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ABOUT US BGT Actors Models & Talent is New Zealand¿s leading film and TV talent agency established in 1998 by actress, accent coach, and former-casting director Sarah Valentine. When Lord of the Rings fever hit New Zealand, Sarah recruited over 300 extras in preparation. The agency she always wanted to start, to help other people's dreams come true, was then formed as Background Talent. In 2015 a name ¿tweak¿ to BGT heralded the new face of a highly regarded agency with an unsurpassed reputation to encompass the three divisions of Actors, Models and Talent/extras. Based in the thriving hub of West Auckland, BGT pride ourselves on a professional, ethical, friendly and attentive approach to talent casting. We supply talent for local and overseas TV series, short and feature films, music videos, documentaries and TV commercials for the national and international markets. If it¿s shot in New Zealand, we usually have someone, somewhere being something.
Reviews
07/24/17
Kids have been signed with Bgt for just over a year, they have had lots of fun at auditions and on various sets filming. BGT have been great to deal with.
07/08/14
“Out for all they can get”
They take 20% of your pay on top of tax, so if you are a student you only get half of what you earn. Most of the jobs they offer you are minimum wage so you're literally working for about $8 an hour which is completely illegal. They charge you $150-$250 a year on top of that, which is pretty standard for talent agencies but they never warn you that you're going to get stung with another couple hundred dollars of ACC tax which they manage to avoid and put onto their already ill-paid contractors. They are completely inflexible as well and if something pops up and you can't make a shoot, no matter how minimal your part/pay is, you will get stung with $90 no show fee. I had an exam on one day, which is an obvious priority and made an honest mistake, letting them know immediately which they took as an opportunity to take $90 from my next pay. Also, they had me driving out 50km to get to a shoot and take other people for them and didn't even cover my gas (only paying $10) even though they said that they would. Not worth the hassle, not worth the stress, not worth the minimal money. DON'T SIGN WITH THESE GUYS.
02/23/16
This agency is not trustworthy. They charge you $350 for a full membership and you get nothing. Their login panel is always with errors and they are so rude to you. They claim to be an online agency and they want you to come to there office to sign up and bully you into paying them. If you sign up with this agency you will loose your money and time.