Skip Brittenham, the powerful Hollywood attorney who represented clients including Harrison Ford, Bruce Willis and Eddie Murphy, died Thursday. He was 83.
Brittenham founded Ziffren Brittenham, which confirmed his death, with Ken Ziffren in 1978 and worked on major deals such as the launch of Pixar, David Ellison’s Skydance Media and Christopher Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment as well as the split of DreamWorks into two entities.
He had recently left Ziffren Brittenham and remained a partner emeritus.
Ziffren Brittenham represented numerous top entertainment clients including Drew Carey, Michael Keaton, Ridley Scott, Shawn Levy, Kevin Feige, Toby Emmerich, Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman.
Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures, said, “Singular is an overused word: it should be reserved for the exceedingly rare likes of Skip Brittenham. A dear friend and valued advisor to me for my entire career, Skip was the wisest man I knew and among the very best. I’m sure he is fishing a big river in heaven as we mourn the passing of a true original.”
He is survived by his wife, actor and activist Heather Thomas, and three daughters.
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