Author Eric Hoyt

Eric Hoyt

Eric Hoyt is a PhD student in the Division of Critical Studies at the University of Southern California. He received the 2009 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Student Writing Award for his essay, “Writer in the Hole: Desny v. Wilder, Copyright Law, and the Battle over Ideas” (forthcoming in Cinema Journal). Prior to beginning his graduate studies, Hoyt worked at a major Hollywood talent agency.

Hidden Talent: The Emergence of Hollywood Agents by Tom Kemper

Eric Hoyt

December 2009

Book Reviews

Most standard histories of the Hollywood motion picture industry date the rise of powerful talent agencies to the 1950s – the decade when the weakened major studios abandoned long-term talent contracts and MCA ...