Book description
"Any actor who is serious about his or her career should read this
book" Matthew Stillman, Producer: Casino Royale, Wanted, The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. "As a director, casting a
movie can be a terrifying process. Put the wrong actor in your project
and you're sunk. How do you find the right person? ...if you're working
with Nancy Bishop you know you're in good, accomplished hands, whether
you're a director or an actor. " Neil Burger, Director of The
Illusionist Why is it that so many good actors don't perform well at
castings? Secrets from the Casting Couch gives practical advice for
actors, written from a casting director's point of view, teaching the
craft of film casting in front of camera. It shows how actors can work
with today's internet technologies to get cast and features advice and
actual exercises that achieve results in the casting studio. Emmy-award
nominated casting director Nancy Bishop C. SA., has developed a
successful approach through many years experience of working in the
casting studio. The author also runs internationally recognised master
classes throughout Europe and the US and is the head of the Prague Film
School Acting Department. Emmy-award nominated Casting Director, Nancy
Bishop, C. S.A, has cast supporting talent on over fifty major projects.
Her credits include major studio pictures such as Wanted (Universal),
Alien Vs. Predator (Fox), Hellboy (Revolution), Eurotrip (Dreamworks),
and Prince Caspian (Disney), as well as TV series such as Revelations
(NBC), Charles II (BBC), and Anne Frank. She has worked with such major
directors as Roman Polanski, and Joel Schumacher, and legendary
producers such as Stephen Spielberg, and Jackie Chan.
