Responsible for making sure that the talent knows when they are to perform, where they are to perform, and what time they are to be there. a.k.a. "Talent handler."
Handler has different meanings in many contexts- in competitive sports it means a trainer, in programming it specifies a routine that deals with a specific situation or type of data, in the CIA, FBI, etc. it means an agent's manager, and in the airport- a baggage handler... puts your bags on a little conveyor belt.
Generically, it means a person or thing which deals with a specific subdomain of interest.
A guardian responsible for escorting a retarded child or adult in public. Highly alert and well trained, these individuals can sense when their "client" is ready to change from sweet and calm to loud and destructive. Sometimes seen armed with a chair and a whip as tools for establishing control, particularly with emotional downies.
Warren broke free of his handler and began screaming and throwing trays around the restaurant.
1.A handler, is a term to refer to a manager who controls and writes for one or more wrestlers or valets.
2.A married man who takes advantage of his wife.
3.A man who holds on to money at the bank.
Tony Atlas is was a handler to Mark Henry. Tony Atlas wrote for Mark Henry and he just spoke it!