LIZ ORTIZ-MACKES, Casting Director/Owner, Casting Solutions
Thursday, August 25, 2011, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT
This event is in the past.
One of the most actor-friendly CD's in town, Liz casts for film, theatre, television, commercials, industrials and digital media. Casting director and indie film producer credited on projects which have screened at hundreds of US and International film festivals including: Sundance, Toronto, Palm Springs, Urban World, Slam Dance, Berlin, South Africa, Costa Rica, and Famous Monsters of Film Land to name a few; cast "Lost Revolution," with Oscar winner Melissa Leo and Aaron Stanton (Mad Men, The Nanny Diaries), is currently working on the completion of "Indelible," with Tristan Wilds ("Secret Life of Bees","Half Nelson" and 90210); and The Sequel currently in development with Mindy Cohn, Morgan Fairchild and Lady Bunny among others; Was a SAG and Equity franchised talent agent on both coasts; Author of the highly acclaimed book "Ace Your Acting Audition," published by S.O.M.E. productions; currently on the faculty of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts; conducts on going workshops for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and is a Guest instructor at the New York Film Academy. After a Q & A she'll see either Commercial Copy OR Monologues ONE on ONE
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.
