UTA
Agency · United StatesVia representation only
A major US agency that describes itself as operating exclusively by referral.
The door
Via representation only
Their terms say the company operates exclusively by referral and takes no unsolicited material.
They say material received will be returned or destroyed at the agency's discretion.
Door state checked against their official pages 25 Aug 2026.
What they're looking for
- Formats
- Feature, TV Pilot
- Represents
- Screenwriters, Directors, Novelists
- Takes approaches from
- Worldwide
How to approach
Referral is not a preference here, it is the stated operating model: their terms say the company operates exclusively by referral and does not accept unsolicited material or solicitations of any kind.
That makes the practical question who can refer you, not what to send. Producers, executives, managers and other clients are the usual sources, and each of those relationships is built somewhere else first. As with the other agencies at this tier, the cold-reading agencies in this directory and the schemes in our competitions directory are where that groundwork actually happens.
Their publishing arm runs an open query route, but it asks for manuscript pages and never mentions screenplays, so it is not a side entrance for screen work.
The PreList verdict
Who this is for: writers with someone credible willing to make an introduction. If you have that, the door is genuinely open and the terms say so.
Who should skip it: everyone else, for now. There is no submissions address to find and no format of approach that changes the answer, which at least saves you the time of composing one.
Dylian Salvatore, Founder of The PreList · Updated 7 Sept 2026
Frequently asked questions
Does UTA accept unsolicited submissions?
No. Their terms state the company operates exclusively by referral and does not accept unsolicited material or solicitations of any kind.
Is UTA Publishing a route for screenwriters?
No. That route asks for manuscript or book proposal pages and does not mention screenplays.
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