Howdy folks... Yep, I've had a few of these types of questions over the last year, as I continue to live in the hellish waiting game that is packaging!
Now, I've no idea if there's a right or wrong answer for this one but would love to hear other dd'ers thoughts.
Let's say (hypothetically) you have a tv project set up with an A-list producer. As a writer you're not big time, at best a working one. Said producer wants to attach a major director to the material to help sell it to buyers. So the producer approaches an agent they have a great working relationship with at one of the big 4. This agent has an impressive client list. Producer is keen on a particular high profile director repped by this agent. A week later the agent comes back having read the script and loves the materials but the director in question is all tied up on other projects for the foreseeable. The agent then suggests a handful of other options, ones who are available and are decent tv directors. Some have shot a few pilots, others created/ exec'd their own series etc. By no means A-list but with some impressive tv credits under their belt. However, Producer still wants to try a few more big hitters first, so approaches other agents that they have strong relationships with.
My question is this... If the agent of the high profile director loved the material so much, then why did they suggest clients with less clout, given they rep a decent amount of high profile directors and knowing the producer of the project was after a certain level of talent? Seems odd that they didn't suggest some of their other big named talent. Or am I missing something here?
Now, I've no idea if there's a right or wrong answer for this one but would love to hear other dd'ers thoughts.
Let's say (hypothetically) you have a tv project set up with an A-list producer. As a writer you're not big time, at best a working one. Said producer wants to attach a major director to the material to help sell it to buyers. So the producer approaches an agent they have a great working relationship with at one of the big 4. This agent has an impressive client list. Producer is keen on a particular high profile director repped by this agent. A week later the agent comes back having read the script and loves the materials but the director in question is all tied up on other projects for the foreseeable. The agent then suggests a handful of other options, ones who are available and are decent tv directors. Some have shot a few pilots, others created/ exec'd their own series etc. By no means A-list but with some impressive tv credits under their belt. However, Producer still wants to try a few more big hitters first, so approaches other agents that they have strong relationships with.
My question is this... If the agent of the high profile director loved the material so much, then why did they suggest clients with less clout, given they rep a decent amount of high profile directors and knowing the producer of the project was after a certain level of talent? Seems odd that they didn't suggest some of their other big named talent. Or am I missing something here?
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