EXCLUSIVE:Aud Mason-Hyde, one of the breakouts of this years Sundance Film Festival, has signed withArtists Firstfor management.
A queer trans nonbinary actor from Australia, Mason-Hyde stars opposite Olivia Colman and John Lithgow inJimpa, a semi-autobiographical family drama from returning Sundance filmmaker Sophie Hyde (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande).
The film follows filmmaker and mother Hannah (Colman) as she takes her nonbinary teenager Frances (Mason-Hyde) on a trip to Amsterdam to visit their beloved gay grandpa Jim, aka Jim-pa (Lithgow).
Aud Mason-HydeMat Hayward
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In his review of the film out of Sundance, Deadlines Pete Hammond called Mason-Hyde perfectly cast.
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Mason-Hydes additional credits include the award-winning indie52 Tuesdays, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014, the Aussie ABC six-part seriesF*&#ing Adelaide, and the 2022 short filmRight Herethat played the festival circuit in Australia and was nominated for a number of awards.
Also a poet, public speaker, and activist, Mason-Hyde was the winner of the Rumble U26 poetry slam in 2018 and did a TEDx talk on gender stereotypes at just 12 years old that garnered over 1 million views in a week online and landed them a Culture & Lifestyle spread in Vogue Australia.
Artists First, a talent management and production company focused on actors, writers, directors and producers in film, television, and digital media, has a client roster that includes Martin Lawrence, Awkwafina, Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Niecy Nash, Judy Greer, Will Arnett, Ike Barinholtz, Paul Walter Hauser, Kate McKinnon, Michael Showalter, Jon M. Chu, Lior Raz, Mitch Hurwitz and Cristela Alonzo, among others.
Productions includeIncoming,Twisted Metal,Quiz Lady,Central Intelligence,Like a Boss,Keanu,Black-ish,Mixed-ish,Grown-ish,The Last O.G.,Hit and Run, andReno 911!.
Other recent signings for the company includeSEAL Teams Neil Brown Jr.,Sinnersstar Miles Caton, and Grammy winner Ani DiFranco.
