2 Week FEATURE FILM CLASS with David Vaccari CSA, CD, Telsey + Co.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Here's your chance to work with one of the NY's top film casting directors.

This 2 week class focuses on auditioning on camera and will focus on Film sides which David will "cast" in advance. All aspects of working on-camera in film will be covered fully by David including audition tips and techniques, and answers to every question you were ever afraid to ask!

David is currently working on casting two independent films. His film projects scheduled for release this year include "The Intern" with Robert DeNiro, "Focus" with Will Smith, "A Most Violent Year" with Jessica Chastain, and "Song One" with Anne Hathaway.

His most recent TV projects include the pilot, "Sharing" for NBC, "Penny Dreadful" for Showtime and "Flesh & Bone" for Starz. He most often casts for film, TV and commercials but often contributes to the casting of plays and musicals.

Film credits include: "Breakup at a Wedding", produced by Zach Quinto, The Odd Life of Timothy Green", "Friends With Kids" with Kristen Wiig, "Howl", "Jonah Hex", Gus Van Sant's "Finding Forrester","Restless" & "Paranoid Park", "Rachel Getting Married", "Then She Found Me","Across the Universe","Ira and Abby", "Rent", "Keane", "Pieces of April" & "The Bone Collector"

Previous TV credits include the CBS pilots "Tad Quill" with Matthew Broderick and "Ordained" with Sam Neill, as well as "Looking" for HBO, Jonathan Demme's "Line of Sight" , "A Gifted Man" "Smash" and "The Big C".

His work in theater includes the casting of "Rent", "The Capeman", "Hedwig", "Martin Short- Fame Becomes Me" and "Hairspray" as well as "GlenGarry GlenRoss" and "The Cryptogram" with David Mamet and "A Second Hand Memory" and "Writer's Block" with Woody Allen.

For all of David's credits, please follow this link

This class is a MUST for those wanting to perfect their on-camera film audition technique!

*** Scenes will be recorded on-camera. As a courtesy, your video clips will be made available to you within a week. An email notification will be sent when the clips are available to view and download from your Actors Connection account. Please note: from time to time technical issues do occur. As a result video clips are a courtesy, not a guarantee.***

Please upload your headshot and create a resume in your online account upon registration.

TESTIMONIALS:

"Fabulous class!" -Tiffany Rothman

"David was very detailed in his instructions and gave great feedback. Love coming to AC!" -Miranda Roldan

"Great class, great teacher!" -Jordan Loewenstein

"David takes his time with each actor and is extremely thorough in his critique." -Katie McArver

"The amount of time, attention to detail and roles David picked for us were the strengths of this class. He is hugely invested in helping you improve and you will learn so much." -Faye Nightingale

"This class was great. My first one at Actors Connection. David spent so much time with each of us, really personalizing the feedback and providing very practical, clear, immediately actionable advice. He took each of us seriously and was genuinely helpful to all of us. Thank you so much!" -Sue Suh

"Working with David Vaccari was a great experience. As a prestigious casting director in the business, he truly cares about helping up and coming actors. He was encouraging and willing to push me to create even better choices within my scene work. Through very challenges scenes, he helped me find ways to make them easier and understand how to handle them in an audition situation. Our goals were to make them more detailed & specific which would be compelling enough for a callback. I know with the skills I learned, I will have much more success moving forward in my upcoming auditions. I look forward to using the tips and techniques he taught me." -Alyse Zwick

"Taking a class with David Vaccari has been superb as his attention to detail and inside perspective on the business makes actors more aware and gives actors' perspective on how "the business" works on the other side of the coin." -Chris Lazzaro

On-camera New York acting opportunities are a great way to hone your craft! We have a wide selection of classes that can support you in refining your skills.

David Vaccari

David Vaccari’s new venture is as an independent casting director working on commercials, film, and television. Having previously worked for 27 years with Telsey and Company he is excited to start his own company.

His film projects include casting for “ Respect” with Jennifer Hudson “The Intern” with Robert DeNiro, “Focus” with Will Smith, “The Kitchen" with Melissa McCarthy, “Friends With Kids”, “Howl”, “Jonah Hex” and in addition, three films with Gus Van Sant, including “Restless”, “Paranoid Park” and “Finding Forrester” with Sean Connery .Other films include “Rachel Getting Married”,“Then She Found Me”, “Across the Universe”, “Ira and Abby”,“Keane”, “The Bone Collector” with Denzel Washington, and “Pieces of April”, which boasts an Oscar nomination for Patricia Clarkson. Over the years he contributed to casting for many TV pilots including “This Is Us” for NBC and other TV projects include “I’m Dying Up Here,”,“Penny Dreadful”, “Nightcap”, “A Gifted Man”, "House of Cards” & NOS4A2.

He has cast over 1500 commercials including multiple projects for directors such as Martin Scorsese, Barry Levinson, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Christopher Guest, Martin Granger, Roman Coppola, Steve Miller, Frank Todaro, Mark Pellington, Fred Savage ,Phil Morrison, Tom Noakes, Will Speck & Josh Gordon and The Perlorian Brothers to name a few.

His work in theater includes, the innovative original productions of “Rent”, “The Capeman” with Paul Simon, “Hedwig”,“Martin Short- Fame Becomes Me” and “Hairspray” .In terms of plays, he worked on casting with David Mamet for “GlenGarry GlenRoss” and “The Cryptogram” as well as Eric Bogosian for “Humpty Dumpty” and “Talk Radio”and with Woody Allen for “A Second Hand Memory” and “Writer’ s Block”.
 

David teaches audition technique and acting classes at Brown University/ Trinity Rep as well as at New York University’s film and television program. He is a member of the Casting Society of America and was nominated twice for their Artios award for excellence in casting.

Follow this link for all of David's credits