casting directors

The Top 5 Mistakes Actors Make In Auditions

Casting Director Danielle Eskinazi shares the top five mistakes she sees actors make in auditions.

Don’t Get Placed in the ‘Why?’ Pile

During a casting session, pictures go in one of three piles: the “yes,” the “no,” and the “maybe” piles. However, there is another “pile” that isn’t physical, but mental, and that is the “why” pile.

12 Steps To Surviving Open Casting Calls For Parents

While we rarely conduct open calls, sometimes clients request them for specific reasons. And so it was that several hundred babies, kids, and toddlers recently tottered through our doors over the course of a long Saturday.

Don't Audition. Showcase.

Why do I call it a "showcase" instead of an "audition"? Because this is your time to shine! This is what you moved to L.A. for!

Why Casting the 'Old-Fashioned' Way Is Important

I often feel hemmed in by the business of having to package films with star talent and completely bypass the casting process to get films made. Too rarely do we get the opportunity to open the casting process up like we did and truly dig deep to find the best ...

Comedies Starring Adam Driver, Damon Wayans Jr. Begin Casting

Nancy Foy and Alexa Fogel will cast "Let's Be Cops," while Jeanne McCarthy and Nicole Abellera will cast "The Coward."

Why Actors Misinform Other Actors: Ignorance or Deceit?

Never—until I jumped the casting table from actor to director, casting director, and teacher—had I realized how much inept, incorrect, assumed information about the entertainment business and how-to-be-an-actor is spread by incompetent, misinformed actors themselves.

Casting Director Bernard Telsey On Not Limiting Actors

Casting director Bernard Telsey shares how he casts actors and how to choose the right audition song.

8 Tips For Networking at Film Festivals

On assignment at this year’s Berlinale, Casting Director Lana Veenker asked actors from a dozen countries for their top networking tips. Here is their best advice!

4 Steps To Getting the Red Carpet Life You Deserve

Have you ever felt kind of down or resentful of others success? Have you made excuses for why this actor or that actor got "lucky" to get a part or receive an award?