The Gersh Agency
Agency · United StatesClosed to unsolicited work
A major US agency with motion picture and television literary departments, closed to unsolicited approaches.
The door
Closed to unsolicited work
Their submissions policy bars unsolicited material to the agency or any of its agents, by any means.
They say they are under no obligation to consider, review, respond to, return or give feedback on unsolicited material.
Door state checked against their official pages 25 Aug 2026.
What they're looking for
- Formats
- Feature, TV Pilot
- Represents
- Screenwriters, Directors, Playwrights, Novelists
- Takes approaches from
- Worldwide
How to approach
The policy is agency-wide and deliberately leaves no gap. It states that neither the agency nor any of its agents or employees will accept or consider unsolicited material of any nature, that you may not use the website or anything found through it to submit such material by any means including social media, post, fax or email, and that anything sent anyway will not be considered by anyone there.
Their books department does accept unsolicited manuscripts and champions first-time authors, and the same page says the form is for books and not screenplays. So the open route that turns up in search is real, and it is not for you if you write for the screen.
The PreList verdict
Who this is for: represented and referred writers. The screen departments are substantial and active; they are simply not reachable from outside.
The value in reading this page is knowing how comprehensively the policy is drawn. It names social media alongside post and email, which tells you that messaging an agent on a public account is covered by the same no. Save the effort for the doors in this directory that publish a way in.
Dylian Salvatore, Founder of The PreList · Updated 7 Sept 2026
Frequently asked questions
Does Gersh accept unsolicited screenplays?
No. Their policy states that neither the agency nor any of its agents or employees will accept or consider unsolicited material, submitted by any means including social media, post, fax or email.
Their books department accepts submissions. Does that help a screenwriter?
No. The same page states that the books submission form is only for books, not screenplays.
Getting ready to approach The Gersh Agency?
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