THE CASTING DIRECTOR
May 10, 2008
Matthew Lessall is a freelance Casting Director based in Los Angeles. His work includes several award winning independent feature films including: “Rocket Science” (Picturehouse) & “Mean Creek” (Paramount Vantage).
In addition to Independent film, Matthew has cast film & television projects for Warner Brothers/Legendary Pictures, The Hallmark Channel, WB Television/John Wells & NBC. Matthew has been nominated for three ARTIOS awards for Best Casting – Mini-Series (“Frankenstein”) & two short films: “The Act” & “Starcrossed.”
From 2005-2006 Matthew was Director of Feature Film Casting at 20th Century Fox .
He is a member of the Casting Union (local 399), the Casting Society of America & BAFTA-LA.
Hi Matthew, a question regarding training for actors. I live in the UK, and have started doing an acting degree, combined with english. I then applied to an accredited acting school in New York, and have just found out that I got in. My question is that, do you go to these schools when casting? The school is New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, and i was wondering, do you know that casting directors and/or agents go to schools to look for that raw talent. Thank you very much! Kind regards, Tina