Veteran Entrepreneurs Casting Call: “Born For Business”
Emmy Award-winning Bunim/Murray Productions (producers of A&E’s Born This Way, HBO’s Autism The Musical, and MTV’s The Real World) along with Shopify Studios, is now casting three ENTREPRENEURS with disabilities, including physical, cognitive, sensory, or mental health disabilities, who have defied society’s stigmas to start their own businesses.
These entrepreneurs will share their journey in a television docu-series as they pursue their passions, showcasing their abilities as business owners.
TO NOMINATE SOMEONE YOU KNOW, EMAIL CASTINGNOW@BUNIM-MURRAY.COM
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For more info about us, please visit www.bunim-murray.com.
CASTING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICANT QUESTIONNAIRE
PART I
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Please be advised that you must meet the following eligibility requirements, which may be changed at any time by Bunim-Murray Productions, LLC (“Producer”) in its sole discretion, in order to participate in the Program:
• You must be a legal resident of the United States.
• Neither you nor any of your immediate family members (spouse, ex-spouse, parents, siblings, children, step-children) or household members (whether or not related) may be, or have been within the past year, an employee, contractor, officer, director or agent of any of the following: (a) Bunim/Murray Productions, any television network or station authorized to air the Program (“Network”) or any of their respective parent, subsidiary, affiliated or related entities; (b) any person or entity involved in the development, production, distribution or other exploitation of the Program or any variation thereof; (c) any known major sponsor of the Program or its advertising agency; or (d) any person or entity supplying services, products or prizes to the Program.
• You may not be a candidate for public office, and if selected for the Program, must agree not to become a candidate for public office until one (1) year after the initial broadcast of the last episode of the Program in which you appear.
• You must voluntarily submit to a background check.
To accept an invitation to be a participant, you must timely complete and return this questionnaire and Audition Release, and the participant agreement that will be furnished to you by Producer, and any other documents that Producer may require in its sole discretion. In addition, you must voluntarily submit to psychological and/or medical examinations to be conducted by medical professionals selected by Producer.
All eligibility determinations shall be made solely by Producer in its sole discretion and are final and binding in all respects. Producer reserves the right to modify the eligibility requirements at any time.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A NON-UNION PROJECT
If you have questions, please email castingnow@bunim-murray.com.
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