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** SPECIAL NYC EVENT: Top LA Casting Director - Mark Bennett **

Don't miss this special opportunity to study with one of LA's top Casting Directors who's currently in New York working on the HBO pilot THE MIRACULOUS YEAR directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

 

To read a BACKSTAGE article on Mark's casting for THE HURT LOCKER - CLICK HERE!

Class Details

Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, Time: 7:00p - 9:30p

Cancel Deadline: 08/05/10

Fee: $95

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About this Class

Work ON-CAMERA with Mark, and be able to view and download a copy of your work with the feedback online!

Mark will choose sides that he is familiar with and offers you the opportunity to get the most out of her feedback and expertise.  Sides will be based on the class headshots and resumes from your One On One actor's webpage and will be provided in advance.  Mark will give you expert feedback and adjustments in between takes. Feedback will also be given on your headshot and resume.

 


   **Your scene is video taped & made into a movie clip!
      After this class, you will receive an email with a link so
      you can watch your own video clip from this class.



PREPARATION
Please go to MY ACCOUNT to create your One on One Webpage. It's especially important so that the casting director for this workshop can view your webpage! The area to build your webpage is located under "My Account."


Look out for your side assignments to be posted under "class sides" approximatley 1 - 3 days prior to the first day of class.


BRING A HARD COPY OF YOUR HEADSHOT/RESUME TO THE 1ST CLASS!!

About Mark Bennett

Mark Bennett

Mark Bennett is a casting director who divides his time between New York and Los Angeles.

Mark most recently cast Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker and Niki Caro’s The Vintner’s Luck. Other films he’s cast include Junebug, A History Of Violence (U.S. casting), Monsters’ Ball, Unfaithful, The Hills Have Eyes and The Woodsman. Other directors Mark has cast films for include Jane Campion, Allison Anders, Martha Coolidge, Matt Aselton, and Christopher Munch. Previous associate credits include films by Gus Van Sant, Lasse Hallstrom, Oliver Stone, John Waters, Mary Harron, Whit Stillman, and Harmony Korine.

For a complete list of Mark’s credits, go to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071916/.

Mark also cast Mac’s popular “I’m a Mac”/”I’m a PC” campaign starring Justin Long and John Hodgman, and has cast theater in New York, both Broadway and off-Broadway.

Mark just cast The Miraculous Year, the new HBO pilot from director Kathryn Bigelow and writer/producer John Logan.

 

Credits

FILM
Cloudburst (current)
THE HURT LOCKER
The Hills Have Eyes
A History of Violence
Junebug w/ Amy Adams
Alexander
Bad Boys II
In The Cut
Unfaithful
Swept Away
American Psycho
Boys Don't Cry
Good Will Hunting
The Woodsman w/ Kevin Bacon
TV
The Miraculous Year (current)
We Were The Mulvaney's
Sex And The City