MAY’S SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS:
TOP AGENTS whose job it is to find the next crop of
talented writers, producers, directors, actors and creators on the Internet:

JASON NADLER
Head, UTAOnline, The Internet Division of UTA Talent Agency
BARRETT GARESE
Agent, UTAOnline, The Internet Division of UTA Talent Agency

This is a great opportunity to find out how you can make the Internet work for you as a writer, producer, director, actor, creator. With the recent writers’ strike, cyberspace has become a viable market, with top producers, the networks and studios eagerly surfing to find new show and film concepts and undiscovered creative talent.

Jason U. Nadler is the head of UTAOnline, the broadband division of top Hollywood talent and literary agency, United Talent Agency. The division is run by four agents who are devoted to scouting out up-and-coming creators of Internet content — particularly video — and finding work for them in Web-based advertising and entertainment, as well as in traditional media. With the recent writers’ strike, the Internet has become a viable market for creative talent, the networks and studios.

As one of the industry’s first dedicated online media agents, Jason Nadler, along with agent, Barrett Garese, discovers and represents premier video content creators, bloggers, and other digital artists working on the Internet. The Online Division of United Talent works to create a viable market for artists whose creative passions are focused on the Internet. Garese is particularly focused on clients who use new and emerging web technologies to monetize their content. UTAOnline represents such leading digital artists as Beatbox Giant, creators of Ask a Ninja; Smashface Productions, creators of EPIC FU; Big Fantastic; Smosh; Handsome Donkey; CollegeHumor.com; Jessica Rose; Catman & Mary; Dutch-West; The Post Show; It’s All In Your Hands; and Brit McAdams, among others.

Nadler began his career in the renowned UTA Agent Training Program, beginning in the agency’s mailroom and eventually moving into the TV Literary department where he worked for founding partner and board member Gary Cosay. While being promoted to agent, Nadler was selected to help establish UTAOnline, which launched in October of 2006.

Raised in South Orange, New Jersey, Nadler earned a B.A. in History from Boston University. He lives in Los Angeles.

Garese began his career in UTA’s highly-regarded Agent Training Program, beginning in the mailroom and eventually moving into the Alternative Television department working under television agent Geoff Suddleson. While being promoted to agent, Garese was selected in mid-2006 to help establish UTAOnline which formally launched in October of 2006.

Raised in Sacramento, Garese earned a B.FA. in Film Production from California State University, Long Beach. He lives in West Los Angeles.