Directories

[rogerfarrant]

I am at the point where I am trying to find an agent to represent my first film script.

I guess I need to buy a directory of agents (rather than a list of agencies) so I can target individuals who deal with new writers. But I don't want to shell out megabucks for the Hollywood Creative Directory if I can avoid it.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

[Bill Marquardt]

Go to the Done Deal home page, www.scriptsales.com (http://www.scriptsales.com), and check out the "Agency List" link at the top of the list on the right.

[Done Deal]

We do have a list as Bill pointed out. We don't list agents names because it would just be too difficult to do.

You can go to sites like 4filmmakers.com and filmtrackers.com and look up specific names of agents too.

Also you can look through our Archives at past sales and target people that way too. Make a list of names of agents, AND their agency, you think you like to write based on the sales, then go to our agency list to get their addresses.

[GirlinGray]

Technically, there is no such thing as an agent who deals with new writers. Agents do not want to deal with new writers. Agents want established writers who just have the offers pour in because that is a lot less work for agents. But, by necessity, agents do also deal with new writers -- usually under duress. Your best bet targeting agencies if you are starting out is usually to go after junior agents, those are the new and/or recently promoted to agent status agents. They are much more likely to sign up new writers because they are starting out, hungry, and need to build a client base.

Junior agents will usually have an asterisk by their name in the Hollywood Creative Directory because they have just been promoted. But that asterisk can be deceiving because it also indicates someone established who has been hired away from another agency who brought their client list with them. Sometimes you can call an agency up and ask the receptionist who's recently been promoted who might be looking for new clients. Another way to keep track is to read the trades and watch for promotion announcements at agencies.

[Gymbal31]

www.actingworldbooks.org/main.htm#4 (http://www.actingworldbooks.org/main.htm#4)

There are monthly directories for both agents and managers available there for only $12 or $15 each respectively. There are different issues for Hollywood and NYC and they are also regularly available at the Samuel French Bookstores in Hollywood and NYC. They list which agencies are WGA, which managers represent writers, what each agency's or manager's submission policy is and specific names of agents who handle the literary departments.

And, no, I don't work for them.