Well Mel, With your age and energy, you can be anything you desire; you have so much time to achieve success in either acting, directing, writing/producing, etc. To be an actor, you�re at a prime age to get started; whether or not you�ll receive instant recognition is entirely up to you�and whoever your agent or connection is. As for getting instant recognition as a director at age 16�I hate to say it, but I don�t know if anyone would even take you seriously� Getting noticed by next year in Hollywood regardless of age or experience would literally be an overnight success, and I think your chances of getting noticed at age 16 as an actor would be better than director. Do you not have any resources available to you in Ireland to make any films? What kind of film experience do you have? Have you written any stories? If you have a good working knowledge of the filmmaking process, I don't see any problem with you wanting to venture off to LA, but the thing is, you have very little funding, you're very young, and inexperienced, and there are so many people out there who will try to take advantage of you, ESPECIALLY in LA. But, then again, they might embrace you; it all just depends on your target and timing. There is another young professional filmmaker by the name of Kevin Maistros, he�s 18 years old, and is doing quite well with music videos and such. He�s the youngest professional director that I know of at the moment. With regard to financing your own film in Hollywood, if you plan to fund it yourself, you�ll probably have to commit quite a few unpleasant acts in order to get the necessary financing to make a quality �Hollywood� film. That is unless you have a really good story that makes a studio want to back you, which is why I asked if you�d written anything. I�d say you�re looking at a figure anywhere between 2 million to 5 million, which would suffice if you�re doing something relatively low key, some good actors, maybe even great actors, but without a big crew, no special effects, and bare minimum equipment crammed into a tight schedule. On a side note: :arrow: Boy wonder, Orson Welles was in his early 20�s when he struck a Hollywood deal, then it took a few more years for him to circulate throughout Hollywood and make the right connections to get his first feature Citizen Kane started.

hey this is mel again,thanks for the advice but it would be great if you could put down more.I have wrotten films ,i have two and when i was younger i use to have a hobbie of writing small episode stories. Really i want to be an actor but i want to direct my own film to get started ,my film types are comedy,dramas,romantic comedy etc. Being told they are good and imaginative.How do you find an agent incase they don't find you,i don't go to a drama school.Please if anyone could give me advice

I know that this quote and this topic are very old but it should be known that Kevin Maistros is neither professional nor a director. We just had to sure him for copyright infringment, he enjoys taking a lot of credit on projects he didn't do or didn't do what he tells you he did. Don't be fooled.