FILM INTENSIVE with Sig De Miguel, Casting Director, S2 Entertainment

Monday, February 24, 2014, 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT

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Here's your opportunity to work with a casting director from one of the most prominent film casting offices in town! Sig's office is currently casting SEVEN feature and indie films: The Grizzlies, The Invitation, Always Shine, The Preppie Connection, License Plates, Cropsy and Sight Unseen.

Current and recent projects include: "The Grizzlies" for Director/Producer Miranda de Pencier (Producer of Oscar Winner "Beginners" and "Adam" starring Hugh Dancy), the adaptation of YA novel "Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List" starring Victoria Justice for Director Kristin Hanggi (Tony Nominee for Rock of Ages), "Sex, Death and Bowling" starring Adrian Grenier and Selma Blair for Writer/Director Ally Walker (Profiler, Sons of Anarchy), "The Invitation" for Sundance Grand Jury Prize winning Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux, Jennifer's Body), the film adaptation of the book "The Erotic Fire of The Unattainable" for Brazilian Director Emilia Ferreira, "Always Shine" for SXSW winning Director Sophia Takal, "The Preppie Connection" for Indie Spirit award nominated director Joseph Castelo, "License Plates" for Writer/Director Marc Lucas, "All American" for writer/Director Nate Larkin-Connolly, "Cropsy" written by Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play) and "Sam" for writer/Director Nicholas Brooks (Son of Mel Brooks).

For this event, a variety of Sig's scenes are available when you register via a link on your Actors Connection account. You are to choose and prepare one scene that you feel represents you. The intensive starts off with an informative Q & A followed by your presentation of the scene with a reader ON-CAMERA in a group. Be prepared to take feedback and adjustments.

Currently, Sig is interested in meeting talent of all types and ethnicities 18+ for current and future projects. His office is known for calling in actors directly - many who have recently BOOKED !

This is a wonderful opportunity to be coached by an expert in film!

Sig De Miguel and Stephen Vincent partnered in January 2006 with the mission to cast and produce high quality independent films. For the past eight years, Sig has worked with casting partner Steve Vincent at S2 Entertainment. Theatrical releases include: "Rabbit Hole" starring Nicole Kidman (Academy Award Nominee), "For Ellen" starring Paul Dano (Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee), "Gun Hill Road" starring Esai Morales (Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee), "Holy Rollers" starring Jesse Eisenberg (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), "Adam" starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne(Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Prize Winner) , "Meskada" (which they also Executive Produced) starring Nick Stahl, Rachel Nichols, Kellan Lutz and Jonathan Tucker. "An Englishman in New York" starring John Hurt, Cynthia Nixon, Jonathan Tucker, Denis O' Hare and Swoosie Kurtz, "The Good Guy" starring Bryan Greenberg and Alexis Bledel, "The Imperialists are Still Alive!" starring Elodie Bouchez (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee) and TIFF Audience Award Winner "Stake Land" directed by Jim Mickle.

Current Releases include "We Are What We Are" (Cannes and Sundance 2013) for TIFF Audience Award Winning Award winning Director Jim Mickle.

Upcoming releases include: "Cold Comes The Night" starring Bryan Cranston for Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominated Director Tze Chun , "Bottled Up" starring Melissa Leo for Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominated Director Enid Zentelis "1982" (TIFF 2013) for Sundance World Cinema Award winning Producer Tommy Oliver (Kinyarwanda), the feature film version of National Book Award finalist "Sold" for Academy Award winning filmmaker Jeffrey D. Brown, "Cold in July" starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson, and "Welcome to New York" starring Gerard Depardieu and Directed by Abel Ferrara.

Sig & Steve are also the Casting Directors for the readings for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation at the Tribeca Film Festival.

For all of Sig's credits, please follow this link

*** Scenes will be recorded on-camera. As a courtesy, your video clips will be made available to you within a week. An email notification will be sent when the clips are available to view and download from your Actors Connection account. Please note: from time to time technical issues do occur. As a result video clips are a courtesy, not a guarantee.***

Please upload your HS and create your resume in your Actors Connection profile upon registration.

Sig De Miguel

Sig De Miguel and Stephen Vincent have cast over 150 films including current release GLITTER & DOOM the film musical with the music of the Indigo Girls, ABOUT MY FATHER starring Robert De Niro, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG for Paramount, I CARRY YOU WITH ME (NEXT Award Winner at Sundance), A MOUTHFUL OF AIR starring Amanda Seyfried, RABBIT HOLE (Academy Award Nominee), THE GRIZZLIES (TIFF), HELLO AGAIN based on the Michael John LaChiusa musical, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND (Grand Jury Prize Winner SXSW) NOVITIATE (Breakthrough Director Winner at Sundance), ALWAYS SHINE (Best Actress – Tribeca), BUSHWICK (Sundance & Cannes), CARRIE PILBY (TIFF), THE INVITATION (Best Picture – Sitges), COLD IN JULY (Cannes and Sundance), WE ARE WHAT WE ARE (Cannes and Sundance), UNION SQUARE (TIFF),  FOR ELLEN (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee). GUN HILL ROAD (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee), HOLY ROLLERS (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee) and ADAM (Sundance Grand Jury Prize Nominee & Alfred P. Sloan Winner).

Follow this link to view all of Sig's credits on IMDB

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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.