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Hi,
My name is Emily and i am extremely interested in getting a job on disney channel.

Acting is my passion and i love it because you can be anyone and do anything you arnt limited, it is unreal all of the endless possiblities anyone can have.

I dont know how to get on there and i live in a small town in victoria, Australia.

Please help me everything that i do i cant help thinking about acting, it makes me feel stuck when i watch movies because by the end im thinking that looks like so much fun i would give anything to do that.

Please Please help me.

Thank you.

Emily.

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Emily,

Thanks for writing. Unfortunately there isn't much I can do to help you. If you don't live in California, where The Disney Channel holds most of its auditions, you won't have a chance to audition for them. What I would do is focus on getting the actor's training that you need and then, pray that in the future, Disney comes to Australia to shoot a film and you're able to audition for it.

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.

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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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