Skip Brittenham, the powerhouse Hollywood attorney who co-founded Ziffren Brittenham and repped such star clients as Harrison Ford, Tim Allen and Eddie Murphy, died today. He was 83.
His firm, which he had left recently, confirmed the news but provided no other details.
“Everyone in our industry knew of Skip’s legal prowess,” Ziffren Brittenham LLP said in a statement. “But some may not have known of his quiet generosity, his ability to find humor and opportunity in the darkest moments, and his unwavering belief that media and the entertainment industry must serve people, not the other way around. He had an extraordinary gift for seeing opportunity where others saw only obstacles, and for treating everyone (from the firm’s first employees to its biggest clients) with respect and genuine interest.”
Henry “Skip” Brittenham co-founded Ziffren Brittenham with Ken Ziffren in 1978 and went on to help drive the launch of Pixar, Illumination Entertainment and Skydance Media and the split of DreamWorks SKG into separate entities.
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