JODI COLLINS CASTING
SPECIALTIES
PARTNER l JLC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Talent & Content Development l Management l Casting Director & Producer l Executive Scout
*Casting and producing focus for comedy l dramedy based projects of improvisation, scripted, sketch & hybrid content
CASTING DIRECTOR, ( Veteran CSA member) Scripted, soft-scripted & sketch
CONSULTANT & PRODUCER l COMEDY
Development for digital, tv & film; hybrid & scripted content
COACH, PROFESSOR, BRAND & CAREER STRATEGIC COACH
Audition technique development, script analysis, branding for performers in comedy & improvisation in film and tv projects
Adjunct Professor l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, TISCH Business class for performing artists
Invited Industry Guest l AMERICAN THEATRE WING Elite acting program, Springboard, for invited national talent
MEMBER
BIO
JODI COLLINS IS AN 'IMAGINATOR'; a casting director, producer, talent manager and creative consultant with over twenty years of experience in the entertainment industry. Jodi’s boutique company JLC Entertainment Group, with partner Jodi Lieberman, develops talent; hyphenates: actor l writer l creators developing their content for all areas of media. Jodi traditionally sees ideas for talent & media that crosses platforms, and often times uses assorted technology for trend-setting storytelling. This trusted sensibility also cross-pollinates and marries untypical talent with projects that enrich story with imaginative choices.
Jodi unearths NEW talent who provides fresh and interesting perspectives discovered in the worlds of alternative talent, musicians, and writers. Network executives and their development departments continue to call upon Jodi to consult for them, scouting new under-the-radar comedy talent. Jodi has been a Comedy Central #1 “go to” casting director and a favorite of WME Entertainment, CAA, & ICM called upon to unearth & refer under the radar quality talent.
Jodi Collins’ casting business is well known for casting a wide and diverse range of digital, television, film, and theatrical projects with an emphasis on comedy and dramedy. She is hired to achieve smart visual & tonal work for critically acclaimed mainstream consumption.
As a producer, manager and content collaborator Jodi brings an outside the box perspective to network and studio assignments. Her work attracts mainstream projects that speak to her “downtown” cutting-edge aesthetic while matching a fit with commercial viability. Sought after is Jodi’s strong ability to interpret this, her taste level and her particular “flavor.” Along with that comes her instinctive eye for finding story and colorful character at the outset.
Spotting trends and talent early on, Jodi championed many performing artists and show runners at the early stages of their careers:
KATE MCKINNON (found at an open call)
AASIF MANDVI (found for The Daily Show)
ZACK GALAFANAKIS
THOMAS MIDDLEDITCH
ED HELMS
AUBREY PLAZA
KRISTEN SCHALL
ELLIE KEMPER
ZACH WOODS
DEMETRI MARTIN
JEFFREY ROSE (when his last name was Lifshulz!)
Jodi has cast television projects and consulted for NBCU, CBS, ABC, SONY, FOX Broadcast, HBO, Comedy Central, Lifetime, Discovery, FX, E!, LOGO, IFC, ADULT SWIM, DISNEY (among others).
Jodi’s work has appeared in New York’s most prestigious theatre companies; Drama Department, Naked Angels, Ensemble Studio Theatre and Rattlestick Theatre.
Jodi’s work in film include early collaborations with Owen Burke of Will Ferrell’s Gary Sanchez Productions, producers Paul Young & Peter Principato l Principato Young, and up-and-comers like AD Miles and Derrick Comedy.
Jodi Collins’ fun facts:
Executive producer of the screenplay reading series CREATIVE CONTROL serving both artists and industry by presenting readings of fresh scripts cast with a who’s who of New York comedy performers and writers.
Several projects nurtured by CREATIVE CONTROL have gone into development and production. It launched and facilitated financing on these indie projects.
Early casting career was mentored by Marcia Shulman (prior EVP of Casting, Fox) where Jodi worked her way up to casting director then moved into casting comedy commercials at the biggest commercial casting agency in NYC.
She cast the infamous Budweiser commercial campaign “Whasssssup!” for Budweiser.
Early, early career began as a tv & musical theatre actress.
Early, early, early career was an executive director in fashion and even BEFORE… an account exec. In advertising, branding & marketing.
Formal education l BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
Informal education l Improv study at The Groundlings, LA.
Taught at Upright Citizens Brigade l Improv Olympics, Chicago l The New School l Adjunct Professor -New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts class Preparing for the Profession.
Teaches an ongoing class bi-monthly comedy audition, script analysis & branding class l One on One Prods.
Teaches an ongoing WORKSHOP; SO YOU WANNA BE A HYPHENATE
SCRIPTED, SKETCH & HYBRID TELEVISION – SERIES / PILOTS
"ALTERNATINO" Season 2 Comedy Central Digital Series ARTURO CASTRO dir. TIM BIERBAUM
"WET SHAPES" Adult Swim Digital special Sketch digital series dir. KATI SKELTON prod. DAN PASTERNACK
"50 CENTRAL" BET Season 1 Sketch and variety show dir. IAN GELFAND prod. CURTIS JACKSON aka 50 CENT, STEVE SAAVA & MICHAEL BLUM
“NEW TIMERS” Season 2 Comedy Central / Big Beach TV Digital Series Prod. DAN PASTERNACK l Big Beach Films & TV
Scripted comedy by Matt Porter (dir.) & Charlie Hankin (dir.) who live in a post apocalyptic Brooklyn
"DELORES & JERMAINE" ABC TV/ABC Studios NEW YORK casting director dir. BETH MCCARTHY prod. DANNY CHUN,
Comedy multicam pilot, Whoopi Goldberg & Jermaine Fowler. KRISTEN NEWMAN, WHOOPI GOLDBERG
“IRREVERSIBLE” ABC TV/Sony Pilot NEW YORK casting director dir. SIGAL AVIN
Comedy hybrid pilot. With Justin Long. Based on hit Israeli series Bilti Hafich. prod.MICHAEL WIMER & PETER TOLAN
“UNTITLED NBC SKETCH PILOT” NBC/Universal Studios prod. LOU WALLACH
National search of comedy improvisers (1000 auditions) for upcoming cast contingent sketch show.
“HEY GIRL” aka BLOGGER GIRLS, MTVN Series prod. BRENT HAYNES, NEIL PUNSALAN
Sketch comedy scripted series Episodes 101, 102, 103.
“GURLAND ON GURLAND” Showtime/CBS Pilot dir. ANDREW GURLAND
Hybrid comedy. prod. GLENN CARON GORDON
“HORRORBOTS”/Adult Swim / Cartoon Network Series prod. World Leaders
Animated scripted comedy series.
“DELOCATED”/ Adult Swim / Cartoon Network Pilot & Season 1 prod.VERNON CHATMAN & JON GLASER
Scripted live action comedy series.
“Z -ROCK” / IFC/Mark Mark Prods. Pilot / Series prod. MARK EFMAN & MARK FARRELL
Hybrid scripted comedy/improv series follows a real band with the tone of “Curb…”
"HUMAN ANIMALS” / F/X Network / Principato Young / Pilot dir. ANDREW GURLAND
Mockumentary style scripted series.
“THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW” / Logo Network Series, Seasons 1 & 2 dir. AMANDA BEARSE prod. JIM BIEDERMAN
Sketch comedy show from the gay point of view. Starring KATE MCKINNON
“THE SCARIEST SHOW ON TV” / Comedy Central Pilot prod. 3Arts / Waverly Films
Hosted scripted comedy pilot with JON DALY & BRETT GELMAN
“GREG THE BUNNY” / IFC Series prod. KEVIN CHINOY
Mockumentary Short Films based on the prior Fox TV show of the same name
where Greg the Bunny and Warren (hand puppets) parody famous short films with human cast-members.
“SHERRI” with Marc Hirschfeld Lifetime Pilot prod. SHERRI SHEPHERD
Scripted comedy series.
“FAT GUY STUCK IN THE INTERNET” / Adult Swim / Cartoon Network Series prod. JOHN GEMBERLING
John Gemberling (Marry Me), "Fat Guy" soups up "Gemberling," a series of short
films about a super fat computer programmer who gets stuck in the internet. Additional casting.
“STARVEILLANCE” / E! Entertainment / Network Series
Animated parodies. Actors improvise to scripted material as celebrity voices.
Audience is “a fly on the wall” to those intimate conversations.
“THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW” / HBO w/ HBO Downtown Prods. / Pilot & Series All seasons CHRIS ROCK Sketch comedy variety show. dir. LINDA CARDOZA prod. SCOTT PRESTON, SUE FELLOWS
* CABLE ACE AWARDS Writers CHRIS ROCK, WANDA SYKES HALL, VERNON CHATMAN, ALI LEROI
“TV FUNHOUSE” / Comedy Central Pilot & Series prod. ROBERT SMIGEL
Based on SNL's animated shorts.
“STRANGERS WITH CANDY” Comedy Central Pilot prod. AMY SEDARIS & JERRY KUPFER
Scripted.
“VIVA VARIETY” / Comedy Central Pilot & Series, All seasons.
Sketch comedy / Faux Euro variety show. prod.MICHAEL IAN BLACK,
* CABLE ACE AWARD & PRIME TIME EMMY NOMINEE THOMAS LENNON, BEN GARANT
“THE STORY OF RAY” / MTVN Pilot prod.AD MILES
Scripted half hour comedy, tone of 1950’s instructional videos and sketch style vignettes.
Creator AD Miles (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon).
“BEAT COPS” / USA Studios Pilot prod. SAM SEDER & JON BENJAMIM
Scripted half hour comedy series.
“FISH AND CLIPS” / VH1 Pilot
Animated show from a literal fish tank’s point of view with music base.
“THE1/2 HOUR NETWORK” / Comedy Central Pilot
Half hour comedy pilot.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT SEARCHES Broadcast & Digital programming
FOX BROADCAST- Marcia Shulman DISNEY-Tina Treadwell NBCU/DIGITAL-Jordan Hoffner
UNSCRIPTED & DAILY SHOWS
“THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART” Comedy Central Series
Middle Eastern correspondent search. Gay correspondent search. prod. RICH KORSON, BUSBOY
*Cast AASIF MANDVI
“AMERICAN IDOL” / Fox Broadcast TV Series prod. FREMANTLE
Host searches.
“I NEVER SAID THAT” / A&E Networks Pilot
Improv/Sketch show. Improv games. Talent troupe provide dialogue & voices to candid camera style footage of random people caught unawares. Themes suggested by the live audience. Starring David Allan Grier, Billy Merritt, Christina Gausas
“STRAIGHT PLAN FOR THE GAY MAN” / Comedy Central Specials (3) prod.Borderline
Parody comedy Special, Mockumentary of “Queer Eye…” Ensemble group of 5 comedy guys help straighten 4 gay men.
“CRASH TEST” Spike /All True/SchafferProds Pilot & Series Sketch group for hidden camera/reality/game show.
“FREAKTOWN” / Ch4 UK /Alltrue Networks Pilot NY & UK search dir./prod. Dewey Thompson
Non scripted sketch comedy prank show in the tone of Ali G.
“THE X SHOW” / Fox Television Studios / F/X Network Series LA. casting
Hosts for daily talk show about “man” topics.
“5 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU...” / Bravo / Wall To Wall-UK Series
Hidden camera reality/comedy/ game show where couples inter-compete for the most annoying.
Host, Expert, Couples search.
DIGITAL, WEBISODES & NATL COMMERCIALS Clients & Campaigns
TASSIMO Webisodes Branded content dir. JIM BIEDERMAN
BUDWEISER “WHAASUP,” “WASABI” National commercial campaign dir. CHARLES STONE
SPRITE “Obey Your Thirst” National commercial campaign Spoken Word Artists dirs. varied
Assorted National commercial campaigns
HBO, Staples, IBM, Coke, Panasonic, ATT, Levi’s,VH1’s Voices Against Violence, Miller Lite, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Virgin Airlines,
Herbal Essence’s “yes yes yes”
INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM
CHRYSLER MILLION DOLLAR FILM FESTIVAL prod. DOUG LIMAN, NICOLAS CARLSON
EXTREME FILMMAKING COMPETITION Branded Entertainment
Hypnotic Films, Universal Pictures, Chrysler
WINNER AWARD @TORONTO FILM FEST 10 Films, 10 Filmmakers/Directors, 70 characters, 3 weeks!
AV CLUB NYTVF Premiere dir. SARA SALZBURG
Mockumentary set within the middle school Audio Visual Club. Created by prod. ERIN KEATING. REBECCA FELDMAN
“Spelling Bee’s,” winning Bway producers; Sara Saltzburg & Rebecca Feldman.
FAST FOOD writer/dir. CHARLES STONE III
A black comedy; an ordinary experience gone bizarrely off course.
GASLINE writer/dir. DAVE SILVER.
Drama set against 1979's gasoline crisis. prod. ADA CHAMBERLAIN
SUNDANCE WINNER-“Best Short Film”
GIRL GO BOOM dir. MARK TIEDEMANN
A takeoff on the old time “Bambi Meets Godzilla” in modern day terms. writer AD MILES (JIMMY FALLON)
Atom Films SUNDANCE PREMIERE
THEATRE
DON’T QUIT YOUR NIGHT JOB Off Broadway
Variety sketch musical comedy show by the creators of Spelling Bee originating @ Joe’s Pub prod., creators David Rossmer, Steven Rosen, Sarah Saltzburg
STAY Off Broadway, writer LUCY THURBER (13P), dir. JACKSON GAY
Dark family drama prod. Rattlestick Theatre
ROPE by Alfred Hitchcock Off Broadway, dir. David Warren
co prod. Drama Dept. & .Zipper Theatre
LUMINESCENCE DATING Off Broadway, dir. WILL POMERANTZ writer CAREY PERLOFF
Sloan Foundation MainStage Ensemble Studio Theatre
THE BIG TIME NYMF dir. CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY
“A terrorist musical.” Lyrics By Douglas Cohen writer DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE
prod. Drama Dept.
KINGDOM NYMF dir. LOU MORENO writer AARON JAFFARIES
Hip hop musical operetta documenting Latin Kings experiences
Best Musical Actor Award Winner I NYMF
READING SERIES / THEATRE COMPANIES / FESTIVALS
Hamptons Intl. Film Fest Face Value prod. STUART ZICKERMAN dir. GRETCHEN SOMERFELD
Reading Sloan Foundation Award Winner
Naked Angels Issues Project Artistic dir. JENNY GERSTEN Varied dirs.
Staged Reading
Drama Dept & Tribeca Films Downtown Plays dir. JOHN RANDO
Staged Readings
Tribeca Theater Festival One Acts
7 commissioned 1-Acts
Varied writters Douglas Carter Beane, Frank; Pugliese, Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lonergan, Warren Leight, Jon Robin Baitz, David Henry Hwang, Wendy Wasserstein
Tribeca Film Institute Screenplays prod. /dir. ESTELLE PARSONS & PETER BOGDANOVICH
Reading series for Sloan Foundation's two award winning writers
Ars Nova Worry Baby writer MARC SPITZ dir. ANDY GOLDBERG
Staged Reading Starring Paul Rudd co-prod KIRSTEN AMES & JODI COLLINS
OVERVIEW
TV SHOWRUNNERS & PRODUCERS
Robert Smigel, Andrew Gurland, Huck Botko, Owen Burke, Lou Wallach, Chris Rock, Jerry Kupfer; Kent Alterman, AD Miles, Louis C.K., Amy Sedaris, Jim Sharp, Stephen Colbert, Jim Biederman, Wanda Sykes Hall, Ali Leroi, Eric Fogel, Lance Carouthers, Jenny Daly, Mark Farrell, Mark Efman, Rosie O’Donnell, Scott King, Dan MacDonald, Joe Del Hierro, Sue Fellows, Kevin Chinoy, Spencer Chinoy, Jamin O’Brien, Nick McKinney, Dave Hamilton, Rich Korson, Jon Stewart, John Gemvberling, Curtis Gwinn, John Irwin, Janine Ditullio, Kelly Kimball, Kahane Corn, Dewey Thompson, Paul Dinello, Michael Ian Black, Thomas Lennon, Kerry Kinney, Ben Garant, Gary Auerbach, Mark Cronin, Jane Lipsitz, Amanda Murray, Chris Torella, Karen Fowler, Eileen Braun, Jon Daly, Brett Gelman, Austin Reading,
Jeremiah Bosgang
TV DIRECTORS
Amanda Bearse, Tom Shiller, Gary Auerbach, Ben Dickinson, Duncan Skiles, Eric Schaeffer Jon Watts, Austin Reading, Nick McKinney, Eric Fogel, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Gurland / Huck Botko, Michael Bernard, Dewey Thompson, Adam Bernstein, Linda Mendoza, Scott Preston, Scott Marshall
COMMERCIAL DIRECTORS & PRODUCERS
Ted Demme, Robert Small, Tony Kaye, Anouk Besson, Michael Apted, Mark Tiedemann, Marc Chiat, Phelin Dolan, Chris Mark Fenske, Paul Fuentes, McCumber, Gerard de Thaeme, Mark Gentille, Kim Davis, Barry Young, Chris Claro, John Bonanno, Todd Korgan, John Zurik, Len Peltier, Joe Pytka, Carlton Chase, David Griffiths, Bruce Hurwits, Todd Factor, Ed Nammour, Jesse Dylan
NETWORKS
ABC, AMC, Adult Swim/Cartoon Network, BRAVO, Discovery, Comedy Central, F/X, FOX, IFC, HBO, Lifetime, LOGO, MTVN, NBCU Digital & Broadcast, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Showtime, Sony, TVLand, VH1
THEATRE COMPANIES
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE(Marathon '08), RATTLESTICK THEATRE, NAKED ANGELS, DRAMA DEPT, NYMF
SPECIALTIES
PARTNER l JLC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Talent & Content Development l Management l Casting Director & Producer l Executive Scout
*Casting and producing focus for comedy l dramedy based projects of improvisation, scripted, sketch & hybrid content
CASTING DIRECTOR, ( Veteran CSA member) Scripted, soft-scripted & sketch
CONSULTANT & PRODUCER l COMEDY
Development for digital, tv & film; hybrid & scripted content
COACH, PROFESSOR, BRAND & CAREER STRATEGIC COACH
Audition technique development, script analysis, branding for performers in comedy & improvisation in film and tv projects
Adjunct Professor l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, TISCH Business class for performing artists
Invited Industry Guest l AMERICAN THEATRE WING Elite acting program, Springboard, for invited national talent
MEMBER
- Adovacy Leadership Committee against human and sex trafficking, NCJW, NY
- Casting Society of America's Tepper Mentorship Program
- National Organization of Professional Women
BIO
JODI COLLINS IS AN 'IMAGINATOR'; a casting director, producer, talent manager and creative consultant with over twenty years of experience in the entertainment industry. Jodi’s boutique company JLC Entertainment Group, with partner Jodi Lieberman, develops talent; hyphenates: actor l writer l creators developing their content for all areas of media. Jodi traditionally sees ideas for talent & media that crosses platforms, and often times uses assorted technology for trend-setting storytelling. This trusted sensibility also cross-pollinates and marries untypical talent with projects that enrich story with imaginative choices.
Jodi unearths NEW talent who provides fresh and interesting perspectives discovered in the worlds of alternative talent, musicians, and writers. Network executives and their development departments continue to call upon Jodi to consult for them, scouting new under-the-radar comedy talent. Jodi has been a Comedy Central #1 “go to” casting director and a favorite of WME Entertainment, CAA, & ICM called upon to unearth & refer under the radar quality talent.
Jodi Collins’ casting business is well known for casting a wide and diverse range of digital, television, film, and theatrical projects with an emphasis on comedy and dramedy. She is hired to achieve smart visual & tonal work for critically acclaimed mainstream consumption.
As a producer, manager and content collaborator Jodi brings an outside the box perspective to network and studio assignments. Her work attracts mainstream projects that speak to her “downtown” cutting-edge aesthetic while matching a fit with commercial viability. Sought after is Jodi’s strong ability to interpret this, her taste level and her particular “flavor.” Along with that comes her instinctive eye for finding story and colorful character at the outset.
Spotting trends and talent early on, Jodi championed many performing artists and show runners at the early stages of their careers:
KATE MCKINNON (found at an open call)
AASIF MANDVI (found for The Daily Show)
ZACK GALAFANAKIS
THOMAS MIDDLEDITCH
ED HELMS
AUBREY PLAZA
KRISTEN SCHALL
ELLIE KEMPER
ZACH WOODS
DEMETRI MARTIN
JEFFREY ROSE (when his last name was Lifshulz!)
Jodi has cast television projects and consulted for NBCU, CBS, ABC, SONY, FOX Broadcast, HBO, Comedy Central, Lifetime, Discovery, FX, E!, LOGO, IFC, ADULT SWIM, DISNEY (among others).
Jodi’s work has appeared in New York’s most prestigious theatre companies; Drama Department, Naked Angels, Ensemble Studio Theatre and Rattlestick Theatre.
Jodi’s work in film include early collaborations with Owen Burke of Will Ferrell’s Gary Sanchez Productions, producers Paul Young & Peter Principato l Principato Young, and up-and-comers like AD Miles and Derrick Comedy.
Jodi Collins’ fun facts:
Executive producer of the screenplay reading series CREATIVE CONTROL serving both artists and industry by presenting readings of fresh scripts cast with a who’s who of New York comedy performers and writers.
Several projects nurtured by CREATIVE CONTROL have gone into development and production. It launched and facilitated financing on these indie projects.
Early casting career was mentored by Marcia Shulman (prior EVP of Casting, Fox) where Jodi worked her way up to casting director then moved into casting comedy commercials at the biggest commercial casting agency in NYC.
She cast the infamous Budweiser commercial campaign “Whasssssup!” for Budweiser.
Early, early career began as a tv & musical theatre actress.
Early, early, early career was an executive director in fashion and even BEFORE… an account exec. In advertising, branding & marketing.
Formal education l BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
Informal education l Improv study at The Groundlings, LA.
Taught at Upright Citizens Brigade l Improv Olympics, Chicago l The New School l Adjunct Professor -New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts class Preparing for the Profession.
Teaches an ongoing class bi-monthly comedy audition, script analysis & branding class l One on One Prods.
Teaches an ongoing WORKSHOP; SO YOU WANNA BE A HYPHENATE
SCRIPTED, SKETCH & HYBRID TELEVISION – SERIES / PILOTS
"ALTERNATINO" Season 2 Comedy Central Digital Series ARTURO CASTRO dir. TIM BIERBAUM
"WET SHAPES" Adult Swim Digital special Sketch digital series dir. KATI SKELTON prod. DAN PASTERNACK
"50 CENTRAL" BET Season 1 Sketch and variety show dir. IAN GELFAND prod. CURTIS JACKSON aka 50 CENT, STEVE SAAVA & MICHAEL BLUM
“NEW TIMERS” Season 2 Comedy Central / Big Beach TV Digital Series Prod. DAN PASTERNACK l Big Beach Films & TV
Scripted comedy by Matt Porter (dir.) & Charlie Hankin (dir.) who live in a post apocalyptic Brooklyn
"DELORES & JERMAINE" ABC TV/ABC Studios NEW YORK casting director dir. BETH MCCARTHY prod. DANNY CHUN,
Comedy multicam pilot, Whoopi Goldberg & Jermaine Fowler. KRISTEN NEWMAN, WHOOPI GOLDBERG
“IRREVERSIBLE” ABC TV/Sony Pilot NEW YORK casting director dir. SIGAL AVIN
Comedy hybrid pilot. With Justin Long. Based on hit Israeli series Bilti Hafich. prod.MICHAEL WIMER & PETER TOLAN
“UNTITLED NBC SKETCH PILOT” NBC/Universal Studios prod. LOU WALLACH
National search of comedy improvisers (1000 auditions) for upcoming cast contingent sketch show.
“HEY GIRL” aka BLOGGER GIRLS, MTVN Series prod. BRENT HAYNES, NEIL PUNSALAN
Sketch comedy scripted series Episodes 101, 102, 103.
“GURLAND ON GURLAND” Showtime/CBS Pilot dir. ANDREW GURLAND
Hybrid comedy. prod. GLENN CARON GORDON
“HORRORBOTS”/Adult Swim / Cartoon Network Series prod. World Leaders
Animated scripted comedy series.
“DELOCATED”/ Adult Swim / Cartoon Network Pilot & Season 1 prod.VERNON CHATMAN & JON GLASER
Scripted live action comedy series.
“Z -ROCK” / IFC/Mark Mark Prods. Pilot / Series prod. MARK EFMAN & MARK FARRELL
Hybrid scripted comedy/improv series follows a real band with the tone of “Curb…”
"HUMAN ANIMALS” / F/X Network / Principato Young / Pilot dir. ANDREW GURLAND
Mockumentary style scripted series.
“THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW” / Logo Network Series, Seasons 1 & 2 dir. AMANDA BEARSE prod. JIM BIEDERMAN
Sketch comedy show from the gay point of view. Starring KATE MCKINNON
“THE SCARIEST SHOW ON TV” / Comedy Central Pilot prod. 3Arts / Waverly Films
Hosted scripted comedy pilot with JON DALY & BRETT GELMAN
“GREG THE BUNNY” / IFC Series prod. KEVIN CHINOY
Mockumentary Short Films based on the prior Fox TV show of the same name
where Greg the Bunny and Warren (hand puppets) parody famous short films with human cast-members.
“SHERRI” with Marc Hirschfeld Lifetime Pilot prod. SHERRI SHEPHERD
Scripted comedy series.
“FAT GUY STUCK IN THE INTERNET” / Adult Swim / Cartoon Network Series prod. JOHN GEMBERLING
John Gemberling (Marry Me), "Fat Guy" soups up "Gemberling," a series of short
films about a super fat computer programmer who gets stuck in the internet. Additional casting.
“STARVEILLANCE” / E! Entertainment / Network Series
Animated parodies. Actors improvise to scripted material as celebrity voices.
Audience is “a fly on the wall” to those intimate conversations.
“THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW” / HBO w/ HBO Downtown Prods. / Pilot & Series All seasons CHRIS ROCK Sketch comedy variety show. dir. LINDA CARDOZA prod. SCOTT PRESTON, SUE FELLOWS
* CABLE ACE AWARDS Writers CHRIS ROCK, WANDA SYKES HALL, VERNON CHATMAN, ALI LEROI
“TV FUNHOUSE” / Comedy Central Pilot & Series prod. ROBERT SMIGEL
Based on SNL's animated shorts.
“STRANGERS WITH CANDY” Comedy Central Pilot prod. AMY SEDARIS & JERRY KUPFER
Scripted.
“VIVA VARIETY” / Comedy Central Pilot & Series, All seasons.
Sketch comedy / Faux Euro variety show. prod.MICHAEL IAN BLACK,
* CABLE ACE AWARD & PRIME TIME EMMY NOMINEE THOMAS LENNON, BEN GARANT
“THE STORY OF RAY” / MTVN Pilot prod.AD MILES
Scripted half hour comedy, tone of 1950’s instructional videos and sketch style vignettes.
Creator AD Miles (Late Night With Jimmy Fallon).
“BEAT COPS” / USA Studios Pilot prod. SAM SEDER & JON BENJAMIM
Scripted half hour comedy series.
“FISH AND CLIPS” / VH1 Pilot
Animated show from a literal fish tank’s point of view with music base.
“THE1/2 HOUR NETWORK” / Comedy Central Pilot
Half hour comedy pilot.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT SEARCHES Broadcast & Digital programming
FOX BROADCAST- Marcia Shulman DISNEY-Tina Treadwell NBCU/DIGITAL-Jordan Hoffner
UNSCRIPTED & DAILY SHOWS
“THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART” Comedy Central Series
Middle Eastern correspondent search. Gay correspondent search. prod. RICH KORSON, BUSBOY
*Cast AASIF MANDVI
“AMERICAN IDOL” / Fox Broadcast TV Series prod. FREMANTLE
Host searches.
“I NEVER SAID THAT” / A&E Networks Pilot
Improv/Sketch show. Improv games. Talent troupe provide dialogue & voices to candid camera style footage of random people caught unawares. Themes suggested by the live audience. Starring David Allan Grier, Billy Merritt, Christina Gausas
“STRAIGHT PLAN FOR THE GAY MAN” / Comedy Central Specials (3) prod.Borderline
Parody comedy Special, Mockumentary of “Queer Eye…” Ensemble group of 5 comedy guys help straighten 4 gay men.
“CRASH TEST” Spike /All True/SchafferProds Pilot & Series Sketch group for hidden camera/reality/game show.
“FREAKTOWN” / Ch4 UK /Alltrue Networks Pilot NY & UK search dir./prod. Dewey Thompson
Non scripted sketch comedy prank show in the tone of Ali G.
“THE X SHOW” / Fox Television Studios / F/X Network Series LA. casting
Hosts for daily talk show about “man” topics.
“5 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU...” / Bravo / Wall To Wall-UK Series
Hidden camera reality/comedy/ game show where couples inter-compete for the most annoying.
Host, Expert, Couples search.
DIGITAL, WEBISODES & NATL COMMERCIALS Clients & Campaigns
TASSIMO Webisodes Branded content dir. JIM BIEDERMAN
BUDWEISER “WHAASUP,” “WASABI” National commercial campaign dir. CHARLES STONE
SPRITE “Obey Your Thirst” National commercial campaign Spoken Word Artists dirs. varied
Assorted National commercial campaigns
HBO, Staples, IBM, Coke, Panasonic, ATT, Levi’s,VH1’s Voices Against Violence, Miller Lite, Diet Coke, Pepsi, Virgin Airlines,
Herbal Essence’s “yes yes yes”
INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM
CHRYSLER MILLION DOLLAR FILM FESTIVAL prod. DOUG LIMAN, NICOLAS CARLSON
EXTREME FILMMAKING COMPETITION Branded Entertainment
Hypnotic Films, Universal Pictures, Chrysler
WINNER AWARD @TORONTO FILM FEST 10 Films, 10 Filmmakers/Directors, 70 characters, 3 weeks!
AV CLUB NYTVF Premiere dir. SARA SALZBURG
Mockumentary set within the middle school Audio Visual Club. Created by prod. ERIN KEATING. REBECCA FELDMAN
“Spelling Bee’s,” winning Bway producers; Sara Saltzburg & Rebecca Feldman.
FAST FOOD writer/dir. CHARLES STONE III
A black comedy; an ordinary experience gone bizarrely off course.
GASLINE writer/dir. DAVE SILVER.
Drama set against 1979's gasoline crisis. prod. ADA CHAMBERLAIN
SUNDANCE WINNER-“Best Short Film”
GIRL GO BOOM dir. MARK TIEDEMANN
A takeoff on the old time “Bambi Meets Godzilla” in modern day terms. writer AD MILES (JIMMY FALLON)
Atom Films SUNDANCE PREMIERE
THEATRE
DON’T QUIT YOUR NIGHT JOB Off Broadway
Variety sketch musical comedy show by the creators of Spelling Bee originating @ Joe’s Pub prod., creators David Rossmer, Steven Rosen, Sarah Saltzburg
STAY Off Broadway, writer LUCY THURBER (13P), dir. JACKSON GAY
Dark family drama prod. Rattlestick Theatre
ROPE by Alfred Hitchcock Off Broadway, dir. David Warren
co prod. Drama Dept. & .Zipper Theatre
LUMINESCENCE DATING Off Broadway, dir. WILL POMERANTZ writer CAREY PERLOFF
Sloan Foundation MainStage Ensemble Studio Theatre
THE BIG TIME NYMF dir. CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY
“A terrorist musical.” Lyrics By Douglas Cohen writer DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE
prod. Drama Dept.
KINGDOM NYMF dir. LOU MORENO writer AARON JAFFARIES
Hip hop musical operetta documenting Latin Kings experiences
Best Musical Actor Award Winner I NYMF
READING SERIES / THEATRE COMPANIES / FESTIVALS
Hamptons Intl. Film Fest Face Value prod. STUART ZICKERMAN dir. GRETCHEN SOMERFELD
Reading Sloan Foundation Award Winner
Naked Angels Issues Project Artistic dir. JENNY GERSTEN Varied dirs.
Staged Reading
Drama Dept & Tribeca Films Downtown Plays dir. JOHN RANDO
Staged Readings
Tribeca Theater Festival One Acts
7 commissioned 1-Acts
Varied writters Douglas Carter Beane, Frank; Pugliese, Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lonergan, Warren Leight, Jon Robin Baitz, David Henry Hwang, Wendy Wasserstein
Tribeca Film Institute Screenplays prod. /dir. ESTELLE PARSONS & PETER BOGDANOVICH
Reading series for Sloan Foundation's two award winning writers
Ars Nova Worry Baby writer MARC SPITZ dir. ANDY GOLDBERG
Staged Reading Starring Paul Rudd co-prod KIRSTEN AMES & JODI COLLINS
OVERVIEW
TV SHOWRUNNERS & PRODUCERS
Robert Smigel, Andrew Gurland, Huck Botko, Owen Burke, Lou Wallach, Chris Rock, Jerry Kupfer; Kent Alterman, AD Miles, Louis C.K., Amy Sedaris, Jim Sharp, Stephen Colbert, Jim Biederman, Wanda Sykes Hall, Ali Leroi, Eric Fogel, Lance Carouthers, Jenny Daly, Mark Farrell, Mark Efman, Rosie O’Donnell, Scott King, Dan MacDonald, Joe Del Hierro, Sue Fellows, Kevin Chinoy, Spencer Chinoy, Jamin O’Brien, Nick McKinney, Dave Hamilton, Rich Korson, Jon Stewart, John Gemvberling, Curtis Gwinn, John Irwin, Janine Ditullio, Kelly Kimball, Kahane Corn, Dewey Thompson, Paul Dinello, Michael Ian Black, Thomas Lennon, Kerry Kinney, Ben Garant, Gary Auerbach, Mark Cronin, Jane Lipsitz, Amanda Murray, Chris Torella, Karen Fowler, Eileen Braun, Jon Daly, Brett Gelman, Austin Reading,
Jeremiah Bosgang
TV DIRECTORS
Amanda Bearse, Tom Shiller, Gary Auerbach, Ben Dickinson, Duncan Skiles, Eric Schaeffer Jon Watts, Austin Reading, Nick McKinney, Eric Fogel, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Gurland / Huck Botko, Michael Bernard, Dewey Thompson, Adam Bernstein, Linda Mendoza, Scott Preston, Scott Marshall
COMMERCIAL DIRECTORS & PRODUCERS
Ted Demme, Robert Small, Tony Kaye, Anouk Besson, Michael Apted, Mark Tiedemann, Marc Chiat, Phelin Dolan, Chris Mark Fenske, Paul Fuentes, McCumber, Gerard de Thaeme, Mark Gentille, Kim Davis, Barry Young, Chris Claro, John Bonanno, Todd Korgan, John Zurik, Len Peltier, Joe Pytka, Carlton Chase, David Griffiths, Bruce Hurwits, Todd Factor, Ed Nammour, Jesse Dylan
NETWORKS
ABC, AMC, Adult Swim/Cartoon Network, BRAVO, Discovery, Comedy Central, F/X, FOX, IFC, HBO, Lifetime, LOGO, MTVN, NBCU Digital & Broadcast, Nickelodeon, Noggin, Showtime, Sony, TVLand, VH1
THEATRE COMPANIES
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE(Marathon '08), RATTLESTICK THEATRE, NAKED ANGELS, DRAMA DEPT, NYMF