Careers: Acting, Performing, Directing/What do they need?

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Expert: - 3/30/2008


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hey, so i was wondering to get an agent you have to send them a headshot and a resume, but what is a resume and what do you need for it?

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Stephanie,

Thanks for writing. A resume for an actor is a chronological representation of an actor's experience. It shows the reader the work that an actor has done, meaning the roles he/she has performed in, the film, TV and theater experience an actor has, the training the actor has undertaken, the special skills that he/she has such as juggling, dialects, stage combat, etc. Without a resume, an agent has no way of knowing realistically if you have any experience or not. And without experience, an agent is unlikely to want to represent you.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Phil

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I am a motion picture and television producer with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. I am also the author of the book GET A REEL JOB: Finding Your First Job In The Motion Picture Industry In Los Angeles. I can answers questions on a variety of subjects about careers in film from acting to directing to crew work, getting into the unions, successful strategies for networking, etc.

Experience

Former VP, Production for The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group Supervised production on such films as ARMAGEDDON, THE PRINCESS DIARIES, REMEMBER THE TITANS, PEARL HARBOR, CON AIR, ENEMY OF THE STATE, THE ROCK, CRIMSON TIDE, COYOTE UGLY, A CIVIL ACTION, ROMY & MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, NOTHING TO LOSE, EDDIE and others. Worked as an actor, stage manager, director on broadway and regional theater as well as L.A.' Equity-waiver scene. Former Associate Artistic Director of Los Angeles Equity-Waiver theater.

Organizations
Director's Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, Actor's Equity Association

Education/Credentials
BFA in Acting/Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.

Past/Present Clients
I've worked with such filmmakers as Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott, Steve Zaillian, Scott Rudin, Garry Marshall, Frank Marshall, Michael Bay, etc.

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