MAIN EVENT! FEATURE FILM INTENSIVE with Sig De Miguel, Casting Director, S2 Entertainment - Casting TWELVE Films!
Monday, August 6, 2018, 8pm ET / 5pm PT
This event is in the past.
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 11 years, the duo has served as casting directors on over 100 feature films.
Currently casting: BAPTISM starring Britt Robertson for Director Michael Thelin (EMELIE Tribeca 2015)
CAVIAR for Director Joseph Mensch (Producer of BUSHWICK and THE PREPPIE CONNECTION)
GOOD EGG for Director Nicole Gomez Fisher (SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES starring Gina Rodriguez)
GRAY AREA Starring Paul Reiser (MAD ABOUT YOU)
GREEN OLDS starring Thomas Haden Church, Alice Eve and Finn Wittrock for Director Max Mayer (ADAM starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne)
SPAR for Director Susan Johnson (CARRIE PILBY, TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE)
THE ARRIVALS for Oscar Nominated Documentary Filmmaker Heidi Ewing
THE SEVEN SORROWS OF MARY for Portuguese Director Pedro Varela
THE SIT DOWN for Director Danny A. Abeckaser (FIRST WE TAKE BROOKLYN)
THE VILLAGE IDIOTS for Director Ben Hayflick
WAKE UP GO TO SLEEP for Director Aaron Ruell (KIP from NAPOLEON DYNAMITE)
WHAT JOSIAH SAW for Director Vincent Grashaw (AND THEN I GO)
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!
Recent releases include: HELLO AGAIN based on the Michael John LaChiusa musical starring Audra McDonald, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND (Grand Jury Prize Winner for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW 2017) Directed by and starring Spanish star Ana Asensio, NOVITIATE (Winner Breakthrough Director at Sundance 2017) starring Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Margaret Qualley and Dianna Agron, BUSHWICK (Sundance & Cannes 2017) starring Dave Bautista and Brittany Snow, WE'VE FORGOTTEN MORE THAN WE EVER KNEW starring Louisa Krause, Aaron Stanford and Doug Jones.
Theatrical releases include: CARRIE PILBY (Toronto Film Festival 2016) based on the best selling novel starring Bel Powley, Nathan Lane, Gabriel Byrne, William Moseley, Vanessa Bayer, Colin O'Donoghue and Jason Ritter, 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), ALWAYS SHINE starring Mackenzie Davis (Best Actress - Tribeca Film Festival 2016), 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), ONE & TWO for Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Director Andrew Droz Palermo (RICH HILL), MANHATTAN NIGHT starring and produced by Adrien Brody, DIXIELAND (Tribeca 2015) starring Chris Zylka and Riley Keough, 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 PREPPIE CONNECTION for Indie Spirit award nominated director Joseph Castelo (THE WAR WITHIN). 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.
*** 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 have cast over 150 films including CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG for Paramount, ABOUT MY FATHER starring Robert De Niro, A MOUTHFUL OF AIR starring Amanda Seyfried, I CARRY YOU WITH ME (Sundance NEXT Awards Winner), RABBIT HOLE (Academy Award/Golden Globe/SAG/Indie Spirit & Critics Choice Nominee), Limited Series THE AMERICAN GUEST (HBO Max), TWO SENTENCE HORROR STORIES for the CW, GLITTER & DOOM the movie musical with the music of the Indigo Girls, TU ME MANQUES (Outfest Winner), THE REST OF US (TIFF Nominee), THE GRIZZLIES (TIFF Nominee), HELLO AGAIN, the adaptation of the Michael John LaChiusa musical, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND (SXSW Winner – Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Feature), LIKE ME (SXSW Grand Jury Prize Nominee), NOVITIATE (Sundance - Breakthrough Director Winner), BUSHWICK (Cannes Nominee), The adaptation of V.C. Andrews’ MY SWEET AUDRINA for Lifetime, CARRIE PILBY (TIFF), NAMOUR (LA Muse Award Winner), ALWAYS SHINE (Tribeca Best Actress Winner), THE PREPPIE CONNECTION (Hamptons Breakthrough Actor Winner), The adaptation of YA Novel NAOMI & ELY’S NO KISS LIST for TONY Nominee Kristin Hanggi, DIXIELAND (Deauville & Tribeca Nominee), THE INVITATION (Sitges – Best Picture Winner), ONE AND TWO (Berlin Nominee), TAKE ME TO THE RIVER (Sundance NEXT! Nominee), ENTERTAINMENT (Sundance NEXT! Nominee), COLD IN JULY (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), NIGHT OF THE WOLF (SXSW Midnighters Nominee), 200 CARTAS (LOOKING FOR MARIA SANCHEZ) starring Lin Manuel Miranda, BOTTLED UP (Tribeca Nominee), WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (Cannes Nominee), JACK & DIANE (Tribeca Nominee), UNION SQUARE (TIFF), FOR ELLEN (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), GUN HILL ROAD (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), SILVER TONGUES (Slamdance Audience Winner/Indie Spirit Nominee), STAKE LAND (Toronto Winner – Midnight Madness), OPEN HOUSE (Tribeca Nominee), THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE! (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), HOLY ROLLERS (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK (Berlin Winner – John Hurt) and ADAM (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee & Alfred P. Sloan Winner).
In addition to their feature film casting work, Sig & Steve are the casting directors for MOTH + FLAME VR, the virtual reality company that creates immersive learning experiences for government and corporate training for the United States Military and the U.S. Foster Care system. For a decade, they cast the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation readings for the Tribeca Film Festival and the Sloan Summit.
They worked with Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winning Director, Nancy Savoca, casting both the National Young Arts Workshops in New York and Los Angeles for National YoungArts, the national arts competition which unites award winners with internationally recognized leaders in their fields and Scenarios USA, the national non-profit organization that uses writing, filmmaking, and the arts to foster youth leadership, advocacy and self-expression in under-served teens.
They also cast the music video for MONA LISA’S AND MAD HATTERS for Director Jennie Livingston (PARIS IS BURNING) for Elton John’s residency at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and the New York Lotto Scratch Off Christmas Commercial for legendary director Bob Giraldi, which ran in New York City Yellow Cabs for years.
Meets
| Monday, August 6, 2018 | 8:00 pm |
The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.
