New! ONLINE FILM/TV INTENSIVE with Casting Director TINEKA BECKER, credits include X-Men: Apocalypse, The Lovely Bones, Moneyball, Little Fockers and more

Sunday, March 7, 2021, 3pm ET / 12pm PT

AC is THRILLED to invite LA-based TINEKA BECKER to our online platform.

As a casting director, Tineka works on both BIG BUDGET feature films as well as high profile network TV series.

Recent credits include: X-Men Apocalypse, Million Dollar Arm, Grudge Match, Little Fockers, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Trust on FX.

The event will start off with an informative virtual Q&A, followed by your presentation of the scene with Tineka as your reader in a group. Be prepared to take feedback and adjustments.

This event is open to adults only, 18 and older.

Follow this link for her film/TV credits

(East Coast actors, please note, this class tends to run late!)

What to Prepare:

For this virtual intensive, Tineka will select sides for you to prepare based on your headshot and fully completed MY INFO section in your AC account. 

Assignments will be emailed 1-3 day in advance. 

Please follow the procedures listed below:

• Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

• Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.

• Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by 12pm (EST) the day-of the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com at least one hour PRIOR to the start of class.

**Actors Connection classes and programming are for ADULTS (18+). With permission, some teens (14+) are allowed to take adult programming. To inquire about getting permission, please send an email to: info@actorsconnection.com**

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

Tineka Becker

Tineka Becker is an independent Casting Director whose indie projects have premiered at prestige festivals such as Sundance, Cannes, Santa Barbara, The Hamptons, and Palm Springs, to name just a few. 

Formerly the Manager of Feature Casting at Paramount, she has had multiple projects release during the pandemic, all of which are available to stream, including the Amazon series Reacher, The Artist’s Wife starring Lena Olin & Bruce Dern, Breaking Fast (nominated for a 2022 GLAAD award), the Netflix docu-series Heist, and season 2 of The Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+.

She has also cast projects for Warner Bros., 20^th Century Fox, ABC, Hulu, CBS Television, 20^th TV, MTV, Voltage Pictures and YouTube Red, as well as the Weitz brothers' Depth of Field, Steve Carell’s Carousel Television, Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, and many more. 

She was nominated for Best Feature Casting Director at the 2022 Santa Fe Film Festival for The Big Bend, which also won Best Ensemble Cast at the Savannah Film Festival. Tineka was born in The Netherlands, reared in the States, and is a graduate of Northwestern University’s theater program.