MEREDITH JACOBSON MARCIANO, Casting Director, Amerifilm Casting

Meredith Jacobson Marciano is one of New York City's most sought after casting directors. She is the sole founder/owner of Amerifilm Casting, Inc. Soon upon graduation from USC Film School, Meredith became the assistant production office coordinator for the Amos Kollek film, Forever, Lulu (1987). Very soon into filming, she was also handed the position of the extras casting director, and with this position she founded Amerifilm Casting.

Some of Amerifilm's earliest projects included Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989), The Lemon Sisters (1989), and Rocky V (1990). In recent years, one of Meredith's most noted projects at Amerifilm, has been as casting director for the hugely popular HBO TV serial Sex and the City (1998).

Meredith's is currently gearing up to cast an indie feature and just finished casting the NY leads for the Italian films 3 Daughters, Whatever Happened, One Day More, America Never, the French film Under the Starry Sky, and the American horror film Jersey Shore Massacre. She's also cast tons of Non union medical training videos, international ads, and several SAG short films including Busted Walk, Bobby Jones, Ben, An Introduction and Winter. Recent SAG PSA's for drugfree and a Spanish health organization. Other casting credits include the AFTRA series ESL for CUNY-TV, commercials and web spots for H&R Block, Lotrimin, Gas-X, and Cablevision. No Love in the City - principals and BG on this non-union Russian comedy. NY SAG indies Pre, Firefly and the Bride and Violet Tendencies. Amerifilm also casts union and non-union background talent on numerous shows.

She's called in and BOOKED lots of AC actors from past seminars and is always interested meeting actors of all types-all ages (18+)-all ethnicities.

After a Q&A she'll see Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE

***The Sides for this seminar are available through your Actors Connection account. A link to the General Sides will appear upon registration. Meredith is also fine with you bringing in your own 2-3 page scene. Please bring a copy for the reader if you decide to use your own.

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