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CASTING CREDITS

SCRIPTED, SKETCH & HYBRID TELEVISION  I –SERIES l PILOTS

"ALTERNATINO"  Season 2 Comedy Central     Digital Series  
dir. TIM BIERBAUM   creator ARTURO CASTRO   

"WET SHAPES" Adult Swim Digital special   Sketch   Digital Series                           
dir. KATI SKELTON  prod. DAN PASTERNACK

"50 CENTRAL" BET Season 1 Sketch and variety show  Pilot                                                 
dir. IAN GELFAND prod. CURTIS JACKSON aka 50 CENT, STEVE SAAVA & MICHAEL BLUM

“NEW TIMERS”  Season 2  Comedy Central   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 l ABC Studios  Pilot    New York casting director  
dir. BETH MCCARTHY   prod. DANNY CHUN      
Comedy multicam pilot, Whoopi Goldberg & Jermaine Fowler. with Roy Wood                                   
                                                                                                                                     
“IRREVERSIBLE”  ABC TV l Sony   Pilot  New York casting director           
dir. SIGAL AVIN  prod.MICHAEL WIMER & PETER TOLAN  
Comedy hybrid pilot. With Justin Long. Based on Israeli HIT Series Bilti Hafich.  
                                                                                                                                                                
“UNTITLED NBC SKETCH PILOT”  NBC l Universal Studios  Pilot               
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  prod. GLENN CARON GORDON
Hybrid comedy.                                                                                                                 

“HORRORBOTS” Adult Swim l Cartoon Network  Series                            
prod.  World Leaders 
Animated scripted comedy series.  

“DELOCATED” Adult Swim l Cartoon Network   Pilot, Season 1              
prod.VERNON CHATMAN & JON GLASER
Scripted live action comedy series.       

“Z -ROCK”  IFC    Pilot l Series   
prod.  MARK EFMAN & MARK FARRELL   Mark Mark Prods.                                               
Hybrid scripted comedy/improv series follows a real band with the tone of “Curb”

"HUMAN ANIMALS”  F/X Network   Pilot   
dir. ANDREW GURLAND  prod. Principato Young     
Mockumentary style scripted series. 

“THE BIG GAY SKETCH SHOW”   Logo Network   Pilot l 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 l 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 l Cartoon Network   Series      
prod. JOHN GEMBERLING
John Gemberling (Marry Me), "Fat Guy" soups up "Gemberling"  Additional casting
A series of short films about a super fat computer programmer who gets stuck in the internet

“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 l HBO Downtown Prods.   Pilot & Series All seasons
Sketch comedy & variety show.                      
dir. LINDA CARDOZA prod. SCOTT PRESTON,  SUE FELLOWS
 Writers CHRIS ROCK, WANDA SYKES HALL, VERNON CHATMAN, ALI LEROI
 * CABLE ACE AWARDS, EMMY AWARDS  

“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 l Faux Euro variety show.                                                               
prod.MICHAEL IAN BLACK, THOMAS LENNON, BEN GARANT, KERRI KENNY
* CABLE ACE AWARDS & PRIME TIME EMMY NOMINEE                                                                  

“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 (Original Head writer l 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 
Austen Redding
Animated show from a literal fish tank’s point of view with music base. 

“THE 1/2 HOUR NETWORK”  Comedy Central  Pilot 
Half hour comedy pilot

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT SEARCHES 
 
Broadcast & Digital programming
FOX BROADCAST - Marcia Shulman  DISNEY - Tina Treadwell   NBCU l 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  lSketch 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 l All True    Pilot & Series
prod Schaffer Prods
Sketch group for hidden camera l reality l game show.

 “FREAKTOWN”  Ch4 UK /Alltrue Networks   Pilot                       
dir. l prod. Dewey Thompson     NY & UK search  
Non scripted sketch comedy prank show in the tone of Ali G.

“THE X SHOW”  Fox Television Studios  F/X Network   Series
LA. based casting 
Hosts for daily talk show about “man” topics.

“5 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU...”  Bravo l Wall To Wall-UK   Series 
Hidden camera reality l comedy l 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         
dirs. Varied 
Spoken Word Artists

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  Film l Branded Entertainment                                 
prod. DOUG LIMAN, NICOLAS CARLSON    
​Hypnotic Films, Universal Pictures, Chrysler   
EXTREME FILMMAKING COMPETITION        
10 Films, 10 Filmmakers/Directors, 70 characters, 3 weeks!                                                                             
*WINNER  Toronto Film Fest Award                
                                                                                                            
AV CLUB         NYTVF Premiere                                                                                 
dir. SARA SALZBURG  (co-creator)  prod. ERIN KEATING. REBECCA  FELDMAN  (co-creator)
Mockumentary  set within the middle school Audio Visual Club.      
Created by “Spelling Bee’s” award 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  prod. ADA CHAMBERLAIN
Drama set against 1979's gasoline crisis.                                                                
*SUNDANCE winner-“Best Short Film”                                                                                                                                                                       

GIRL GO BOOM  Independent Short 
prod. Atom Films  dir. MARK TIEDEMANN    Writer AD MILES (JIMMY FALLON) 
A takeoff on the old time “Bambi Meets Godzilla” in modern day terms.               
*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. l creators David Rossmer, Steven Rosen, Sarah Saltzburg                                                   

STAY  Off Broadway                                      
Writer LUCY THURBER (13P)  dir. JACKSON GAY
prod. Rattlestick Theatre      
Dark family drama                                                                                                                                             

ROPE by Alfred Hitchcock                         
Off Broadway,                                       
dir. David Warren  co-prod. Drama Dept. & .Zipper Theatre  
                                                                                                                                  
LUMINESCENCE DATING     Off Broadway  
Ensemble Studio Theatre                                                        
dir. WILL POMERANTZ writer CAREY PERLOFF 
Sloan Foundation MainStage                                                                                                                

THE BIG TIME    NYMF                                                    
dir. CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY  prod. Drama Dept. Writer DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE                                                             
​“A terrorist musical.” Lyrics By Douglas Cohen                                                  

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 

Face Value                                            
prod. STUART ZICKERMAN dir. GRETCHEN SOMERFELD
Reading  Sloan Foundation Award Winner
Hamptons Intl. Film Fest  
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Issues Project  Naked Angels                                                                              
Artistic dir. JENNY GERSTEN Varied dirs.
Staged Reading  

Downtown Plays   Drama Dept & Tribeca Films                                                       
dir. JOHN RANDO 
Staged Readings 

One Acts Program  Tribeca Theater Festival                              
Writters Douglas Carter Beane, Frank; Pugliese, Paul Rudnick, Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lonergan, Warren Leight, Jon Robin Baitz, David Henry Hwang, Wendy Wasserstein
7 commissioned  One-Acts  

Screenplays  Tribeca Film Institute
prod. /dir. ESTELLE PARSONS &  PETER BOGDANOVICH
*Sloan Foundation's 2 award-winning writers reading series

 Worry Baby     Ars Nova     Staged Reading  Starring PAUL RUDD                                                                                   
dir. ANDY GOLDBERG    Writer MARC SPITZ     Co-prod KIRSTEN AMES & JODI COLLINS
                                                          
OVERVIEW
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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