TALENT AGENT

For more information about a career as a talent agent, contact any of the agents found in:

Act One Reports
640 N. LaSalle, Suite 535
Chicago, IL 60610-3731
(312) 787-9384
http://www.actone.com
E-mail: actone@actone.com

Act I
2540 N. Lincoln
Chicago, IL 60614
(800) 55-PLAYS (557-5297)
http://www.oprf.com/arts/abstracts/3.html

Acting Studio Chicago
http://www.theauditionstudio.com/business/casting.html
This Web site gives contact information for casting agencies in the Chicago area, as well as providing acting classes.

Casting by McLean/For Extras
P.O. Box 10569
Chicago, IL 60610

K.T.’S
P.O. Box 577039
Chicago, IL 60657-7039

WEB SITES

AKA Talent Agency
http://www.akatalent.com

Booking Entertainment.com
http://www.onlinetalent.com

Breakdown Service
http://www.breakdownservices.com

Casting-Call.us
http://casting-call.us

CastPages.com
http://www.castpages.com

Future Casting 2000
http://www.futurecasting2000.com

Future Casting Job Site
http://www.futurecasting2000.com/job_listings.htm

Hollywood Access Directory
http://www.hollydex.com

NYC FAME
http://www.nycfame.com

BOOKS

Biederman, Donald E., Edward P. Pierson, Martin E. Silfen, Janna Glasser, Charles J. Biederman, Kenneth J. Abdo, and Scott D. Sanders. Law and Business of the Entertainment industries, Fifth Edition. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishing, 2007.
Completely revised and updated fifth edition has over 1,000 pages and is the classic textbook for students of entertainment law.

Blumenthal, Howard J., and Oliver R. Goodenough. The Business of Television, Third Edition, Revised and Updated. New York: Billboard Books, 2006.

Emory, Margaret. Ask an Agent: Everything Actors Need to Know About Agents. New York: Back Stage Books, 2005.

Litwak, Mark. Contacts for the Film & Television Industry. Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 1999.

Orenstein, Harold, and David E. Guinn. Entertainment Law and Business: A Guide to the Law and Business Practices of the Entertainment Industry. Carlsbad, CA: Michie Publishing, 1989.

Squire, Jason E., ed. The Movie Business Book, Third Edition. New York: Fireside, 2004.

TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Association of Talent Agents Newsletter
9255 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 930
Los Angeles, CA 90069
(213) 274-0628
http://www.agentassociation.com/frontdoor/newsstand.cfm