Kimberly Bialek

By JILL TIERNAN

The William Morris Agency has upped Kimberly Bialek, Ashley Franklin and Philip Grenz to agents in the motion picture department.

Bialek will work on the literary end, while the other two will tackle tal-ent.

Bialek, who began her career at Don Buchwald and Associates, joined WMA as a trainee in 2000. Prior to her promotion, she worked as an assistant to department head Dave Wirtschafter.

Franklin joined WMA in 1999 and served as George Freeman's assis-tant.

Grenz, who began his career at the Agency for the Performing Arts, came into the fold in 2000. Prior to his promotion, he worked as an assistant to Steve Dontanville.