What agents work with Netflix?
- George Hart.
- Katherine de Bois.
- Vital Butinar.
- William Rivera-Bradley.
If you have an idea, game, script, screenplay, or production already in development that you'd like to pitch to Netflix, you must work through a licensed agent, producer, attorney, manager, or industry executive, as appropriate, who already has a relationship with Netflix.
Netflix doesn't have literary agents. They only have a team of executives and buyers. There is no such thing as a Netflix agent; at least for now. I say for now because you don't know what moves the company will make to increase its competitive edge in the future.
Netflix only accepts submissions through a licensed literary agent, or from a producer, attorney, manager, or entertainment executive with whom they have a pre-existing relationship. Any idea that is submitted by other means is considered an “unsolicited submission” and thus, sadly, they won't accept it.
Founded in 2009 by Rohit Raj and Varun Duggirala, The Glitch is “a digitally focused creative agency" that believes in creating savvy advertising and content for consumers with short attention span. “There's a science to the magic that happens on media platforms.
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Screen Compensation Guide for Streaming Services.
| Streamer | Median | Maximum Reported |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | $105,000 | $300,000 |
| Netflix | $150,000 | $1,600,000 |
"Netflix only accepts submissions through a licensed literary agent or from a producer, attorney, manager, or entertainment executive with whom we have a preexisting relationship. Any idea that is submitted by other means is considered an unsolicited submission...
- Make Query Phone Calls. It used to be common to send query letters, then emails. ...
- Attend Screenwriting Conferences and Summits. ...
- Send Your Script to Screenwriting Competitions. ...
- Go to Film Festivals. ...
- Get a Job as an Assistant. ...
- Stunt Marketing.
The pitch process is meant to intrigue the people who can help make a movie—either studio executives, distributors, producers, or directors—to sign onto the project. A movie pitch can be a verbal or a visual presentation of a writer's big idea, usually preceding the writing of a draft of the film.
- Use online casting websites. ...
- Network with people at events. ...
- Get special access to hidden Netflix auditions. ...
- Volunteer: Many Netflix casting directors need readers for auditions. ...
- Make sure your Special Skills are up to date in your online resumes.
How hard is it to sell a script?
How hard is it to sell a screenplay, anyway? According to writers, managers, and agents involved in greenlighting screenplays, there's a five to 20 percent chance of a screenplay being accepted and sold, says Script Magazine.
- Get your film in the Netflix database.
- Work with an independent film distribution company.
- Ask people to request your film in their Netflix queue.
- Get press coverage of your film.
- Identify a Fresh, Unique Concept. ...
- Get to Know Your Story's Characters and the Setting. ...
- Write the Script for the Pilot Episode. ...
- Ideally, Write Several of the TV Show's Episodes. ...
- Make Sure You Can Summarize Your TV Series Idea in One Sentence.
You need to find an industry person connected to Netflix and from whom Netflix will accept a script; this can be a literary agent, a manager, a producer, or even an entertainment lawyer, but not ANY old literary representation. Netflix has relationships with specific people, and you need to find those people.
