How to Find Publicist Contact Information

If you are looking to contact a high-profile person, from celebrities, leaders or book authors, you may need to reach their publicist. Publicists handle a high-profile person's image, making sure that he or she is perceived well in public. The publicist is also the first point of contact to a celebrity. He or she fields calls, messages and information that need to reach the celebrity he or she is handling.

Things You'll Need

• Telephone number for SAG Actors to Locate department
• Publicist directory
• List of websites that have publicist directories

Instructions

1. Go to the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) website. SAG is a labor union for working actors. According to the website, the organization enhances the working conditions of actors who are members of the organization. The SAG website is a great resource for information about agency and industry contacts, as well as information about the movie industry.

2. Use the SAG's Actors to Locate service by calling [phone]. This feature is available for journalists writing about celebrities, and allows them to contact the celebrity's publicist. This hotline is used to contact industry professionals, and may be limited to journalists covering a certain member of the SAG. Make sure that you identify beforehand your reasons for contacting a publicist. The SAG may provide you with information regarding how to locate the information of the specific publicist you are seeking.

3. Obtain a publicist directory. The International Cinematographers Guild publishes a publicist directory, which you may find useful as you locate the publicist you are looking for. Likewise, you may also opt for an online directory by going to Yahoo's Public Relations directory.

4. Learn what firm manages the celebrity you are trying to locate. For example, Creative Artists Agency may have information on the publicist you are looking for, so if the publicist don't publish their contact information, you may contact the firm to obtain the publicist's contact information directly.

5. Go to the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) website at http://prsa.org. The PRSA has a member directory on the website where you can find contact information for public relations professionals. You can identify the industry you are looking for within the search options to focus your search and increase your chances of getting the contact information of the publicist you are looking for.

References

• Pink Magazine: Beware the Bad Publicist
• Ask Men: Celeb Contact

Resources

• International Cinematographers Guild
• Screen Actors Guild