NEW! On-Camera Commercial Intensive with RACHEL REISS, Casting Director, Liz Lewis Casting

Wednesday, August 22, 2018, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

AC is happy to welcome Senior Casting Director Rachel Reiss for this NEW Commercial Intensive!

In tonight's on-camera intensive, Rachel will work with you on the business of commercials, how to get auditions, how to rock an audition by dissecting commercial copy and mastering on-camera technique!

The class will start with insight on what happens before an audition and how to submit in an eye-catching way. Then Rachel will walk you through how to interpret commercial copy and skills that will improve your on-camera technique. Finally the class will be given commercial copy to perform in a group setting to display the learned skills and receive constructive feedback.

The intensive will end with a Q&A with Rachel to cover any remaining questions.

Rachel Reiss is a Senior Casting Director at Liz Lewis Casting Partners where she casts film, TV, voiceovers, and commercials nationwide. LLCP is a bicoastal office that has been a front-runner in the industry for over 20 years. Rachel's career started primarily in TV where she cast shows for numerous networks including the Bravo, Lifetime, Oxygen, A&E, Spike, HGTV, Discovery and most notably 11 seasons of CHOPPED on the Food Network. During her time at Liz Lewis, she has worked on voiceovers for clients such as Exxon, AT&T, and Bacardi, as well as over 500 commercials including Publix, Time Warner Cable, Coke, and Samsung. Her recent spot for Sprout's Black History Month won a Clio award and is nominated for an Emmy, and Gillette's 'Handle with Care' project won 6 Clio awards and 3 Cannes Lion Awards. She is still heavily involved in the TV world, casting hosts for Genius Kitchen's 'GK Now', 'Find My Past' on the Travel Channel, as well as homeowner and hosts for 'Beat The House' on HGTV. She recently cast feature films 'A Year and Change', 'All Wifed Out', 'Lady-Like', 'The Painter', 'King of Knives' web series 'Stellar People' and Vice's digital network Blackpill's 'Simi Valley'. She is currently working on several more films and series in development.

Rachel has been a panelist for Casting Commercials for the New York Women in Film and TV and Creating Commercials for the SAG Foundation. She has been an industry expert at NYU's Stonestreet and Stella Adler, American Theater Wing's Springboard Program and various conservatories. She is a New York Board Member of the Casting Society of America.

Rachel Reiss

Rachel Reiss is a Senior Casting Director at Liz Lewis Casting Partners where she casts film, TV, voice overs, animation and commercials nationwide.

Rachel’s career started primarily in TV where she cast shows for numerous networks including the Food Network, Bravo, Lifetime, Oxygen, A&E, Spike, HGTV, and Discovery. At Liz Lewis, Rachel has moved more heavily into scripted projects, while still employing the think-out-of-the-box formula, and story producing mentality that she honed in the unscripted world. She has worked on voice overs for clients such as AT&T, Phillips Grooming, Zicam, and Bacardi, and over 100 commercials including Gillette’s Handle with Care, which won 6  Cannes Lion Awards and 4 Clio Awards, Skinny Cow, Publix, Time Warner Cable, Coke, Samsung, and Kindle. She recently cast feature films A Year and Change, All Wifed Out, Tower of Silence, Lady-Like, web series Stellar People and Simi Valley, and is currently working on several more films and upcoming animated series.

Rachel is a New York Board Member of the Casting Society of America. Winner of the 2019 Heller Award for Best Northeast Commercial and VO Casting.