LIZ ORTIZ-MACKES, Producer/Casting Director/Owner, Casting Solutions and I Ain't Playin' Films
Q&A/Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE
Tuesday, July 26, 2016, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
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One of the most actor-friendly casting directors in town, Liz casts for film, theater, television, industrials and digital media.
As a casting director and indie film producer, she's credited on projects which have screened at hundreds of US and International film festivals including: Sundance, BAM Cinemafest, Toronto, Palm Springs, HBO Latino, Urban World, among others, and have aired on CBS, HBO, Showtime and Cinemax.
Casting/producing highlights include: Feature Films "Advantageous" Sundance 2015 premier streaming onNetflix, Independent Spirit Award Nomination,"Lost Revolution" HBO Latino, "Zombie Honeymoon" a cult classic/Showtime.
Short films: "Pop Foul", "Crazy Beats Strong Every Time" & "The Bravest, The Boldest" by director Moon Molson and all official Sundance selections,
TV: The Cycle, CBS, Season One of "Monsters Inside Me" for Animal Planet. Producer/Casting for 2 Latino-centric feature films in development: "Act Your Age" and "Barrio Boy", Director/Producer of feature length documentary in production "And..Scene, a Woman's Journey to Walk Again" and cast the play "Brothers from the Bottom", for Billie Holiday Theatre 2015 season.
Liz was a SAG-AFTRA and Equity franchised talent agent on both coasts and is the author of the acclaimed book "Ace Your Acting Audition, 2nd edition" published by S.O.M.E. productions; former faculty member of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York Film Academy. Currently adjunct professor, NYU School of Professional Studies, instructor and private coach for the Performing Option and conducts monthly workshops for the SAG/AFTRA Foundation.
Liz always brings in tons of AC actors for her projects and brought in 5-6 actors for a variety of projects from her last seminar!
www.IAINTPLAYINFILMS.COM, www.imdb.com (Liz Ortiz-Mackes)
After a Q&A she'll see Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE
***The Sides for this seminar are available through your Actors Connection account. A link to the General Sides will appear upon registration.
Liz Ortiz
Liz is a NYC based casting director and award winning indie film producer/director credited on projects which have screened at hundreds of film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, BAM Cinemafest, Toronto, IRIS Prize, GAZE, Brooklyn, Palm Springs, Austin, American Black, HBO Latino, NY Latino, Queen’s World, Reel Sisters, Harlem and Urban World among others.
Projects have aired on CBS, HBO, Peacock, Apple TV, Amazon, Showtime, Netflix, and Lifetime Movies. Casting and producing highlights include: Advantageous (Sundance award winner, Independent Spirit nominee), Barrio Boy (Peacock,Amazon,AppleTV, streaming in France and the UK); And... Seen (writer/producer/director) a feature documentary commenting on misperceptions of disability in the entertainment industry.
Current indie film projects include The Black Dog is Nipping at Your Heels, in production written, directed by Sundance Alumn Moon Molson, and The Last Days of Byron Bray, by Michael Borrelli of West 52nd Street Films and produced by Sundance Alumn Harris Doran, in pre-production. She also casts special projects for various university film departments and festivals.
Liz is an in house casting director and on the faculty of Stonestreet Studios/NYU, casts for the Department of Cinematography at New York Film Academy and enjoys giving live and virtual workshops for Princeton University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Actors Connection other professional actor training programs.
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.
