This class will include a Q&A with LA based Casting Director Wittney Horton, followed by a prepared work session.
Participating actors will choose, prepare and perform sides from film or television. Dramatic scenes only.
Additional preparation details will be sent upon confirmation.
ABOUT JENN:
Wittney Horton's discerning eye for talent and her singular commitment to her projects have made her one of the most sought-after casting directors in Los Angeles.
Horton most recently cast Playstation’s hit horror video game adaptation, Until Dawn, for Sony’sScreen Gems. Her other recent feature credits include the latest installment in the juggernaut Transformers film franchise entitled Transformers: Rise of the Beasts for Paramount Pictures and a Stephen King adaptation, The Boogeyman, for 20th Century Studios.
On the television side, she cast the Showtime series "Let the Right One In" written by Andrew Hinderaker and based on the acclaimed Swedish film of the same name. Horton also cast the Peacock television pilot "The Lost Symbol" written by Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin based on the bestseller authored by Dan Brown. In addition, she cast the CBS television pilot "Tommy" written by Paul Attanasio and starring Edie Falco as well as the television adaptation of the hit film "Snowpiercer", starring Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, and Alison Wright which ran four seasons.
With Yesi Ramirez, Horton cast the pilots for "Thin Ice," produced by Liz Meriwether and Katherine Pope for Fox; "Terry," for Comedy Central; and the independent films Vandal and Gemini.
Horton worked as an associate with Casting Director Carmen Cuba for over five years on a wide range of films (Alien: Covenant, The Martian, Magic Mike, Now You See Me, Side Effects, Dark Places, The Reach), television pilots ("Looking," "Open") and series ("The Girlfriend Experience," "The Knick," "Sense8," "Narcos," "Stranger Things," "Mosaic") before forming her company, Horton Casting, in 2016.
Wittney Horton won a CSA Artios Award in 2014 for her work as Casting Associate on Steven Soderbergh's "Behind The Candelabra" for HBO. She was nominated for an Artios five additional times for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, "Stranger Things", "Narcos", "Looking" and Magic Mike."
Before her transition to casting, Horton spent a decade in development and production. Horton enjoyed a long tenure with Bobby Cohen at his Cohen Pictures, overseeing development on a varied slate of projects, including A.C.O.D., which they set up at Miramax, and Missing Links at WarnerBrothers.
In addition to Cohen, Horton collaborated with Gail Lyon and Arnold Kopelson, director Gurinder Chadha, and ex-Sony studio head Amy Pascal. With them, she has worked on films in a variety of genres, including Bounce, View from the Top, Peter Pan, and Win a Date with Tad Hamilton.
Horton set up a number of spec scripts independently, most notably Most Likely Two at Sony with Laurence Mark (As Good As It Gets) and Sex Lives of Married People with Fox Television Studios.
She attended Film Independent's prestigious Producer's Lab in the fall of 2008 with the project CloseTo Me. Horton studied film and psychology at the University of Michigan.Horton proudly served as a national board member of the Casting Society of America from 2015-2017 and is a member of the Television Academy.
