As a former New York talent agent at Cunningham, Escott, Slevin, Dougherty, Alan S Nusbaum represented actors of Courtney Cox, Sandra Bullock, Jerry Orbach, Dolph Lundgren to name a few.In 1986, Alan Nusbaum founded Talent Ventures, Inc, dba TVI Actors Studio, a non-traditional actors training programs in Manhattan, and in 1990, open a second campus in Los Angeles, CA.In 1998, TVI became a corporate sponsor of the American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) in conjunction with the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, which awards theatre majors at universities and colleges to perform at the Kennedy Center and receive scholarships towards graduate studies and other programs in the dramatic educational space.In 2003, Home Land Security in conjunction with ICE permitted TVI the rights to offer student visas for international students. Global branding and marketing began which drew a new attention to TVI.TVI is launching a new platform, offering students around the world live online acting courses instructed by EMMY and TONY award winners in addition to renown acting coaches from around the world.