Angelina Jolie has just signed with United Talent Agency, which will represent her as a writer and director. She doesn’t have an agent for her acting work. The signing comes after she made her writing/directorial debut on a Bosnia-set feature that is in postproduction. That untitled film was financed and produced by GK Films. She clearly wants to do more in that area, and UTA becomes Jolie’s first agency representation as a filmmaker. She continues to be represented in all areas by longtime manager Geyer Kosinski and attorney Robert Offer.

„Angelina has a distinct and powerful creative voice, and having read her work and seen parts of the film she’s directing, we’re very certain that she’s entering a new and fruitful phase of her extraordinary career,” said UTA partner Rich Klubeck, who’s leading the team of agents representing Jolie’s filmmaking pursuits.

She’s always been an avid proponent of helping out the less fortunate, and earlier today (March 2) Angelina Jolie was busy making a difference in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Actress presented education materials to a local teacher and students as part of her UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador duties.

Jolie also spoke out about the tens of thousands of civilians caught up in turmoil in Libya and in West Africa’s Ivory Coast.

“It is critical that all parties respect the fundamental right of people in danger to flee to safety — whether civilians caught in conflict in their own country or refugees and asylum seekers caught in new conflicts. All I’m asking is that civilians be protected and not targeted or harmed.”

“The world needs to address this moment. We have to give people safe passage, evacuation if needed, and ensure they have asylum. We don’t want to look back and find their deaths are on our hands.”

Hollywood starlet Angelina Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations’ high commissioner for refugees, expressed serious concerns Wednesday about the tens of thousands of civilians caught up in turmoil in Libya and in West Africa’s Ivory Coast, according to information released by the humanitarian agency.

“It is critical that all parties respect the fundamental right of people in danger to flee to safety — whether civilians caught in conflict in their own country or refugees and asylum seekers caught in new conflicts,” Jolie said in a statement. „All I’m asking is that civilians be protected and not targeted or harmed.”

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