ATA Chief Karen Stuart Urges Agents To Be “Diligent”
ATA Chief Karen Stuart Urges Agents To Be “Diligent” About Ensuring Safety Protocols Are In Place For Clients Returning To Work
DEADLINE By David Robb
September 3, 2020 12:16pm
As film, TV and commercial production slowly resumes, Karen Stuart, executive director of the Association of Talent Agents, has told her 115 member-agencies that they should be “diligent about making sure proper safety protocols are in place to protect the health and safety of their clients.”
The safety of cast and crew members employed on commercials and other short-term productions is a particular concern because many are being shot without testing for the coronavirus and aren’t required to do so by Los Angeles County health officials. “The unions/guilds are working non-stop to reach an industry-wide safety agreement with employers in TV/Film,” Stuart wrote in a recent memo to her members. “The areas of commercials, music videos and similar short term productions are problematic.”