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QUESTION: hi i live in florida and i want to find auditions and i have no talent ang i cant find any agents so can you help me please
ANSWER: Brandon,
Thanks for writing. You may not be able to find auditions in your area because there just may not be any. You might try getting an agent first. You don't have to pay for an agent. An agent gets paid when you get work. Your agent takes 10% of whatever salary you earn.
Contact the Florida Film Commission for a list of legitimate agents in your area.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
Phil
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QUESTION: hey i am 12 and that place didnt work please help me
Brandon,
I don't live in Florida and I don't have any relationships with any agents in Florida, so I can't refer you to anyone. I'm surprised that the Florida Film Commission cannot provide you with names of talent agents in Florida.
Try contacting the local Screen Actors Guild office in Orlando, FL and ask if they have a list of legitimate agents in the area.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
Phil
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Phil Nemy
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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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