http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector.jpg A Film Blog from a Hollywood Casting Director Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:20:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This entry is going to have little to do with casting and a lot to do with being a decent human being. I try not to be political, but gosh-darnnit, those in the state of California who are opposed to equal rights for all are just forcing me into this. I ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/11/20/i-guess-i%e2%80%99m-not-going-to-sundance-this-year/ I am back in L.A - I have a little NYC withdrawal. We still have a few roles to cast in “After.Life,” but the director has seen everyone and now she just has to pick out the rest of the day players. My assistant in NY has been great and ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/11/12/aftercasting/ In the film I am currently casting, I have many older actor roles to fill. All the roles are for SAG scale either daily rate ($759.00) or weekly ($2634.00). The main cast is great, and these roles are small but significant. I think the script is very well written and ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/11/07/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-super-casting-director-man-or-yup-im-casting-another-film-in-3-weeks/ There are some amazing perks to this job. I get to meet and read with (audition) amazingly talented actors. I normally don’t write about actors specifically but I am inspired to tell you this story, because I auditioned an actress yesterday that reminded me of this story. A few years ago ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/10/26/my-amazing-job/ A few weeks ago an agent called me and asked me to consider her client for a lead role in a film I am casting. I really liked the actor and was excited at the prospect of him being in the film. I spoke to the director and producer about ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/10/16/liar/ A question that actors ask me all of the time is, “What agencies or agents do you think are the best in L.A,” or “What makes a good agent/manager?” Wow! What a question! I have had to come up with an answer for this question because it comes up all of ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/10/07/some-advice-from-me-about-agents-acting/ This is a busy week for me. My office still looks like a bomb went off in it because I have not had time to put everything in it’s place and cast 3 films with no assistant. I guess I am bit of a control freak, I like doing the entire ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/10/02/onward-and-forward/ I’m back from my two-week, amazing, re-energizing vacation to Peru and Bolivia. I cannot recommend highly enough the importance of visiting this sacred and amazing land full of ancient energy and fabulous people and food! I ate – a lot. So here I sit a new refreshed me. A lot has ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/09/22/inca-casting/ Today I received a call from my casting director friend in London. She recommended me for a film and the producer was in LA today. Not ten minuets later I got a call from the Producer inviting me to lunch. I explained to him that I hadn’t read the script, ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/09/03/i%e2%80%99m-leaving-on-a-jet-plane%e2%80%a6/ This is from Nikki Finke’s blog, she was discussing the Screen Actors Guild’s warning to “agents, managers, casting agents, and producers regarding restrictions on campaign contributions.” Apparently there must be some concern by SAG that new candidates are getting outside help, which is, according to them, illegal. Any-who, not really pertaining ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecastingdirector/2008/08/27/actually-its-casting-director/