Casting Director
Barry Shapiro casts for commercials all around the world and also casts for film, television and theatre. (Click View More...)
Barry Shapiro owns Herman & Lipson Casting. He has been with Herman & Lipson for over 37 years, casting over 8,000 commercials, both voiceover and on-camera, for products such as L'Oréal, ESPN, Advil, Verizon, Toys R Us, and many other top accounts. He casts commercials worldwide and also for film, television, and theatre.
Barry teaches dynamic online commercial audition techniques classes for teens and adults at the Green Room Acting Studio.
Barry’s Coaching Philosophy
Casting Director
Judy is always on the cutting-edge of finding new talent, specializing in ethnically-diverse casts. (Click VIEW MORE)
Films include God of Earth, First Shift, Hurricane Bianca, Gold Star, Separation, One Moment, & the tv series Big Dogs. Numerous short films, webseries, TV, and audio projects. RECENT THEATER: The Blue Violinist, Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library(59e59 & Edinburgh), Effa Loves Baseball(Premiere Stages), Bullethead(dir. Scott Schwartz), and upcoming: Alpha Asians(Profile Theatre Co.) Former VP of Casting at RWS Global. Artios Award nominee for Best Webseries Casting.
Freelance Casting Director
Talent Manager
Hutchins spent nearly nine years as a Talent Manager at Principal Entertainment LA, where she developed her expertise in representing a range of talent. After her tenure there (Click VIEW MORE)
Kaelyn Hutchins has joined Neon Kite as a Talent Manager, bringing her wealth of experience and dedication to the next chapter of her career. Hutchins spent nearly nine years as a Talent Manager at Principal Entertainment LA, where she developed her expertise in representing a range of talent. After her tenure there, she moved to Strand Entertainment (formerly Silver Lining Entertainment) as a Talent Manager, where she worked for a little over a year and a half, continuing to represent notable clients like Annie Gonzalez (Flamin' Hot), Maya Lynne Robinson (The Unicorn), Kelen Coleman (The Newsroom), and Carolina Moreno (Acapulco). She began her career in entertainment as a Programming Intern at the Newport Beach Film Festival, where she was promoted to Features Programmer. She then transitioned into talent management, starting as an assistant at Jordan Lee Talent.
Casting Director
Shakyra is an independent Casting Director who has worked on Sundance, BAFTA, Berlinale and Oscar nominated films. Actors she has discovered have gone on to be nominated in best newcomer awards throughout the world. (Click VIEW MORE)
She casts genre spanning British and International projects which include adventure/comedy Swedish film THE 100 YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED to rock ’n’ roll live film experience GUTTERDAMMERUNG which features Iggy Pop, Grace Jones and Henry Rollins. Other notable International projects include Cuban/Canadian co-production UN TRADUCTOR (World Cinema Competition Sundance 2018, SPACESHIP (BBC FILMS/BFI, premiered at SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST 2016), British Comedy Feature AMAR, AKBAR AND TONY (Currently on NETFLIX) and RAVERS which opened at FrightFest 2018.
Shakyra has successfully worked in the industry for over two decades from producing West End theatre to her recent two nominations in the Inaugural UK CDA Casting Awards 2017 in both the Feature Film and Short Film categories.
Working across a wide range of visual media, Shakyra is a staunch believer in championing women’s achievements in filmmaking, as well as being a zealous advocate for diversity in casting and is a voting member of the European Film Academy and The Casting Society of America. Shakyra has just finished casting the first series in the Moscow Noir Trilogy for TV4 Sweden directed by Mikael Håfström.
Agent
Jacqueline Wheeler is a Film & TV Agent at People Store. Formerly an agent at the New York based Talent Agency, Nicolosi & Co. and is the resident Casting Director (Click View More...)
Jacqueline Wheeler is a Film & TV Agent at People Store. Formerly an agent at the New York based Talent Agency, Nicolosi & Co. and is the resident Casting Director for Evening Squire Productions. She received her MFA in Acting at Michigan State University. In addition to her MFA, she holds a secondary degree in Entertainment Business with a concentration in Performance Management. She has taught theatre at universities across the United States and in 2011 she traveled to teach English through theatre in Istanbul, Turkey. Jacqueline worked previously at Don Buchwald & Associates and Stephanie Holbrook Casting in New York City.
