AboutPhil Nemy Expertise 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.
Question My biggest dream is to be a Disney Channel Actor and me and my family are willing to move to LA or NY for me to live me dream. I do not want an agency because I want to go solo. I need your help because I have been searching and need someone to help me find out how can I do this? How can I? Please Help Me!
Answer Gary,
Thanks for writing. Unfortunately, your approach to doing this will probably not work. Unknown actors, like yourself, NEED an agent. No one will take you seriously without representation by a legitimate agent.
Regardless of whether you obtain an agent or not, there is no guarantee that you will EVER work for a production that appears on the Disney Channel. The best you can hope for is an audition for a production that has a part that you may be right for. The only way you'll know about these parts is if you have an agent.
