“Agency is the fiduciary relationship that arises when one person (a “principal”) manifests assent to another person (an “agent”) that the agent shall act on the principal’s behalf and subject to the principal’s control, and the agent manifests assent or otherwise consents so to act.”
—Restatement of the Law, Third, Agency (2006)1
Torde Sillas’s core mission is to help actors and actresses land roles and to help movie and television writers get their works produced.
Recalling the imperishable Hollywood spirit of 1939, this Agency aims to offer counsel, create opportunities, and work with others to revitalize Los Angeles.
Making money is the key incentive—have no illusions in this regard! Helping to make someone famous would be nice too.
Yet the means to these ends are reliability, honesty, and imagination—qualities that this Agency hopes to demonstrate it holds in ample measure.
“Keep, observe, and fulfill.” —Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)2
In the Age of Discovery the great maritime rivals, Portugal and Spain, reached for agreements with one another—rather than fight over the new lands and sea routes. Africa, America, Asia! Bartolomeu Diaz had sighted the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. Christopher Columbus landed on San Salvador Island four years later. Vasco de Gama would reach India six years later still. Yet which parts of “Terra Incognita” could each of these two Iberian kingdoms lawfully claim and explore?
In 1493, in a solemn act that would have hemispheric import, Pope Alexander VI, on a map of the world, drew a straight Line of Demarcation through the Atlantic Ocean. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, everything west of this meridian was granted to Spain. However, to guard Portugal’s rights, the papal decree had to be modified. So, the next year, in the town of Tordesillas, both sides agreed to move the line 270 leagues west, allowing for Portuguese settlement of Brazil. The Tordesillas Meridian was created.
It was not a perfect solution. What of the rights of the indigenous peoples? Of other seafaring nations? Did the line’s antimeridian govern the other side of the globe? Yet, with all their faults, one cannot help but admire the audacity of the Iberians. They divvied up a New World! Yes, motivated by avarice, vanity, or zealotry, these tiny kingdoms nonetheless sought, at least with each other and for this one moment in time, a measured, just, and practical understanding. It is in that tradition that Torde Sillas welcomes talented newcomers of all types to come journey and explore.
“We must use the tools we have.” —Abraham Lincoln (1862)3
Bonded, licensed, and guild-franchised, Torde Sillas is the DBA for John Zubieta, a Los Angeles County native whose work in entertainment spans decades.
“Agency is the fiduciary relationship that arises when one person (a “principal”) manifests assent to another person (an “agent”) that the agent shall act on the principal’s behalf and subject to the principal’s control, and the agent manifests assent or otherwise consents so to act.”
—Restatement of the Law, Third, Agency (2006)1
Torde Sillas’s core mission is to help actors and actresses land roles and to help movie and television writers get their works produced.
Recalling the imperishable Hollywood spirit of 1939, this Agency aims to offer counsel, create opportunities, and work with others to revitalize Los Angeles.
Making money is the key incentive—have no illusions in this regard! Helping to make someone famous would be nice too.
Yet the means to these ends are reliability, honesty, and imagination—qualities that this Agency hopes to demonstrate it holds in ample measure.
“Keep, observe, and fulfill.” —Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)2
In the Age of Discovery the great maritime rivals, Portugal and Spain, reached for agreements with one another—rather than fight over the new lands and sea routes. Africa, America, Asia! Bartolomeu Diaz had sighted the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. Christopher Columbus landed on San Salvador Island four years later. Vasco de Gama would reach India six years later still. Yet which parts of “Terra Incognita” could each of these two Iberian kingdoms lawfully claim and explore?
In 1493, in a solemn act that would have hemispheric import, Pope Alexander VI, on a map of the world, drew a straight Line of Demarcation through the Atlantic Ocean. From the Arctic to the Antarctic, everything west of this meridian was granted to Spain. However, to guard Portugal’s rights, the papal decree had to be modified. So, the next year, in the town of Tordesillas, both sides agreed to move the line 270 leagues west, allowing for Portuguese settlement of Brazil. The Tordesillas Meridian was created.
It was not a perfect solution. What of the rights of the indigenous peoples? Of other seafaring nations? Did the line’s antimeridian govern the other side of the globe? Yet, with all their faults, one cannot help but admire the audacity of the Iberians. They divvied up a New World! Yes, motivated by avarice, vanity, or zealotry, these tiny kingdoms nonetheless sought, at least with each other and for this one moment in time, a measured, just, and practical understanding. It is in that tradition that Torde Sillas welcomes talented newcomers of all types to come journey and explore.
“We must use the tools we have.” —Abraham Lincoln (1862)3
Bonded, licensed, and guild-franchised, Torde Sillas is the DBA for John Zubieta, a Los Angeles County native whose work in entertainment spans decades.
