CANCELLED: Does My Headshot Tell the Full Picture?

10:00-11:30 am -- 9th Floor, Room #C937
Learn from a Top Feature-Film Casting Director!

The actor's headshot is his or her calling card in the industry but it needs to be more than a pretty picture. It needs to convey the essence and personality of the actor. It needs to be real.

Feature film casting director Matthew Barry will critique select participants headshots and offer valuable feedback to all about what works and what doesn't. Walk away with a more informed sense of what you need to bring to your next headshot shoot and how to better market yourself via your picture.

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-- Matthew Barry, Feature Film Casting Director

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Matthew Barry
Born in New York, Matthew Barry was a successful actor best known for starring in Bernardo Bertolucci's film "Luna." After many years of acting, he asked famed director Barry Levinson for a production job and was guided to the casting department.

Barry has since spent nearly 20 years as a casting director, working with Tim Burton on "Ed Wood" and "Mars Attacks" Brett Ratner on the first two "Rush Hour" films and "Family Man" Nick Cassavetes on "Unhook the Stars," "She's So Lovely," "John Q," "The Notebook," "Alpha Dog," and most recently "My Sister's Keeper" and producer Jerry Bruckheimer on "Crimson Tide" (Tony Scott) and "Con Air" (Simon West).

Barry's ability to spot and work with talent has allowed him to discover or break the careers of James Gandolfini and Philip Seymour Hoffman ("Money for Nothing"); Ryan Phillippe, Steve Zahn, Danny Nucci, and James LeSure ("Crimson Tide"); Don Cheadle ("Devil in a Blue Dress"); Dave Chappelle and Monica Potter ("Con Air"); Lucy Liu ("Shanghai Noon"); Dakota Fanning ("Tomcats"); Roselyn Sanchez ("Rush Hour 2"); Rachel McAdams ("The Notebook"); and Katt Williams ("Friday After Next"), to name a few.