United Talent Agency

I have loved being a client at UTA for fifteen glorious years. They have done right by me time and time again, I even met my wife thanks to UTA. I am extremely grateful for all they have done for me, and I don’t even care that they won’t send me the UTA job list.

Went to a great business networking event at UTA. The offices are lovely and we had a panel discussion in the screening room. The screening room had great long leather couches and even had arm rests!

Rude and unhelpful

The best in the business when it comes to TV writers and Producer representation. They have a very strong MP Lit department, a Talent Department with A-​list celebs and an impressive Below-​the-​Line roster as well.
BUT YOU CANT GET IN so don’t bother sending in your 8×10 or calling asking them if they are taking on any new talent. They only take on clients IF their specific departments go out to GET someone already established OR you have been introduced to an agent by one of their current clients. This place does not specialize in making you a star, it specializes in maintaining and grooming your star status. You go to them with projects already in your pocket and you sit down with your team of agents (you don’t get just one, you get a flock) and they begin devising a plan to make you the next biggest action star, or how to get you the next huge blockbuster directing job, etc… They don’t send you out for a 5 Lines and Under gig and hope you make them 10% of $ 2,000 on your 3 days of work on Scrubs. You get yourself a bunch of appearances on Scrubs and ER and that hot new Tarantino flick, go on Leno and score audience points, do a layout in Maxim and THEN, MAYBE they will come and ask you if you are happy with your agents and how would you like to expand your star (or market).
So go start with a smaller agency that takes on new talent, get them to open some doors for you (and don’t forget, this town loves a person who opens their own doors for themselves, so come up with something brilliant (a 1 person play? a book? a new animated video about 4 bad-​mouthed kids growing up in South Park Colorado?)and this town will trip all over itself setting up meetings with you), get your talent polished and slowly move up the ladder.
UTA may be on your horizon at some point, but not yet.