Navigating the Actor/Manager Relationship | The Business | SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Four talent managers on a SAG-AFTRA Foundation panel explain what managers do, how to get their attention, what a...
Networking Videos for Actors
20 videosBuilding working relationships in an industry that runs on them, for people who find the word networking faintly embarrassing.
How to Use Social Media as an Actor Without Feeling Like a Content Creator
Why an actor's job on social media is to be findable, credible and connected, and five kinds of collaboration that grow...
James Ortiz for ‘Project Hail Mary’ | Conversations at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Puppeteer and actor James Ortiz on landing Rocky through a casting director who remembered him, a bold audition choice,...
Become a Multi-Hyphenate and Create Your Own Work | The Business | SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Three actors who now write, direct and produce on how they got there: calling card shorts, hundreds of money asks, the...
2026 Shorts Showcase: Creators & Cast Panel | Los Angeles, Night 2
The LA Night 2 shorts showcase filmmakers on writing yourself a role, cutting pages at lunch, trusting your casting...
2026 Shorts Showcase: Creators & Cast Panel | New York, Night 2
Actors, a composer and a producer from the New York Night 2 shorts showcase on crowdfunding live, the SAG micro-budget...
2026 Shorts Showcase: Creators & Cast Panel | New York, Night 1
A SAG-AFTRA panel of shorts filmmakers on playing a whole arc in ten minutes, what an intimacy coordinator actually...
The 5 Lies That Keep Actors Invisible
Five beliefs that stop actors from reaching out, why each one sounds reasonable, and what actors who did 21 days of...
Want A Role In A £1.4 Million British Feature Film? (The Director Told Me This)
At a screening in MediaCityUK, Oscar-winning filmmaker Chris Overton explains how his 1.4 million pound feature Dust is...
The 560 Power Moves That Changed 10 Actors' Careers in 21 Days
What happened when 10 actors made about 560 outreach moves in 21 days: manager referrals nobody asked for, a film offer...
CON-ventional Wisdom: Conventions as an Income Stream | The Business | SAG-AFTRA Foundation
Five convention veterans on booking agents, table setup, autograph pricing, self-promotion and what to say to the fan...
How To Email Casting Directors (And Get More Auditions)
Four UK casting directors on what to put in the email, when to send it, and the one that got an actor booked on a show...
How One Text Message Got Me a New Manager (When I Wasn't Even Looking for One)
How a no-agenda check-in text during a 21-day outreach run turned into a new manager and agent, and why the results...
How to prepare for an agent or manager meeting
What to wear, what to research, what to ask about fees and communication, and why any agent is not better than no agent.
ENVY
Why the other actors in the hallway are not your competition, judged against a standard rather than each other, and...
My Hollywood Family Story
A coach descended from one of Hollywood's great writer-directors on why she still started with nothing, and why nepo...
'The Last OG' Actor Talks About The Growth of Short Films & Actor Networking Advice
Alan Maldonado on why lateral relationships beat chasing people above you, and what short films still offer actors.
The Business: The Art of Authentic & Assured Self-Promotion
A SAG-AFTRA Foundation panel on posting with purpose, setting your off-limits topics, teasing projects under NDA and...
How to Find Local Ad Agencies | Modeling and Acting
How to find the ad agency art and creative directors who hire commercial actors and print models in your own market.