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TalentScout Management:
One of the longest established companies
in an industry where management companies and agencies come an go,
TalentScout Management (formerly "Fortis Management") was
established in 1991.
It's founder, Alex Ross, was trained as
an agent by the Gray/Goodman Agency of Beverly Hills, where he, worked
on the accounts of such clients as Quentin Tarantino, Christopher De
Vore (Elephant Man) & Mardik Martin (Raging Bull).
Seeing the limitations of the agency business, (i.e.
the impossibility of grooming clients to reach their creative peaks, due
to time and financial constraints), Alex created Fortis Management in
order to able to do just that. His first client was Andrew Niccol who
wrote and directed Gattaca and wrote and produced
The Truman Show.
Sales of
screenplays & books by writers discovered by the company having reached $8
Million, Alex sold "Fortis Entertainment" to Sandra Bullock in 1998. TalentScout
Management was started off a year later as a more international company that
not only looks for the best English speaking talent, but also French and
German. Never has the entertainment business been
more international. With 25% of German television being written by
American writers, more and more French and German stories being adapted
into Hollywood movies and an unprecedented number of writers, actors and
directors working in several languages world wide, there has never been
a greater need for a management company able to represent it's clients
globally.
TalentScout has an unequalled range of
contacts with film, TV, casting, agency and publishing executives world
wide.
Our credo:
To find outstanding talent that has not
reached it's full potential due to the exclusive nature of the Hollywood
system or has fallen through the cracks of a business that is often more
interested in the "heat" on talent, instead of the actual
"talent".
How to contact us:
For un-produced or un-published writers,
as well as first time directors, we recommend that they participate in
one of our contests
. Due to the number of people contacting us,
it is impossible for us to bear the burden of having sample material
analyzed (the annual costs for this can exceed $300,000). This is the
only way we can afford to keep our doors open to all.
Produced writers and directors, as well
as published novelists, please send us a query letter by email:
or by standard mail to: TalentScout Management, 1484 1/2 South Robertson
Blvd. Los Angeles, CA
90035, U.S.A. Please clearly state your credits as well as a synopsis of
projects you wish to set up.
Actors are requested to send us their
head shots and resumes.
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