Summary

Strong with story points, outreach and cold calls, needle-in-a-haystack, fast-and-furious production, sizzle reels, short development deadlines. Solely specializing in reality TV development, casting and production. Former talent rep.

Credits

4/15 – 4/16

Casting Associate Producer The Coaching Movie

Film (Feature-length) — Betsey Chasse/Patryk Wezowski Details
4/15 – 4/16

A highly-anticipated documentary film (exec. producers: "What the Bleep Do We Know?!"), I casted the film for the The Conlin Company, casting four ideal coaching "clients", applicants who were making life transitions where the concept of "Life Coaching" will assist them for a year for documentation. Casting, pitching, Skyping, profiles.

5/15 – 8/15

Casting Associate Producer (ASSOCIATE) Untitled Family Show for Major Network (Pilot)

TV — The Conlin Company Details
5/15 – 8/15

Casting reality show for families looking to re-locate to paradise for a simpler life. Vast outreach, grids, complicated profile sheets (using Pages), GoogleDocs, interviewing, Skype recording, pitching, creative writing, long hours, lots of teamwork and switching gears due to pre-production notes.

8/14 – 11/14

Casting Assistant Oxygen Untitled Dating Show 1 (Pilot)

TV — DIGA Details
8/14 – 11/14

Assistant to LA lead Casting Producer Adam Rider

3/12 – 5/12

Casting Associate Producer (vh-1) Momagers (Pilot)

TV — Doron Ofir Casting/Popular Productions Details
3/12 – 5/12

Casted nation-wide net gathering Mother-Child duos, w/ Mom managing child's talent in a variety of arenas. Brainstormed/scouted leads, conducted on-camera interviews to meticulously log. Made weekly ten bio-dossiers of most promising duos. Found additional footage to help Edit Room produce a sizzle reel for final casting for Network.

7/11 – 7/11

Production Assistant Hollywood Sex Wars

Film (Feature-length) — Gravitas Ventures Details
7/11 – 7/11

Wardrobe & MUA assistance, set dressing, craft service coordination

7/10 – 9/10

Casting Director Glee (Season 2)

Fox — TV — Sande Alessi Casting Details
7/10 – 9/10

Responsible for locating 20-200 extras/day for the next day to show up, be on-time and accounted for, taking into consideration continuity of characters (for instance, Cheerios cheerleaders) 2nd A.D.'s preferences for recurring characters. Used database and HEAVY phones, followed SAG minimum, Station 12, managed casting coordinator (on-set)

5/10 – 7/10

Casting Director (Background) Greek

ABC Family Details
5/10 – 7/10

Background

6/09 – 7/09

Casting Associate Producer (Lion's Gate) Warrior Location Casting

Details
6/09 – 7/09

Lion's Gate

Recos

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Education

Class of '05

Rowan University

Master's Degree - Counseling in Educational Settings
Class of '03

Rowan University

B.A., Radio, Television and Film
Class of '01

Gloucester College

A.S., Chemistry

My Gear

  • owns personal laptop.

Skills

  • Breakdown Services
  • Cast Partner
  • cast-it systems
  • L.A.casting