FILM INTENSIVE with Sig De Miguel, Casting Director, S2 Entertainment
Monday, February 24, 2014, 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT
This event is in the past.
Here's your opportunity to work with a casting director from one of the most prominent film casting offices in town! Sig's office is currently casting SEVEN feature and indie films: The Grizzlies, The Invitation, Always Shine, The Preppie Connection, License Plates, Cropsy and Sight Unseen.
Current and recent projects include: "The Grizzlies" for Director/Producer Miranda de Pencier (Producer of Oscar Winner "Beginners" and "Adam" starring Hugh Dancy), the adaptation of YA novel "Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List" starring Victoria Justice for Director Kristin Hanggi (Tony Nominee for Rock of Ages), "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, Aeon Flux, Jennifer's Body), the film adaptation of the book "The Erotic Fire of The Unattainable" for Brazilian Director Emilia Ferreira, "Always Shine" for SXSW winning Director Sophia Takal, "The Preppie Connection" for Indie Spirit award nominated director Joseph Castelo, "License Plates" for Writer/Director Marc Lucas, "All American" for writer/Director Nate Larkin-Connolly, "Cropsy" written by Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play) and "Sam" for writer/Director Nicholas Brooks (Son of Mel Brooks).
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 !
This is a wonderful opportunity to be coached by an expert in film!
Sig De Miguel and Stephen Vincent partnered in January 2006 with the mission to cast and produce high quality independent films. For the past eight years, Sig has worked with casting partner Steve Vincent at S2 Entertainment. Theatrical releases include: "Rabbit Hole" starring Nicole Kidman (Academy Award Nominee), "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.
Current Releases include "We Are What We Are" (Cannes and Sundance 2013) for TIFF Audience Award Winning Award winning Director Jim Mickle.
Upcoming releases include: "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 "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, "Cold in July" starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, and "Welcome to New York" starring Gerard Depardieu and Directed by Abel Ferrara.
Sig & Steve are also the Casting Directors for the readings for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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
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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.
