FILM INTENSIVE with Sig De Miguel, Casting Director, S2 Entertainment - Casting for NINE Films!

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT

Here's a RARE opportunity to work with a casting director from one of the most prominent film casting offices in town!

Sig De Miguel and Stephen Vincent partnered in January 2006 with the mission to cast and produce high quality independent films. Over the past 10 years, the duo has served as casting directors on over 100 feature films.

Currently, they are casting for NINE feature and indie films!

For this event, a variety of Sig's scenes are available when you register via a link on your Actors Connection account. You are to choose and prepare one scene that you feel represents you. The intensive starts off with an informative Q & A followed by your presentation of the scene with a reader ON-CAMERA in a group. Be prepared to take feedback and adjustments.

Currently, Sig is interested in meeting talent of all types and ethnicities 18+ for current and future projects. His office is known for calling in actors directly - many who have recently BOOKED!

This is a wonderful opportunity to be coached by an expert in film!

Recent completed features include: HELLO AGAIN based on the Michael John LaChiusa musical starring Audra McDonald, CARRIE PILBY based on the best selling novel starring Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, William Moseley, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O'Donoghue and Jason Ritter (Toronto Film Festival 2016), LIKE ME starring Addison Timlin and Ian Nelson, NOVITIATE starring Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Margaret Qualley and Dianna Agron, BUSHWICK starring Dave Bautista and Brittany Snow, CHANGE IN THE AIR Directed by Dianne Dryer and Executive Procued by Kevin Spacey starring Aidan Quinn, Rachel Brosnahan, Macy Gray and Olympia Dukakis, ALWAYS SHINE starring Mackenzie Davis (Best Actress - Tribeca Film Festival 2016)"Welcome to New York" starring Gerard Depardieu and Directed by Abel Ferrara; the adaptation of Young Adult novel "Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List" starring Victoria Justice for Director Kristin Hanggi (Tony Nominee for Rock of Ages), "Entertainment" for Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Rick Alverson (The Comedy); "Sex, Death and Bowling" starring Adrian Grenier and Selma Blair for Writer/Director Ally Walker (Profiler, Sons of Anarchy), "The Invitation" for Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux, Jennifer's Body), "One & Two" for Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Director Andrew Droz Palermo (Rich Hill), "Happy Baby" based on the best selling novel by Writer/Director Stephen Elliott, "1982" (TIFF 2013) for Sundance World Cinema Award winning Producer Tommy Oliver (Kinyarwanda), the feature film version of National Book Award finalist "Sold" for Academy Award winning filmmaker Jeffrey D. Brown, the film adaptation of the book "The Erotic Fire of The Unattainable" for Brazilian Director Emilia Ferreira, and "The Preppie Connection" for Indie Spirit award nominated director Joseph Castelo.

Theatrical releases include: "Rabbit Hole" starring Nicole Kidman (Academy Award Nominee), "Cold in July" (Cannes and Sundance 2014) starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, "We Are What We Are" (Cannes and Sundance 2013) for TIFF Audience Award Winning Award winning Director Jim Mickle. "Cold Comes The Night" starring Bryan Cranston for Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominated Director Tze Chun, "Bottled Up" starring Melissa Leo for Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominated Director Enid Zentelis "For Ellen" starring Paul Dano (Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee), "Gun Hill Road" starring Esai Morales (Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee), "Holy Rollers" starring Jesse Eisenberg (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), "Adam" starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne(Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Prize Winner) , "Meskada" (which they also Executive Produced) starring Nick Stahl, Rachel Nichols, Kellan Lutz and Jonathan Tucker. "An Englishman in New York" starring John Hurt, Cynthia Nixon, Jonathan Tucker, Denis O' Hare and Swoosie Kurtz, "The Good Guy" starring Bryan Greenberg and Alexis Bledel, "The Imperialists are Still Alive!" starring Elodie Bouchez (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee) and TIFF Audience Award Winner "Stake Land" directed by Jim Mickle.

Sig & Steve are also the Casting Directors for the readings for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Sloan Summit.

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

*** 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 HS and create your resume in your Actors Connection profile upon registration.

Sig De Miguel

Sig De Miguel and Stephen Vincent partnered in 2006 with the mission to cast and produce high quality independent films. Over the past 14 years, the duo has served as casting directors on over 150 feature films. Currently, they have 5 feature films projects lined up for the Fall.

Completed projects include:

ABOUT MY FATHER for Lionsgate starring Robert De Niro, Sebastian Maniscalco, Leslie Bibb, Kim Cattrall, Anders Holm, Brett Dier and David Rasche. Directed by Laura Terruso (WORK IT) and Produced by Paul Weitz and Andrew Miano (Depth of Field).

GLITTER & DOOM (Movie Musical with the Music of INDIGO GIRLS) starring International discoveries Alex Diaz from the Philippines and Alan Cammish from the UK. Also starring Ming-Na Wen (THE MANDALORIAN), Missi Pyle (Y: THE LAST MAN), Tig Notaro (ARMY OF THE DEAD), Lea DeLaria (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), and Amy Ray and Emily Saliers (INDIGO GIRLS). Directed by Tom Gustafson (the film adaptation of the Michael John LaChiusa musical HELLO AGAIN, MARIACHI GRINGO).

Current releases include:

CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG for Paramount. Based on the famous children’s book. Starring Darby Camp, Jack Whitehall, John Cleese, Rosie Perez, David Alan Grier, Tony Hale and Kenan Thompson. Directed by Walt Becker (VAN WILDER, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP).

A MOUTHFUL OF AIR starring Amanda Seyfried, Finn Wittrock, Paul Giamatti, Amy Irving and Jennifer Carpenter. Written and Directed by Amy Koppelman (I SMILE BACK).

I CARRY YOU WITH ME (Winner NEXT Innovator and NEXT Audience Award at Sundance 2020. Indie Spirit Award Nominee 2020). Starring Armando Espitia and Christian Vazquez. Directed by Academy Award Nominated Documentary Director Heidi Ewing.

THE AMERICAN GUEST (Limited Series for HBO MAX) starring Aidan Quinn, Chico Diaz, Chris Mason, Dana Delany, Gene Jones, Trevor Eve, Jeff Pope, Nick Westrate and Maya Kazan. Directed by Academy Award Nominated Director Bruno Barreto (FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (Academy Award Nominee for Best International Film), DONA FLOR AND HER TWO HUSBANDS).

SON (Winner Best Film - Dublin International Film Festival 2021) Starring Andi Matichak and Emile Hirsch. Directed by Ivan Kavanagh (THE CANAL).

TU ME MANQUES starring Oscar Martinez (Venice Film Festival Best Actor for THE DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN) and Rossy de Palma (Spanish Legend and Pedro Almodovar regular) for Director/Writer/Producer Rodrigo Bellott (Bolivia’s Best International Film Entry for the 2019 Academy Awards).

Releases include: 

TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES (1st season of Anthology series for the CW).

THE GRIZZLIES (Toronto Film Festival 2018) starring Ben Schnetzer. Directed and Produced by Miranda de Pencier (Producer of BEGINNERS, ADAM, THE SEAGULL and Director of THROAT SONG).

BLACKJACK: THE JACKIE RYAN STORY starring Greg Finley, Ashley Greene, David Arquette, Michael Rappaport and Brandon Scott Lee for Director Danny A. Abeckaser.

THE REST OF US (Toronto Film Festival 2019) starring Heather Graham and Sophie Nelisse for Director Aisling Chin-Yee (NO ORDINARY MAN).

ABOVE THE SHADOWS starring Olivia Thirlby, Alan Ritchson and Megan Fox. Directed by Claudia Myers (FORT BLISS). 

HELLO AGAIN based on the Michael John LaChiusa musical starring Audra McDonald, Martha Plimpton, Sam Underwood, Nolan Gerard Funk, Jenna Ushkowitz, Rumer Willis, Al Calderon, T.R. Knight, Tyler Blackburn and Cheyenne Jackson. Directed by Tom Gustafson (MARIACHI GRINGO, WERE THE WORLD MINE).

Follow this link to view all of Sig's credits on IMDB