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How To Make Sure the CD Wants To Hire You Again And Again

Kurtis Bright — Mon, 21 May 2018 16:14:28 +0000

We’re all aware of the great collaborations that seem to crop up again and again when it comes to acting, directing, and creating in general: Alfred Hitchcock and James Stewart, Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. And there’s good reason for that, beside the fact that they’re all talented and gifted […]

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Making Sausage: Understanding What Really Goes Into The Casting Process

Kurtis Bright — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 18:47:06 +0000

There is a great deal of mystery that goes into the process of acting, a great deal of unknowable connection and subjective emotions and hard-to-explain technique that can often be seen, but which are difficult to quantify. All this, as actors, we should already know. But then there’s casting. It’s a process that, like making […]

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CSA Casting Director Neely Gurman and Simple Tricks to Make Your Next Audition Count

Kurtis Bright — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:45:22 +0000

As a single mom of an 8-month-old girl, independent casting director Neely Gurman has just a quick moment to chat via phone from her Woodland Hills home as her daughter takes a rare nap. “She’s hyper,” Gurman said. “She works more than I do right now. She’s a little movie star. Maybe she’ll end up […]

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Strokes of Genius – 10 Facts About Those Who Cast Moving Pictures – Casting Directors

Kelly Calabrese — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:28:00 +0000

Can you imagine a work of art with no creator? Of course not! Colors do not randomly leap on to canvas paper – just as actors do not randomly show up on film sets. Yet when it comes to the art of filmmaking, casting directors have long gone uncelebrated for their strokes of genius – […]

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In the Best Light – An illuminating glimpse inside a Casting Director’s mind with CD Adrienne Stern

Kelly Calabrese — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:21:00 +0000

THE END… of an audition often fills an actor’s head with thirteen conversations about one thing – Will they chose me for that role? Of course, you want the part! But worrying about every detail will only spin you into a dreary tizzy. So hold on tight and prepare to see the light… “An audition […]

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