Gregory James Blount
Executive Producer / Publisher
The Talent Camp program is taught under the direction of Executive Producer and Publisher Gregory James Blount. Our program is supported by top legitimate model and talent agencies, casting directors, managers and other top industry professionals with the purpose to help guide aspiring talent and their parents in developing the tools for success. Under the supervision of industry professionals, who are the Talent Camp instructors, talent will meet, learn from and network with with industry veterans with the hopes and expectations to develop ones skills for success. Our philosophy is that SUCCESS is not given, it is earned and only the serious need to apply.
Gregory, who is a graduate from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Media Arts and who has worked on such movies as Days of Thunder, Prince of Tides and Wild Hearts Can't Be Brokenmoved to New York City to pursue his passion for modeling and acting after receiving a modeling contract with the then famous mens agency, ZOLI. While he started acting and modeling, Greg went on to sign with eight (8) agencies across the United States including ones in Atlanta, Chicago, Milwaukee, Greensboro, Washington DC and Los Angeles. While living in New York, Greg begun working for the industry recognized publishing company, Peter Glenn Publications and by age of 27, bought the industry giant and still runs the publishing division today. Peter Glenn Publications can be found at www.pgdirect.com
In 2001, Gregory moved to Florida and launched his first production company. Gregory has worked for such clients as CosmoGIRL, ELLEgirl, Rampage, Simon Malls, Miss Sixty, MasterCard andUniversal Studios. Gregory created the well known modeling contest "So You Want To Be A Model," which has been featured on E! News with Ryan Seacrest and discovered some of today's rising stars including megastar actressAmber Heard (North County, Pineapple Express, The Stepfather, The Joneses). Amber most recent film is Drive Angryopposite Nicholas Cage and just finished filming the upcoming feature film, The Rum Diary opposite Johnny Depp.
Gregory is also the creator of the performing arts Talent Camp at Universal Studios (www.TalentCampatUniversal.com) in Los Angeles , which is a 4-day motivational interactive workshop series for aspiring talent and their parents about the business of the entertainment industry taught by top industry VIP's, talent agents and casting directors. In 2009, Sound Tree Entertainment was created and Gregory produced the Disney Channel star Michel Musso (Hannah Montana, Pair of Kings) concerts in Florida and the company has recently moved forward in producing feature films, with several films currently in pre-production.
Today as part of Safe Schools and Character Education, Gregory is a cleared business partner with the Palm Beach School District and often speaks at schools across the country sharing his philosophy of being a positive thinker and role model with the hopes of empowering kids and teens to explore their passion and entrepreneurial spirit. Gregory currently speaks on behalf of the Palm Beach Film Office educating aspiring talent and parents on what it takes to be successful in building a career in the entertainment industry. Under Sound Tree Entertainment, Gregory and Executive Director Barbara Smoliak created the Star Power Program (www.DiscoverYourStarPower.com), which is an after school enrichment program that is currently in six (6) schools.
Under a division of the company, Gregory created the Entertainment Speakers Bureau, which exclusively manages some of today's top casting directors including Joey Paul Jensen (Soul Surfer, That's So Raven, Cory in the House), Jason La Padura(Camp Rock, High School Musical, The Event), Brandi Brice and Dana Gergely (Suite Life on Deck, Shake It Up!, ANT Farm).
Gregory currently lives in Delray Beach, Florida.
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