Randy Warner(II)
- Producer
- Manager
Emmy winning film and television executive Randy Warner created R-Train
Management in August of 2008 to represent writers, directors,
producers, and talent both above and below the line. Warner's clients
like him because he's an old school, hands-on manager who is intensely
loyal to his clients, and who intimately understands the industry's
rhythms and unwritten rules because he's worked on the buyer and seller
side alike for many years.
A native New Yorker, Warner started working in the film industry in 1985 and graduated in 1989 from Manhattan's School of Visual Arts. He worked on uncounted productions of all kinds before becoming stage manager at the famous Mother's Sound Stages, home to the classic television series The Honeymooners, where he learned how to handle the heavy volume and fast pace of commercial, music video, industrial and feature production. Warner worked there with directors, production departments, and every other aspect of the industry, which in turn led him to freelance jobs as a grip, electrician, and production coordinator. He almost joined N.A.B.E.T. (before it merged with I.A.T.S.E.) then realized that he really wanted to work with writers, producers and directors.
Warner moved to Los Angeles in 1991, where he transitioned from film to television production with the formidable Brand/Falsey Productions. During the next three years, he worked on a score of series, including such notable shows as Northern Exposure, I'll Fly Away, Going to Extremes among others. Warner collaborated with some of the best minds in the business, and through that experience learned how to effectively deal with high-level studio and network executives.
Warner joined John Wells Productions and for five years helped produce such series as The West Wing, ER, Third Watch, Jonny Zero, Presidio Med, Citizen Baines, The Court and The Big Time MOW for TNT. Along the way, he was part of the team that earned four consecutive Emmys for Best Dramatic Series for The West Wing.
Warner worked closely with and learned from seasoned veterans such as John Wells, Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme, Ed Bernero, Christopher Chulack, and Jonathan Kaplan. He also worked with Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton on ER's first-season DVD special features section. At the same time, Warner worked and coordinated with talent such as George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Julianna Margulies, Rob Lowe, Noah Wyle, John Spencer and a host of other top-level film and television talent.
This broad and deep experience allowed Warner to hone his development and production skills to such a sharp edge that he was named executive for the JWP Minority Director Program, where he met and screened a steady stream of talented up and coming directors, and chose those who participated in the program. They included Academy Award-winning directors Jessica Yu (Breathing Lessons) and Peggy Rajski (Trevor), and director Rosemary Rodriguez (Acts of Worship). All three went on to direct multiple episodes of ER, The West Wing, Third Watch, Rescue Me, Without a Trace, Law and Order, Mr. Sterling, and The Guardian among others.
Warner's proven development skills and strong eye for talent led many in the industry to tell Warner he should become a talent manager. Warner took this advice to heart and sought guidance from the late, great Bernie Brillstein, with whom he had worked briefly during The West Wing. Their hour-long meeting sparked Warner to establish R-Train on the same principles for which his mentor is famous: loyalty, decency, generosity of spirit, and the proper use of power.
A final note: R-Train Management is named not after Randy Warner but because the New York R-Train played a pivotal role in his life; it was the last of three subway trains his wife rode from her Bronx home to where Randy lived in Queens. So when it came time to create a company name, she suggested "R-Train, because it's the train that brought me to you."
A native New Yorker, Warner started working in the film industry in 1985 and graduated in 1989 from Manhattan's School of Visual Arts. He worked on uncounted productions of all kinds before becoming stage manager at the famous Mother's Sound Stages, home to the classic television series The Honeymooners, where he learned how to handle the heavy volume and fast pace of commercial, music video, industrial and feature production. Warner worked there with directors, production departments, and every other aspect of the industry, which in turn led him to freelance jobs as a grip, electrician, and production coordinator. He almost joined N.A.B.E.T. (before it merged with I.A.T.S.E.) then realized that he really wanted to work with writers, producers and directors.
Warner moved to Los Angeles in 1991, where he transitioned from film to television production with the formidable Brand/Falsey Productions. During the next three years, he worked on a score of series, including such notable shows as Northern Exposure, I'll Fly Away, Going to Extremes among others. Warner collaborated with some of the best minds in the business, and through that experience learned how to effectively deal with high-level studio and network executives.
Warner joined John Wells Productions and for five years helped produce such series as The West Wing, ER, Third Watch, Jonny Zero, Presidio Med, Citizen Baines, The Court and The Big Time MOW for TNT. Along the way, he was part of the team that earned four consecutive Emmys for Best Dramatic Series for The West Wing.
Warner worked closely with and learned from seasoned veterans such as John Wells, Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme, Ed Bernero, Christopher Chulack, and Jonathan Kaplan. He also worked with Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton on ER's first-season DVD special features section. At the same time, Warner worked and coordinated with talent such as George Clooney, Martin Sheen, Julianna Margulies, Rob Lowe, Noah Wyle, John Spencer and a host of other top-level film and television talent.
This broad and deep experience allowed Warner to hone his development and production skills to such a sharp edge that he was named executive for the JWP Minority Director Program, where he met and screened a steady stream of talented up and coming directors, and chose those who participated in the program. They included Academy Award-winning directors Jessica Yu (Breathing Lessons) and Peggy Rajski (Trevor), and director Rosemary Rodriguez (Acts of Worship). All three went on to direct multiple episodes of ER, The West Wing, Third Watch, Rescue Me, Without a Trace, Law and Order, Mr. Sterling, and The Guardian among others.
Warner's proven development skills and strong eye for talent led many in the industry to tell Warner he should become a talent manager. Warner took this advice to heart and sought guidance from the late, great Bernie Brillstein, with whom he had worked briefly during The West Wing. Their hour-long meeting sparked Warner to establish R-Train on the same principles for which his mentor is famous: loyalty, decency, generosity of spirit, and the proper use of power.
A final note: R-Train Management is named not after Randy Warner but because the New York R-Train played a pivotal role in his life; it was the last of three subway trains his wife rode from her Bronx home to where Randy lived in Queens. So when it came time to create a company name, she suggested "R-Train, because it's the train that brought me to you."