LIZ ORTIZ-MACKES, Producer/Casting Director/Owner, Casting Solutions and I Ain't Playin' Films
Q&A/Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE
Thursday, October 5, 2017, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
This event is in the past.
One of the most actor-friendly casting directors in town, Liz casts for film, theater, television, industrials and digital media.
Liz is a CD and indie film producer credited on projects which have screened at hundreds of US and International film festivals.
Credits include: Sundance, BAM Cinemafest, Toronto, Brooklyn, Palm Springs, HBO Latino, Urban World, Costa Rica among others, and have aired on CBS, Lifetime, HBO, Showtime and Cinemax. Casting/producing highlights include: "Off The Rails" Lifetime Movie Network, "Advantageous" Sundance/streaming on Netflix/Independent Spirit Award Nomination,"Zombie Honeymoon"/Showtime. Shorts: "Pop Foul", "Crazy Beats Strong Every Time" & "The Bravest, The Boldest" all official Sundance selections, "Off Track Betty" NY Times Critics Pick, "Window Dressing" Best Dramatic Short, Atlantic City Film Festival. TV: "The Cycle"/CBS, Season One of "Monsters Inside Me"/Animal Planet. Producer/Casting for features "Barrio Boy" and "And Seen" (Documentary/director) both in production, NYC casting for feature "Love is Not Love" in pre-production. Cast "Brothers from the Bottom", for Billie Holiday Theatre. Was a SAG-AFTRA and Equity franchised talent agent on both coasts; Author of "Ace Your Acting Audition, 2nd edition" published by S.O.M.E. productions, 3rd edition coming summer 2017; former faculty: American Academy of Dramatic Arts and New York Film Academy. Course developer/NYU School of Professional Studies, instructor/private coach for the Performing Option and conducts workshops for the SAG/AFTRA Foundation.
Liz has worked with numerous actors she has taught at Actors Connection and is always looking for more!
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, BAM Cinemafest, Toronto, Tribeca, Brooklyn, Palm Springs, American Black, HBO Latino, Reel Sisters, Harlem and Urban World among others.
Projects have aired on CBS, HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Lifetime Movies and Cinemax. Casting and producing highlights include: Advantageous (Sundance award winner, Independent Spirit nominee and a top selection on Netflix); Lost Revolution (HBO Latino); Zombie Honeymoon(Showtime cult classic); Barrio Boy (premiering. fall 2022); And... Seen (writer/producer/director) a feature documentary.
Liz cast the pilot for the multi-cultural animated series Mine, official selection of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, casting consultant for the LA based series in post, The Wright Turn, attached as producer and casting director for the feature film Become American in development.
Cast the short film Rip Tide for JoLu Productions in post, casting/producer for the feature film, Boys in Summer for Cautious Films in pre-production, casting the shorts Canary and Cub both currently in pre-production.
Liz is on the faculty of NYU/Stonestreet Studios and enjoys giving workshops for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Actors Connection and 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.
