Careers: Acting, Performing, Directing/Acting & Singing

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Expert: - 9/28/2008


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Hi my name is Nyia and im in the 7th grade and I can sing and act I have been asked to sing at many places I have audition for nick this summer my question is can i get an agent for my career and how can i get in contant with disney directors and producers.                                                                           ThankYou And God Bless

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Nyla,

Thanks for writing. Yes, you can get an agent. As soon as you're appearing in something, that's the time to reach out to agents and invite them to see you work. If they  like what they see, they may be interested in signing you.

As far as getting in contact with Directors and Producers who work on Disney shows, it's probably not a good idea. You'll be wasting your time as they won't return your calls. They don't know you so they're not going to spend what little free time they have returning the call of someone they don't know.

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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