Becky's comedy clients include Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari and Amy Poehler. Other clients include Bill Burr, Natasha Lyonne, and Hannibal Buress. Former clients include Louis C.K., Pamela Adlon, John Mulaney, and Nasim Pedrad. Becky is an executive producer on Broad City due to his representation of Poehler, as well as an executive producer on Making It, Better Things, Baskets, Insecure, and Everybody Hates Chris. He was also executive producer of Netflix series Master of None, co-created by Ansari, and numerous productions with then-client Louis C.K., including the FX television showsLouie and Better Things and comedy specials Louis C.K.: Live At The Beacon Theater, Louis C.K.: Oh My God, Louie C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store, and Louis C.K. 2017. He was a producer on the 2017 Sonycomedy filmRough Night. Regarding his management style, Becky said in a 2012 interview that he chooses clients "based on the strength of their original voice and whether that voice excites me". He further stated that his most successful clients all shared certain qualities, saying that "they are hard-working, dedicated good people, inside and out".
Awards
Becky has nine Emmy nominations as an executive producer: two for Master of None, and seven for projects with Louis C.K.. Becky has shared in two Peabody Awards: in 2012, with six fellow members of the cast and crew of Louie and in 2016 with 14 other members of the cast and crew of Better Things.
Louis C.K. scandal
In November 2017, comedian and Becky client Louis C.K. was accused by five women of sexual misconduct in an exposé by The New York Times, allegations C.K. later confirmed. In the initial Times story, comedians Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov accused Becky of telling them, via their managers, not to speak about their experience of C.K. exposing himself and masturbating in front of them after a show in 2002; given Becky's influence in comedy, the then-early-career comedians feared professional reprisal. 3 Arts Entertainment subsequently dropped C.K. as a client and Becky issued a statement apologising "for not listening to and not understanding what happened to Dana and Julia", saying he had initially perceived some of the harassment allegations as a "matter of infidelity" and not as sexual misconduct. Publications such as Paste and Splitsider called for Becky's dismissal from 3 Arts Entertainment. Bill Burr, a client of Becky, stood by him, calling Becky "one of the great people I've met in this business". Pamela Adlon, until then a client of Becky, severed ties with him and 3 Arts following the scandal. In C.K.'s apology for the incidents, he expressed regret "that this has brought negative attention to my manager Dave Becky who only tried to mediate a situation that I caused".
Personal life
Becky is married to talent manager Lainie Sorkin Becky. She also worked at 3 Arts Entertainment until 2005 when she joined 360 Management; as of 2013, her clients at 360 Management included Miley Cyrus, Mary Steenburgen and Emily Deschanel. She became a partner in 2013. The couple have three children and reside in Brentwood, California.
