FILM INTENSIVE with Meghan Rafferty, Associate Casting Director, MAJOR FEATURE FILM OFFICE!

Friday, March 15, 2013, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

Here's your opportunity to work with one of NY's biggest film offices! This office currently casts ALL of Martin Scorsese's films including the Oscar-winning HUGO and SHUTTER ISLAND starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo as well as the Oscar nominated film EXTREMELY LOUD and INCREDIBLY CLOSE starring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock and John Goodman. Most recently, Meghan cast a feature film titled GODS BEHAVING BADLY that is currently shooting in New York.

Please click this link to view Meghan's current and recent projects!

For this intensive, Meghan will select sides based on your HS/resume submission which you will receive and prepare in advance. You'll work with Meghan in a classroom setting ON-CAMERA in a group as she coaches you through your scene in a format that replicates her casting process. She provide you with constructive feedback along with on-camera audition ‘must knows' that she feels are imperative to book roles on a professional level. This is a wonderful opportunity to be coached by an expert in film!

Past casting credits include: Morning Glory starring Harrison Ford, Rachel McAdams and Diane Keaton, the HBO pilot of Boardwalk Empire, The Aviator, Prime, Imaginary Heroes, Broken Flowers, Away We Go w/ John Krasinski and Maya Rudolf and My Own Love Song w/ Renee Zellweger and Forest Whitaker. In addition, Meghan worked with Bonnie Finnegan for two years where she cast the short-lived NBC drama Kidnapped and various pilots for Paramount/CBS.

***Your scene will be video taped as a digital file. Within one week after this intensive, you will receive an email with the file to watch and view your work.***

Please upload your headshot and create a resume in your online account upon registration.

Meghan Rafferty

Meghan is a casting director and actor who, over the past 18 years has worked with some of the most respected directors, writers and producers in the television and film industry.

She's working on a series for Amazon titled THE BETTER SISTER with Jessica Beil and Elizabeth Bank, shooting in New York and the indie film TOX.

Some past projects include: I Feel Pretty, The Scrapper, Paint, Antarctica, Team
Marco, Centigrade, Lez Bomb (winner of the Bentonville Film Festival), American..ish, season 1 of Falling Water for NBC/Universal, the Cannes Film Festival GoldenLion award winner for web-series Lily -vs- Margo and Saving Grace starring Ann Dowd.

Past casting director projects include: Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch, and the
pilot episode and season 1 of the HBO series The Leftovers. Some associate casting director credits include: Woody Allen’s Café Society, The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo, Shutter Island, the pilot episode of Boardwalk Empire and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.

Meghan also has a passion for teaching, and has taught hundreds of on-camera classes in and around New York City and at numerous universities and colleges across the county. Meghan received her BFA in acting from Adelphi University and an MFA degree from the FSU/Asolo Theatre Conservatory.

When she is not casting or teaching, Meghan continues to pursue her first love, acting. Being an actor has enriched her career as a casting director and visa versa. She knows first hand the challenges and frustrations that come with pursuing a career in this very competitive business. This career combination allows her to share personal experiences with her students from both perspectives. Meghan’s combination of assertiveness, warmth and humor enables her to get the best out of actors. When an actor is relaxed, comfortable and having fun, the audition results are inevitably more positive.