If Nobody Knew Me, And All I Had Was My Hard Work And Desire

Are you the world’s best-kept secret?

Let’s do a quick little experiment to find out.

How many professional’s phones are you in… as an actor, camera, editor, writer, MUA, production?

If very few people are coming to mind, this is the first clue as to how well you’re connected. If no one knows you, how can people call you for shoots?

Also consider, are you the best person for the job? What experience do you have that you know you’ll nail that job and get asked back?

In order to do the job well, you need experience.

In order to get experience, you need to get called for lots of shoots!

No calls, no career.

Here’s the good news:

Production is willing to hire you as long as they can trust you can do the job.

Especially, with the explosion of film work happening, there are not enough people and they are looking for more people.

If you do this right, you can:

• Who to contact for jobs.
• What to say in emails.
• What to emphasize in your resume.
• How to turn 1 shoot into hundreds.

The end result: You can leave 9-5 to make a living entirely in film doing what you LOVE!

Why the Strategy I Teach WORKS.

When I started to get into the film industry, I was trying to get somebody to give me a chance.

I was calling production companies, emailing my resume, going to film festivals, and I felt like…

People didn’t want to help me. Or hire me.

• I did not know what to say.
• I didn’t have confidence.
• I didn’t know who to contact to get hired.

My goal: I wanted to travel the world working for National Geographic.

I needed show people that I already had some experience and could be helpful.

So I started with small shoots, news, interviews, a commercial, where I got paid $50-150 per day. I interviewed the production people who hired me on what would make me “ideal” so I could get hired again.

That was 23 years ago. Since then, I’ve travelled the world with National Geographic, won an Emmy and was nominated for a 2nd Emmy.