SYNOPSIS

This class will include a Q&A with Bi-coastal Casting Director Andy Roth, followed by a prepared work session. 

Participating actors will receive commercial copy to work with upon arrival at the start of class.

BIO

Andy Roth is a casting director with a career that has spanned almost three decades.  After several years as the in-house casting director for Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty (CESD), where he did the voice casting for over a thousand projects spanning animation, commercial, television, film, video games and more, he started his own company and has since been working with many of the biggest advertising agencies, casting houses and production companies in the world.  He has cast animated and live-action series and movies for companies such as Netflix, Discovery Kids and SONY and commercial projects for known brands including, Spotify, Oculus, Target, Calvin Klein, Geico, Kraft, Coca Cola and many more. His handiwork can be seen on just about any network, cable channel, and all over the Internet.

As a voice director, he’s directed shows for major companies including Netflix and SONY.  Most recently he’s voice directed, “Too Hot To Handle – Brazil & Germany,” “19 to 20,” “The Forest,” “Insiders,” “11M - Terror in Madrid,” and “Dogs” all of which can be seen now on Netflix; and the animated series’ “Gal and Dino” and “Scar on the Praeter” now airing on Crunchyroll, Roku and Apple TV.  

As an award-winning producer, his recent documentary “The Animal People,” executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, quickly became one of iTunes top 10 most watched docs.  

With a teaching resume that boasts three of the Hollywood Reporter’s top rated college acting programs, Andy has served as a faculty member at New York University’s Tisch School and has been a guest teacher/speaker at many highly regarded acting programs including Rutgers, Syracuse University, Terry Knickerbocker Studio & William Esper Studio.