Distinkt, a talent firm built for a large population of unrepresented creators and clients around the world, has launched out of Los Angeles and London.
\n\nThe agency will use AI workflows and human agents to connect actors, directors, producers, editors. photographers and digital creatives with opportunities in key markets. Distinkt is up and running with nearly 2,000 clients in 43 countries.
\n\nThe California-licensed company is founded by Robert Herman, Chris Gibbin and former UTA communications head Chris Day, who will serve as the agency’s chief spokesperson. Combined, they bring decades of experience across representation, film and commercial production and advertising. While not disclosed at launch, the new venture has been booking clients on varied projects including ad spots and scripted series and films since May.
\n\n“We believe professional representation should be accessible to anyone with talent,” said CEO Herman. “We built Distinkt so that a significant part of the coordination and administration of agency work is managed by technology. That frees our agents to focus on judgment, evaluation and negotiation, and it means we can offer effective representation to far more of the world’s working creative talent.”
\n\nDistinkt arrives at a moment when Hollywood’s legacy agencies are urgently trying to…
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