SYNOPSIS
This program is virtual and is open to all with a SAG-AFTRA Foundation user account. No Voiceover Lab eligibility is required to attend.
Voiceover acting is a unique and expanding segment of the entertainment industry. There are numerous opportunities in multiple genres and in the post Covid era, the industry continues to evolve. During this panel we will talk about how the business aspects of voiceover have changed and how other of the business remain somewhat familiar. The talk will also explore voice acting from the perspectives of the actor, the agent and the casting director. To achieve this, we have assembled a trio of industry veterans and hope to inspire and inform attendees about what it takes to navigate today's voice acting business.
PANELIST'S BIOS
Sylvia Villagran, Voiceover Actor
Sylvia is one of the most versatile voice actors working today, Sylvia can go from sophisticated to urban hip, and everything in between. From TV network promos, live award shows, to national commercial campaigns and narration. She also does all of this in Spanish
Ference Laczko, Voiceover Agent
Ferenc Laczko is a talent agent at Sutton, Barth and Vennari (SBV Talent) one of the industry’s leading talent agencies representing celebrity, voiceover and on-camera actors led by Rita Vennari. His areas of specialties include commercial, interactive and animation voiceover.
Ferenc has the privilege of working with Hollywood’s most acclaimed talent on numerous high profile commercial, film, television and interactive projects for studios such as Disney, Lucasfilm, Fox, Nickelodeon, Activision, Electronic Arts, Blizzard, Cartoon Network as well as commercial accounts for Lexus, T-Mobile (English and Español), Mazda (English and Español), Kia (Español), Progressive Insurance, Toyota, and Nike to name just a select few.
Previous to joining SBV Talent, Ferenc was an agent at the celebrity boutique firm Independent Artists Agency and made agent in 2009 at the full service theatrical agency, Diverse Talent Group. He began his career in the mailroom at Abrams Artists Agency, after completing an internship at Fox 2000.
Ferenc grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia, the only child of a Peruvian mother and Hungarian father– a total consequence of Globalization. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara double majoring in Global Studios and Law and Society. Ferenc also likes to travel (20 countries and counting!) and experience new cultures. He strongly believes something awesome happens when artists perform in their element with passion and authenticity.
Carroll Kimble, Voiceover Casting Director
Carroll's career began with Bert, Barz & Kirby where she spent 8 years in production, casting and communication working directly with agents, ad agency creative directors and producers. In 1992, she decided to strike out on her own, taking with her years of invaluable experience. Today, the Carroll Voiceover Casting Company boasts an extensive list of happy clients (Mazda, Draft Kings, Nintendo, Halo Oranges, Mattel, California Lottery, Wells Fargo, Oracle, EVA Air, El Pollo Loco and many more). Carroll knows what to do to make it all come together.
Andia Winslow, Moderator and Voiceover Actor
Andia is an Emmy, Telly, Clio, Shorty, Society of Voice Arts & Sciences and SAG-AFTRA Foundation Don LaFontaine Spirit Award winning voiceover actor and storyteller whose credits include documentary films, animated movies, televised award shows, museum exhibitions, international advocacy campaigns, video games, promos, movie trailers and commercials. In 2021, she was named "Voice Artist of the Year" by One Voice. A member of the Television Academy, she is the host of Doc World on World Channel (PBS), the narrator of basketball legend Brittney Griner’s New York Times best-selling memoir “Coming Home,” and a voice of NASA.
Raised in Seattle and educated at Yale University, Andia dedicated time as a professional golfer, TV personality and fitness industry thought leader before rocking the mic full-time. She was the first African American female varsity golfer to compete in the Ivy League and, in 2006, became the fourth African American to ever compete in LPGA Tour history.
She made her feature film debut as golf pioneer Ann Gregory in "Playing Through" (2022) and her live-action TV debut in the Sony and Amazon Pictures reboot of the baseball classic movie "A League of Their Own" (2022). Watch for her in the reimagining of the Warner Bros. Studios classic Western “Calamity Jane” on HBO Max later this year.
REQUIREMENTS
Attendees are expected to attend for the entire program (see Duration above).
