DPN talent
Atlas talent
ACM talent
KMR talent
AVO talent
Haha, jee they all have similar names. Any insight or info is much appreciated and would be so helpful. I’d love to know which has the best reputation for commercial work.
Posted Sep 18, 2018, 10:45 PM UTC
Los Angeles actor here - represented by CESD. Most all of these (save maybe ACM) are Los Angeles-based agencies, that would qualify as 'national agencies.'
DPN is probably the best agency in the city, extremely hard to get into. Atlas is slightly easier to get into, tons of my friends are with them and they almost all work like crazy. Lots of incredible opportunities. ACM is a management company that you pay to represent you, not as reputable in my opinion, the friends of mine who have been with them haven't gotten their money's worth. KMR is good, Dean Panero from Abrams just left and joined KMR to head up their VO division I believe. AVO is good too, but not quite as good as DPN or Atlas. They do a lot of videogames and animation, I believe. Still very worthwhile though.
Yeah dude DPN is definitely the best ;)
Thank you so much!! <3
Dpn & atlas are what I will hope for...
My issue is I don’t have a massive resume, But I have a returning client, with a pretty big worldwide job on the table, I need someone to negotiate for me, and figured it’d be best to leverage it into representation...
Yep. Like the other guy said, that's one of the best ways to get brought onto an agency - or to at least get their attention. Agencies love free money. I know for a fact that DPN and Atlas occasionally do remote contracts with people who don't live in LA. Most of them I think would at least help you with this job, whether they bring you on as a full signing or not.
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DPN and Atlas are definitely at the top of their game. AVO is up there too and all 3 are bigger agencies. KMR is a boutique agency but just picked up a solid agent last month, ACM is a management company in NY, not quite the same as an agent. They can still get you jobs though, just access to different types, it's worth reading about the differences. If you are a voice actor, there are some really good boutique and regional agencies that can make you a ton of money still. You would likely have a better booking ratio with a boutique or regional too if you do not have a big resume. Usually those agencies find you, not the other way around :)
All these agencies are respected and reputable in the LA industry. Doubt you could go wrong with any of them. A couple are going to be really hard to get repped by. DPN is ultra hard to get repped by unless you're walking in with a huge resume.
That’s so helpful, thank you so much.
Do you hAve any idea if avo, dpn, or atlas- would or would not be willing to represent someone remotely?
I’m from La, but live in London- I was about to sign with an agency here, all super excited, but turns out it breaches my visa, counts as self employment blahblah.
But have a pretty big job offer, I don’t want to negotiate myself and figure I could leverage it to getting taken seriously by a u.s agency so no breach of visa...
I was told by agencies here, the u.s market doesn’t demand you be in the same location as the job as much as London does..
There is a saying out here in LA. "An agent will never turn down free money." If you're calling up any of these agents and tell them you've booked a job and would like them to negotiate it, they should jump at the opportunity. It may be a one time offer from some or a bridge to full rep from another. That's for the agency to decide. But if you're walking in there with free money for them and all they have to do is get the paperwork to you and back to the client, they'd be dumb not to take it. I think you would have a very easy time with that through AVO or Atlas. May take a bit more prodding with DPN. But that's one hell of an ice breaker for any agent/actor meeting. "Hi, I'm looking for rep, oh and here's this big job I already booked and you can just have." That's a win win for them.
Thank you so much for your insight, I’m so excited about the possibilities, and you’ve been very helpful!
I’m on a bit of a time limit as I don’t want to delay responding to the client much longer than another day..
You got it! Hop on that phone. Hit that email. They all should be in the offices by 9 am pst.
Oh. And as for the remote rep thing. There's a ton of regional agents all over the US that do not live in the same city as their talent but have their talent book from other states and such. That's an agency by agency policy, so only they will be able to answer it. But with this day and age of internet auditioning, you certainly don't have to be in the same city as your agent. That becomes a bit more difficult for the LA based agencies as a good deal of the work they will book you for will be for recording times locally in LA studios.