James Lassiter

James Lassiter
Occupation	Film producer
Known for	Co-founder of Overbrook Entertainment

James Lassiter is an American film producer and talent agent. He served as the manager of American rapper and actor Will Smith before the two co-founded the production company Overbrook Entertainment in 1998. Also Smith's business partner, Lassiter has co-produced several films in which he starred. Prior, he founded Jarola Artist Management in 1991, and Brookside Artist Management in 2002 as sole proprietor.^[1]

Career

Lassiter attended University of Miami and Temple University and befriended Jeffrey "Jazzy Jeff" Townes, who was in a rap duo with soon-to-be actor Will Smith. Lassiter became acquainted with Smith, and became his road manager. Lassiter briefly worked with other companies including Handprint and The Firm, but ultimately shifted focus towards managing Smith full time, also serving as his business partner. Lassiter and Smith formed Overbrook Entertainment in 1998, a production company which has produced films including Hitch and ATL. While Overbrook had a deal with Universal Studios to produce films, none resulted, and the company was taken to Sony. The pair sought to market each of their productions to a different foreign market, promoting I, Robot in Russia and Ali in South Africa.^[2]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

Year	Film	Credit
2001	Ali
2002	Showtime	Executive producer
2004	I, Robot	Executive producer
	Saving Face
2005	Hitch
2006	ATL
	The Pursuit of Happyness
2007	I Am Legend
2008	Hancock
	The Secret Life of Bees
	The Human Contract	Executive producer
	Lakeview Terrace
	Seven Pounds
2010	The Karate Kid
2012	This Means War
2013	After Earth
2014	Annie
2018	Sprinter
2019	Hala
2020	Bad Boys for Life	Executive producer
	Charm City Kings	Executive producer
	Life in a Year	Executive producer
2021	King Richard	Executive producer
	The Harder They Fall
2022	Emancipation	Executive producer
2023	The Book of Clarence
TBA	Teddy	Executive producer

Music department

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Booty Call	Executive music producer
	Men in Black		Uncredited

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1998	Getting Personal	Executive producer
2000	Loose Cannon	Executive producer	Television pilot
2003−07	All of Us	Executive producer
2013	The Queen Latifah Show
	Styled to Rock	Executive producer
2018−present	Cobra Kai	Executive producer
2020	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion	Executive producer	Television special
2022	Bel-Air	Executive producer

Thanks

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	StoryBots Super Songs	Special thanks
2017	A StoryBots Christmas		Television special
2016−18	Ask the StoryBots

References

1. "Trademark Status & Document Retrieval – Brookside Artist Management".
2. Holson, Laura M (2006-08-21). "The Fresh Princes of Mumbai". The New York Times.

External links

• James Lassiter at IMDb