Union Casting Director Focus Session #1 with Kerry Barden

10:00-11:00 am -- 9th Floor, Room #C985
Advice for serious actors: Learn from the Emmy-Nominated and Artios Award-Winning Casting Director of "Boys Don't Cry," "Good Will Hunting," "Shakespeare In Love," "American Psycho," "Winter's Bone," "Dolphin Tale, "The Help," "Machine Gun Preacher," "Sex and the City," and "The Bronx Is Burning." 

A casting director leads a one-hour workshop and discusses how he/she auditions actors, audition advice, and takes questions. 

Attendees in this room need to be a member of SAG, AFTRA, or Actors' Equity. (Be prepared to show union ID.)

Speaker

-- Kerry Barden, Casting Director

SPEAKER BIO

Kerry Barden
Kerry Barden has been casting for 19 years. He has cast over 200 films, television shows, and plays and has offices in both New York and Los Angeles.

Some of his film credits include "Boys Don¹t Cry," "Good Will Hunting," "Shakespeare in Love," "American Psycho," "I Shot Andy Warhol," "The Cider House Rules," "Unfaithful," "Monster's Ball," "Pineapple Express," "The Visitor," "Conviction," "Winter's Bone," "Conan the Barbarian," "Dolphin Tale, "The Help," "Machine Gun Preacher."

He won a 2011 Artios Award from the Casting Society of America for "Winter's Bone." He was nominated for Emmy Awards for "Sex and the City" and "The Bronx Is Burning."

He has also produced four films, including the award-winning "Conversations With Other Women," starring Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart. He is excited to return to Actorfest this year.