This class will include a Q&A with LA based Casting Director Seth Yanklewitz, followed by a prepared work session. 

Participating actors will choose, prepare and perform sides from film or television.  

Additional preparation details will be sent upon RSVP confirmation.

BIO

Seth Yanklewitz is an EMMY Nominated Casting Director whose award-winning body of work spans across film and television. After most recently serving as Executive Vice President of Casting and Talent for MGM Film, Television and EPIX Network, Yanklewitz returned to his independent casting roots. He formed Yanklewitz/Pollack Casting and his most recent projects include the first and second season of the Hulu Original Series “HOW I MET YOUR FATHER” from 20th Television; The feature films D-DAY, DEADPOINT and INCOMING for Spyglass Media Group. A Hulu Original feature, “CRUSH” from American High which was recently nominated for a GLAAD Media award, an Onyx for Hulu Original series, “DELI BOYS”, produced by Jenni Konner, a new Netflix Animated Series CAPTAIN FALL from the creators of NORSEMAN on Netflix, the EPIX series FROM created by Jack Bender the Creator of LOST, and BILLY THE KID from Dreamworks, SKG and Donald Deline.

Before becoming the Vice President of Casting and Talent at FOX Broadcasting in 2011, Yanklewitz cast the comedy pilot for “New Girl,” which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series. In addition to “New Girl,” Yanklewitz oversaw the casting of the Emmy-Award winning “Grease: Live,” as well as the remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Additional casting credits include M. Night Shyamalan’s “Wayward Pines” (feat. Matt Dillon), “Rake” (Greg Kinnear), “Lethal Weapon” (Damon Wayans return to television), (Will Forte’s) “The Last Man on Earth” and “Gotham,” among others.

Prior to FOX, Yanklewitz created Juel Bestrop and Seth Yanklewitz Casting. For six years, he and Bestrop cast some of the most successful comedies in history, including Golden Globe winner “The Hangover,” for which they won the Casting Society of America Award for “Outstanding Casting of a Comedy Feature.”. His additional credits include “Blades of Glory,” “Four Christmases,” “Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” and “Project X”; and the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series “Eastbound & Down for which they were nominated for a Casting Society of America award for Outstanding Comedy Series Casting."

A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Yanklewitz originally attended the university to pursue acting, but quickly discovered an interest in casting when he interned at a prestigious commercial casting company. Upon graduation, Yanklewitz landed a casting assistant position for Jon Turteltaub’s “The Kid,” during which he introduced then-unknown child actor Spencer Breslin to the producers and Disney casting executives. After moving to Los Angeles, Yanklewitz spent three years working with Casting Director Bonnie Timmermann. Together, they cast large ensembles for dramatic films, including "Pearl Harbor," "Black Hawk Down” and “Spy Game.” He then moved into comedy, working on the feature film “Stuck on You” for the Farrelly Brothers.

Yanklewitz served two terms as a National Board Member for the Casting Society of America and sat on The Television Academy Emmys board for one year.