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WRITERS: WANT AN AGENT... ("Here are 17 TV & Film Literary Agents")
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Yesterday's Hot Tip focused on one of the "Big 7" Agencies, called "ICM" (International Creative Management), and I gave a list of 27 Agents that handle actors for TV, Film & Theater that are West Coast (LA) based.
Today let me give you a list of Agents from PARADIGM Agency, also West Coast based, with numerous agents who specialize in screenwriters for TV and Movies; whether getting them writing assignments, or having them hired for a tv series staff, or selling their spec scripts or setting meetings for them to "pitch"
AGENCY: PARADIGM Agency
ADDRESS: 360 N Crescent Dr, N Building, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
PHONE: 310-288-8000
LITERARY AGENTS:
1) JEFF BENSON (Co-Head, TV Literary)
2) DEBBEE KLEIN (Co-Head, TV Literary)
3) BILL DOUGLASS (TV)
4) DOUG FRAN (TV)
5) JEFF GREENBERG (TV)
6) IAN GREENSTEIN (TV)
7) CHRIS LICATO (TV)
8) ANDY PATMAN (TV)
9) RICH ROGERS (TV)
10) MICHAEL VAN DYCK (TV)
11) VALERIE PHILLIPS (Head, Motion Pictures)
12) TREVOR ASTBURY (Movies)
13) LEE CHOEN (Movies)
14) SCOTT HENDERSON (Movies)
15) MARK ROSS (Movies)
16) CHRISTOPHER SMITH (Movies)
17) IDA ZINITI (Movies)
Hey, that's 17 "real" Literary Agents.
Now, (A) Get a great idea, (B) Type the title, (C) Create a theme, (D) Write the LogLine, (E) Type the Treatment, (F) Try getting one of these Agents, (G) Discover they won't touch you with just an Idea & Treatment, then (H) Write the Screenplay, (I) Register & Copyright it, then (J) if you have a Gift of Dialogue and actually did a Step Outline (aka; Beat Sheet), and know how to (K) Cut-to-the-Chase with 2 Grabbers on Page-1 I believe you'll (L) Get a Literary Agent and (M) Sell (actually Option) your first Script.
Also, I beg & beseech you to not go to one of those ridiculously expensive 2-4 year, theory laden film school programs (USC, UCLA, NYU, etc.), where, upon graduation you'll discover no one is recruiting and you are now $100K-$200K in debt.
Happy Filmmaking, The Filmbay Team,
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