Careers: Acting, Performing, Directing/need serious help

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Hello i am dion i am a 14 year old boy from northern arizona.i am very interested in being an actor on a movie set or a disney channel star. Although i have very little training experience. I wanted to know where i can get an agent to help me in my acting career and where i can get any acting classes?

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Dion,

Thanks for writing. My suggestion would be to start by contacting the Arizona Film Commission office and asking if they have a list of talent agencies in Arizona as well as a list of acting teachers in Arizona. You can can find the Arizona Film Commission contact information by visiting their website at http://www.azcommerce.com/film

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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