You get to know what’s going on at the networks, at the studios, you have access to all this talent, on-screen and off. “Working at a talent agency is like working for the CIA. William Morris Endeavor became Hollywood’s biggest agency when it acquired sports and media talent agency IMG for $2.4 billion in 2014, so now the combined WME-IMG comprises more than 5000 employees. In 2012, Silver Lake Partners acquired a 31 percent stake in WME and that has been subsequently upped to 51 percent. In 2009, William Morris merged with Endeavor Talent Agency to form William Morris Endeavor. You need to be very familiar with these companies.įounded in 1898 as a vaudeville booking service, the William Morris Agency is Hollywood’s longest running talent and literary agency. For now, what I really want you to understand is this: Most of the deals in Hollywood are handled by The Big Four. Sometimes, these three agencies are referred to as part of “The Big Seven.” As you become more of a Hollywood insider, these distinctions become important. Now, some may dispute this categorization scheme because there are a number of what I’m calling “boutiques” that are more like a mid-sized agency such as Gersh, Innovative, and Paradigm. Everything that’s not these four I’m calling a “boutique.” The Big Four (and we will talk more about them in a moment), are WME, CAA, UTA, and ICMP. Screenwriting agents and their agencies tend to fall into two main categories:
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Hopefully this will help you sound like a professional when the topic of agents comes up and perform well in meetings with these influential decision-makers. When you watch Entourage, The Player, Ray Donovan, Californication, or Swimming With Sharks – you see the intelligence, high-stakes strategic thinking, aggressive mindset, sense of humor, and more.īut you miss the personal elements, factual backstory, and real-world situations that are crucial to understanding agents and persuading them to represent you.
There are lots of very powerful agents and agencies that keep a low profile on purpose. Misconceptions persist because the agency business is somewhat secretive. Much of what is commonly known about screenwriting agents has “truthiness” but isn’t true.
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