Edward Frank Limato

Background

Limato, Edward Frank was born on July 10, 1936 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States. Son of Frank and Angelina (Lacerra) Limato.

Education

Graduated from the high school, Mount Vernon.

Career

Before coming to World Marketing Alliance, Limato was a partner and co-president at International Creative Management for more than a decade, from 1988 to 1999. Limato grew up in a working-class Italian family in Mount Vernon, New New York He worked as a disc jockey and traveled to Europe, where he got a job as assistant to Franco Zeffirelli.

Zeffirelli"s agent helped Limato get a mailroom job at Ashley-Famous Agency in New New York

That agency eventually merged to become International Creative Management (ICM). Limato transferred to Los Angeles, and he eventually moved to the William Morris Agency.

He later returned to ICM, rising to co-president He sued ICM in 2007 after they tried to move him to an emeritus position.

Limato prevailed in the case and returned to William Morris with his clients.

Limato was on the board of directors at Abercrombie & Fitch. He also served on the boards of the Los Angeles Conservancy, American Cinematheque, and the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Limato died of emphysema complicated by pneumonia in home, just one week short of his 74th birthday.

The movie Flight (2012 film) is dedicated to Limato, as well as Unstoppable (2010 film) (and also to Hollie Haines Knowlton).

Achievements

• Edward Frank Limato has been listed as a noteworthy talent agent by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Academy Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (associate).

Connections

Father:

Frank Limato

Mother:

Angelina (Lacerra) Limato