Online SEMINAR with LIZ ORTIZ, Producer/Casting Director/Owner, Casting Solutions and I Ain't Playin' Films

One of the most actor-friendly casting directors in town, 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 has worked with numerous actors she has taught at Actors Connection.

After a Q&A she'll see Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE

What to Prepare:

Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the DAY BEFORE the event.

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