The Anonymous Production Assistant

Aiming for a Specific Company

Krithika writes in: I am based in India. At this point, I do not have a US work permit. But I really want to work with a few specific companies in the US, Shondaland being the top of the wishlist. How should I go about this? I have no more experience than previous TAPAs when […]

Coming to America

Jess writes in: I’m an experienced production set, location and office runner in Britain (basically our equivalent of a PA, sure you know that…) with loads of credits in prime-time UK TV programmes. I’ve wanted to work in the US since ‘always’ but can’t for the life of me work out how to get my […]

Immigrant Workers

Reader Luciana writes: I’m writing to you from the other side of the world, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Nowadays mostly known as the country of the new Pope.) As an experienced media producer, I’m  considering the possibility of going to the US and trying to get a job in the TV/film industry over there, since in […]