Join us for a panel with 2026 Artios Award nominated casting directors Jeanie Bacharach ('The Bear') and Jessica Munks ('Twinless') as they will share stories from their nominated projects, provide insight on the current state of the industry for casting directors and performers, and provide expert advice for auditioning and self-taping, moderated by actor Katie Lowes.
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Jeanie Bacharach is a 3 time Emmy Winning and 11 time Emmy nominated casting director. She began her career working in the theatre in NYC, casting for shows at Lincoln Center and Manhattan Theatre Club. She has cast primarily for television since living in Los Angeles, most recently for Season 2 of "Beef" (Netflix), "Presumed Innocent" (Apple), "The Bear" (FX), "Dying for Sex" (FX) and the US casting for the past 2 seasons of "Black Mirror" as well as an upcoming series about The Kennedy Family for Netflix. Some of her past credits include Station Eleven" (HBO Max), "The Dropout" (Hulu), "The Patient" (FX), the original casting for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", "Snowfall" (FX), "Nashville", "Ally McBeal", "Judging Amy", "Brothers and Sisters" and "Manhattan". Having started out as an actress, albeit briefly, she very much enjoys the creative and collaborative process of casting and working with actors. It is her personal mission on every project to make the audition process as conducive to actors doing their best work as possible.
Artios Award winner Jessica Munks has been a Casting Director for film and television for 15 years. From 2021-2023 she was an Executive at The Walt Disney Company covering and casting projects for Searchlight Pictures. Jessica is best known for her work on the FOX series NEW GIRL, Adult Swim’s CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, Searchlight’s FIRE ISLAND, and the 2025 Sundance FF Audience Award Winner TWINLESS.
