The Chicago Talent Directory® is "Officially Recognized by the ILLINOIS FILM OFFICE" by Commissioner Susy Kellett in 1991 and has been used to attract film work to the state of Illinois since the mid 1980s. Distributed by our film commissioners at the Location Expos in Hollywood, the Chicago Talent Directory® gave high profile talent buyers, producers and casting directors their first ‘in-hand’ look at Midwest talent furthering interest to bring their film projects to Illinois.
Founded in 1985 and originally published in paperback editions, the Chicago Talent Directory® will soon be an online "interactive" compendium of profiles of professional Actors, Models, Voiceovers and Entertainers EXCLUSIVELY based in the Chicago/Midwest.
The Chicago Talent Directory® is a research tool of talent resources (information & events), sources (talent agents and casting directors), and services (photographers, schools, etc.), combined with 'how-to' articles, features on key entertainment industry persons and companies and dedicated to promoting Chicago Talent to talent buyers everywhere and the locally based talent pool it serves.
The Chicago Talent Directory® has been featured in Variety, Backstage, Screen Magazine, Models World Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, ReelChicago.com, Lerner Newspapers, Pioneer Press, PerformInk, Audition News, WSSY-Radio and WGN-TV, among many other media outlets.
The Chicago Talent Directory® has been host to many seminars and panels that discuss and train talent on how to market themselves in this highly competitive field, the most influential having been the “Progress Forums”, where union and film office executives, talent, and production professionals met to discuss the future of our local industry, particularly how to attract productions to our city and keep our exceptional talent here. Many of those innovations conceived at the Progress Forums are now a reality in our industry.
Chicago Talent ‘Spotlight’ magazine’ is the ‘promotional and training’ arm of the Chicago Talent Directory®. First published in 1987, it focuses on the accomplishments of our talent clients and reports on their bookings and other achievements as they progress in their careers. Read widely by the Chicago talent industry, it also boasts articles that aid talent in pursuing their careers, many written by and about key, high profile industry personnel.
• TALENT interested in a FREE profile listing in the Chicago Talent Directory® should visit http://www.chicagotalentdirectory.net/talent-info-request.html and fill out the form.
• TALENT SERVICES (photographers, schools, coaches, make-up artists, etc.) who wish to be listed for FREE in the ‘Resources’ division of the Chicago Talent Directory®, please fill out the form here: http://www.chicagotalentdirectory.net/services.html
• For further information, please visit www.ChicagoTalentDirectory.net or contact the [email protected].
The Chicago Talent Directory® DOES NOT BOOK TALENT. It is a talent promotion, advertising and reference vehicle published by CHICAGO TALENT ENTERPRISES INC. The Chicago Talent Directory® is registered as a U.S. Federal Trademark and is a division of Chicago Talent Enterprises Inc., Nanci Ponne’, President and Publisher.
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06/30/2018
06/30/2018