Laura McCorkindale

Producer, Manager & City Councilperson, McCorkindale manages music icon & actor Dwight Yoakam & has spent years in the film and TV industries as a Producer. She founded Beyond Entertainmen ...Show More

Producer, Manager & City Councilperson, McCorkindale manages music icon & actor Dwight Yoakam & has spent years in the film and TV industries as a Producer. She founded Beyond Entertainment with Academy Award winner Katja von Garnier, producing Golden Globe winner Iron Jawed Angels which von Garnier directed. Her career began as an award-winning journalist/columnist & then McCorkindale became a studio executive, including serving at Vice President of Development and Production for The Goldstein Company (Pretty Woman, Under Siege). McCorkindale's Disturbing the Peace premiered at the Sedona Film Festival, which was based on her own experiences dealing with gang activity and the LAPD in Los Angeles.McCorkindale is a sought after panel speaker, a TED conference attendee, a member of the Producers Guild of America, and named one of FADE IN Magazine's 50 Most Important People to Know in Hollywood.She is known for selling Yoakam's publishing catalogue for one of the highest multiples in history and for single-handedly (as a solo talent manager without a big staff) managing a comeback in all sectors of his career: music, film, television; and for overseeing his food brand.McCorkindale is also the author of the inspirational book of ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: Ways to Feel Safe in Challenging Times. Hide