soon. It has won a couple of awards and I would like to attend the NYC
opening, it will be in a festival and I figure some agents will be there but
I would like to invite more. Is it acceptable to do this? Will they come?
If you mean people you are considering as possible agents for yourself,
then
it might be embarassing to invite them all at once. Agents are
in the
business of knowing what's going on, so they will definitely know each
other
and know that you have invited them. If you make it all OK before
hand that
might work, but I would be more inclined to decide which one you would
like
to represent you and then just invite that one along. That way
he/she will
feel special and your relationship might get off to a better start.
Once
somebody represents you, invite who you like! Of course, if you
mean you
are inviting agents for non-representational reasons, just go ahead
eg
directors agents etc.
Hi Oliver and thanks for reading. I've been wondering, do cinematographers
have agents? If so, what's the best way to acquire one?
--PJ
Acquiring an Agent? I think that’s something Agents think
they are doing when they take on a Client. I used to dislike the very idea
of Agents, and to some extent I still do, though it’s made complex by the
fact that I like both my US and UK Agents who both work for ICM.
“Technicians Agents” used to be looked down upon from a great height by
the high and mighty Directors and Writers Agents, but in the last ten years
there are a number of highly successful (ie lucrative) agents who
are representing the worlds best technicians. So now they get proper offices
and make good money for the companies they work for. There’s always
a conflict in an Agent - do I go for the best paid or the most interesting
job? But this conflict is also in the Client, and so as long as they are
both on the same page (a quaint english expression meaning “in agreement”),
they get on fine.
I always reckon it’s best to work until you’re in demand: then the
agents come to you, rather than beating on their doors and getting no response
because you have nothing to show.