FEATURE FILM INTENSIVE with Todd Thaler, Casting Director, Todd Thaler Casting

Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7pm ET / 4pm PT

Don't miss out on this rare opportunity to work with one of the most prominent Feature Film casting directors in town. Todd has cast numerous feature films including RUNNING ON EMPTY with River Phoenix, THE PROFESSIONAL with Natalie Portman, LITTLE CHILDREN with Kate Winslett and POLLOCK with Ed Harris and Oscar-winner Marcia Gay Harden. He also just completed casting on FADING GIGOLO being directed by John Turturro. Recent projects include the NY TBS TV series ARE WE THERE YET and the films NOR'EASTER, CLUTTER and THE GREEN. For this event, Todd will provide you with a variety of scenes to choose from a few days before the intensive. You are to prepare one scene that you feel represents you. The evening starts off with an informative Q&A, and then Todd will work with you on-camera with a reader in a group format. This is an exceptional opportunity to show your work and be coached by an extraordinary casting director. Be prepared for feedback and to take adjustments on the fly. PLEASE NOTE: Once scenes have been distributed, if you LATE CANCEL you WILL NOT BE REPLACED. ***Scenes will be recorded on-camera. Within the week following your intensive, you will receive an email notification that video clips are available to view and download.*** Please upload your headshot and create a resume in your online account upon registration.

Todd Thaler

Todd Thaler’s credits as a Casting Director date back to 1986, but he started as a Production Assistant for Rollins, Joffe, Morra & Brezner, a company known for producing the films of Woody Allen, and managing the careers of such clients as Robin Williams, David Letterman and Billy Crystal.  Soon after, he was assigned the position of Extras Casting Director, something he did on 14 of Mr. Allen’s films, while establishing his own casting company. 

As a Casting Director, his credits include Luc Besson’s Leon: The Professional, Todd Field’s Little Children, Sidney Lumet’s Running on Empty, Ed Harris' directorial debut Pollock, Barbra Streisand’s The Mirror Has Two Faces, James Foley’s Perfect Stranger, Stacy Cochran’s My New Gun, Boys, and Drop Back Ten, Irwin Winkler’s Night and the City, John McNaughton’s Mad Dog and Glory, Gavin O'Connor's Tumbleweeds, John Turturro’s Mac, Illuminata, Romance & Cigarettes, and Fading Gigolo, James Mangold’s Heavy and Cop Land, and Wayne Wang’s Because of Winn-Dixie, Maid in Manhattan, and A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. Over the years, he has also cast many projects for television, including Peter Berg’s short-lived but brilliant Wonderland, and the NBC comedy, Ed, for which he was nominated for the Academy of Television Arts and Science’s Emmy Award.

In addition to private acting coaching, he also teaches at NYU/Tisch’s New Studio on Broadway, The Stella Adler School, and the Atlantic Theatre Acting School.  Todd was active in the successful effort to unionize Casting Directors with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Follow this link to view his credits on IMDB