Grand Rapids PD at Discovery ID, Viajes Con Los Derbez at Univision/Amazon International, doc films with The CW on Raquel Welch, Joe Frazier and Luke Perry, and a new untitled cold case series at ID.

Previous film and television projects include rom-com A Simple Wedding; Before I Go; the Blumhouse thriller I’m Just F**ing With You that premiered as part of Hulu’s Originals slate; Black Jesus from creator Aaron McGruder; Nickelodeon’s Kid of the Year franchise; and numerous comedy specials, including for Trevor Noah (Netflix), Roy Wood Jr. (Comedy Central), and Maz Jobrani (Netflix). Mainstay received a Critics Choice Award nomination for producing Trevor Noah: Son of Patricia in 2019 and also produces The Great American Joke Off.