Signing with a Manager w/ Andrew Nallathambi

Show notes

Andrew Nallathambi is a manager in Film & TV at Range Media Partners. Andrew began his career in the early days of Range as one of their first Associate Trainees in November 2020, fresh out of USC. He went on to work as an Associate for two years on the literary side, and then held the Coordinator of Film & TV position before being promoted to Manager in the Film & TV group in March of this year.
Today Andrew and gets into how to navigate an uncertain time in the industry and advance into a career you love, what managers currently look for when signing new talent, and how to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.

Episode Breakdown

1. 2:09Andrew’s journey to being a manager at Range
2. 4:11Landing a first job in the mailroom at CAA, losing it to the pandemic
3. 7:20Being accepted into Teach for America as an English teacher when covid shut the entertainment industry down before pivoting back to an entry-level job in management
4. 8:50Landing a job through lateral connections and being intentional with your time
5. 12:28Balancing planning ahead with being adaptable: being comfortable with the uncomfortable!
6. 15:30The joy of letting go of control: no one is 100% self-made
7. 18:18Pursuing a career as an agent vs. manager
8. 19:20Why not liking something is a good thing
9. 22:55Pursuing things that are true to you, not things that everyone else says you should do
10. 24:50Can you be a rep if you’re not extroverted?
11. 29:10What if you don’t see people like yourself in the position you want?**
12. 31:00How to make rejection useful
13. 34:28What managers look for in clients to sign
14. 41:10What sample should a writer have? Are we entering an era of a tonal shift?
15. 47:20What is Andrew’s Range connect up to now?!
16. 48:38Questions in a Hollywood assistant interview
17. 52:37Being true to yourself will put you in the right place
18. 53:10Andrew’s journey from childhood: drums, immigrant parents, inclinations toward art over academics, Blockbuster Video —> studying Cinema-Media Studies USC School of Cinematic Arts
19. 59:28Advice for aspiring managers and aspiring clients
20. 1:02:30How to do outreach effectively!
21. 1:04:06How people got jobs through sending Andrew a cold email
22. 1:05:00How to keep going when things get discouraging
23. 1:09:45TIME CAPSULE