Question for Directors

So I've always wondered - how do music video directors make the leap from small time to working with a production company?
Do you just get noticed? Do you send in portfolios? Do you get an agent? How does the process work?
Thanks!
Stephanie Yanez: SAKURA WONDERLAND MV Trailer (Dir. Johnie Lewis Tidwell, Jr.
Music Video Trailer for Stephanie Yanez: SAKURA WONDERLAND
Shot at a rehearsal room in downtown Los Angeles with SONY PMW EX1.
Artist Site www.stephanieyanez.com
Director Site www.whitelabelmedia.net
Hanson Thinking 'Bout Somethin' dir. Todd Edwards
Thinking 'Bout Somethin'
HANSON | MySpace Music Videos
Wow Hanson is back and they haven't aged well.
Loden - Fantast
Loden - Fantast from Mush Records on Vimeo.
Music video for "Fantast" by Loden. Directed by Joëlle Lê (www.joellele.be). From the album Buggy on Mush Records. mushrecords.com
FEET: a trailer for Devendra Banhart's "FOOLIN'" dir. Isaiah Seret
FEET - a trailer for Devendra Banhart's "FOOLIN'" from Isaiah Seret on Vimeo.
This is a promo Devendra Banhart's new video, Foolin' which comes out on Monday April 19th.
production company: wearethemasses.com
DOGS: a trailer for Devendra Banhart's "FOOLIN'" dir. Isaiah Seret
DOGS - a trailer for Devendra Banhart's "FOOLIN'" from Isaiah Seret on Vimeo.
This is a promo Devendra Banhart's new video, Foolin' which comes out on Monday April 19th.
production company: wearethemasses.com