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Searching for a 7 to 10-year-old Latino actor for a supporting role in an independent feature shooting in August/September in Albany.

Send pic/resume to bfcastingsearch@gmail.com

#actorsearch #kidsearch #latinoactors

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

True Bucket List moment being able to attend the Indie Spirit Awards. Familiar Touch brought me so many bucket list moments and so many creative relationships that I hope last for years to come. All thanks to Sarah Friedland’s brilliant and imaginative brain.

Today on What's My Frame I'm joined by Casting Director, ⁠Betsy Ware Fippinger⁠. Betsy has trained under some of the best Casting Directors in New York, including Meredith Tucker and Ellen Lewis. As a Casting Associate and Assistant she worked on projects directed by Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Bo Burnham, Greg Mottola, and Lynn Shelton.

Betsy won an Artios Award for her work as the Casting Associate on the pilot episode of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’. As a Casting Director, Betsy cast Sarah Friedland’s ‘⁠Familiar Touch⁠’ (in theaters now, and winner of three awards at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, including Best Debut Film) and co-cast Nicholas Colia’s ‘Griffin in Summer’ (winner of three awards at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival, including Best Narrative Feature).

She also cast the lead youth roles for Kelly Fremon Craig’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,’ for which she won her second Artios Award. Before entering casting, Betsy worked at HBO and The William Morris Agency, and taught at Indiana University. She graduated with a BA in Film from Wesleyan University in 2003.

Betsy's openness and heart for actors is evident in this conversation. We chat about creative process and a few of her recent projects. One of my favorite quotes from this episode is "doing what you love regardless of the outcome".

#betsywarefippinger #castingdirector #nycasting #Tribecafilmfestival #ArtiosAward #Griffininsummer #indiefilm #indiecasting #Areyoutheregoditssmemargaret #casting #whatsmyframe

Thrilled to be able to announce that Melody C. Roscher’s directorial debut BIRD IN HAND will make its world premiere at @tribeca in the US Narrative Competition this June!! Like many indies, we worked hard for a long time to bring this one to life and I’m so excited for experienced and acclaimed producer Melody Roscher to have her coming out party as a writer/director. Big thanks to Casting Associates Joe Gery & Leah Shapiro and congrats to the hard working team who brought this movie to life. #Tribeca2025

Writer/Director: Melody C. Roscher @fromroscherwithlove
Producers: Craig Shilowich @instacraigmsvAlex Schepsman @aschepsman Danielle Massie @danimmassie Cody Ryder @thecodeword Sam Bisbee @sambisbee Saba Zerehi @sabazerehi
Starring: Alisha Wainwright @alishawainwright Christine Lahti @officialchristinelahti #JamesLeGros Annabelle Dexter-Jones @princesssummerfall Jeffrey Nordling @jeffreynordling K. Todd Freeman @ktodd_freeman
Production Companies: #WonderClub #MizzelMedia #OssetraFilms @parkpictures @spark_features @zeuspictures1 #Obscura
EPs: #LillianLasalle #MichaelFowler #ZeleneFowler @steelobrim @dcwade1 #JoshPeters #RobinaRiccitello #ZeusKontoyannis @jackiebisbee #LanceAcord #John Craighead #Muwaffaq Salti
Co-Producers: Stacey Davis & me #StaceyDavis
Director of Photography: Matt Clegg @m_ttclegg
Production Designer: Almitra Corey @heyalmitra
Editor: David Formentin @dformentin
Costume Designer: Natasha Simchowitz @planet_noodle
Casting Director: Me
Casting Associates: Joe Gery & Leah Shapiro @j_gery @leahameliashapiro
Original Music By: @calvinmarkus #MorganThomasHenderson
Richmond Production Services: @oakwoodarts
UPM: #CyrilAbraham
1st AD: Danny Caporaletti @caporalettifilms
2nd AD: Ben Corfield @bennycornflakes
Production Coordinator: Cory Bishop @coryalex
Assistant Costume Designer: #SophieKay
Art Director: Mariya Boykova @mariyabdesign_
HMU: Rashida Bolden @colormyfacepro
BG Casting Director: KeelyBosworth
Color/Picture Finishing: Nice Shoes @niceshoesonline
Sound Finishing: Skyline Finishing @skylinefinishing
With Support From: VA Film Office @vafilmoffice
Additional Crew
@no.1macdad @ruben_pagan @aylo_films

Congratulations to Sarah Friedland (@_motionxpictures) and Nicholas Colia on this very deserved honor!

This category is especially apt because I am waiting in excited suspense to read/learn about their next projects and see what their brilliant brains have been up to!

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Oh gosh, a magical and grid-worthy handful of days at the Venice Film Festival with Sarah Friedland’s Familiar Touch! So special to celebrate Sarah’s brilliant art, to get quality time with her and producers extraordinaire Alexandra Byer and Matthew Thurm, who were clearly still hard at work, to watch in awe the performances by Kathleen Chalfant, Andy McQueen, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and H. Jon Benjamin. And to finally get to know Sarah’s work family DP Gabe Elder and Prod. Designer Steph Osin Cohen and feel like part of the crew hanging with them and LP Tilson. So rewarding to see such a beautiful film, made with such great love and care, be honored and received so completely.

@_motionxpictures @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @familiartouch @gabecelder @steph.osin.cohen @tilsong @imandymcqueen @that_carolynmichelle @jazzdaredevil

Thrilled to be able to announce that FAMILIAR TOUCH is premiering at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section!! There is not enough room for me to write about how much I loved working on this movie and collaborating with the brilliant Sarah Friedland and the tenacious duo of producers Alexandra Byer and Matt Thurm. We fought hard to make this one and left pieces of our hearts in it forever.

written/directed by @_motionxpictures

starring #kathleenchalfant @that_carolynmichelle @imandymcqueen with @jazzdaredevil

produced by @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @_motionxpictures @rathausfilms

cinematography by @gabecelder
production design by @steph.osin.cohen
edited by @aacharee.ohm #kateabernathy
casting by @bf__casting
casting associate @leahameliashapiro

line producer @tilsong
coordinator/2nd AD @chelseachrister
1st AD @heathoardindre
key PA @omgitsboz
1st team PA @granolathom
Unit PA @alexlxckhart
1st AC @cinementine @mpanc1
2nd AC @7_kh1ry_6
loaders @iambrimonet @naoepix
script sups @mcqueenscript @directormikelo
art director @yi.ming.z
set decorator @pea__brain
props @brittbrenn_props
creative advisor and food consultant @molliekatzenartstudio
food stylist @marissabergman
costume designer @nan__zhou
costume supervisor @v.for.valkyrie
gaffer @shootdonttalk
key grip @dansethgreen
GE swing @roneal4real
HMU dept head @beejaffe
sound mixer @jameswiththevoice
locations @davidblyons
assistant editors @ychcy #angierodriguez
sound designer #elicohn #nocturnalsound
colorist @bfederman.xyz

With performances by @katelynnacon @joahnwebb @officiallondongarcia @hollywoodmikeg

Made in collaboration with the residents and staff of Villa Gardens Continuing Care Community.

#BiennaleCinema2024 #Venezia81

Thrilled to be able to announce that FAMILIAR TOUCH is premiering at the Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section!! There is not enough room for me to write about how much I loved working on this movie and collaborating with the brilliant Sarah Friedland and the tenacious duo of producers Alexandra Byer and Matt Thurm. We fought hard to make this one and left pieces of our hearts in it forever.

written/directed by @_motionxpictures

starring #kathleenchalfant @that_carolynmichelle @imandymcqueen with @jazzdaredevil

produced by @byerski @thurmfamilyphotos @_motionxpictures @rathausfilms

cinematography by @gabecelder
production design by @steph.osin.cohen
edited by @aacharee.ohm #kateabernathy
casting by @bf__casting
casting associate @leahameliashapiro

line producer @tilsong
coordinator/2nd AD @chelseachrister
1st AD @heathoardindre
key PA @omgitsboz
1st team PA @granolathom
Unit PA @alexlxckhart
1st AC @cinementine @mpanc1
2nd AC @7_kh1ry_6
loaders @iambrimonet @naoepix
script sups @mcqueenscript @directormikelo
art director @yi.ming.z
set decorator @pea__brain
props @brittbrenn_props
creative advisor and food consultant @molliekatzenartstudio
food stylist @marissabergman
costume designer @nan__zhou
costume supervisor @v.for.valkyrie
gaffer @shootdonttalk
key grip @dansethgreen
GE swing @roneal4real
HMU dept head @beejaffe
sound mixer @jameswiththevoice
locations @davidblyons
assistant editors @ychcy #angierodriguez
sound designer #elicohn #nocturnalsound
colorist @bfederman.xyz

With performances by @katelynnacon @joahnwebb @officiallondongarcia @hollywoodmikeg

Made in collaboration with the residents and staff of Villa Gardens Continuing Care Community.

#BiennaleCinema2024 #Venezia81

When #MeredithTucker called me in the summer of 2022 to say that a producer we had loved working with, Juliet Berman, had a new potential film for us, I had been in the middle of a necessary work hiatus. I was dealing with a family crisis and had just passed on a few projects. But it was Meredith and Juliet and a comedy so I said I’d read it. I opened Nicholas Colia’s script on my phone at 11pm at night after a long day in crisis land to see a few pages before going to sleep. From the first page, I was laughing so hard that tears were coming down my cheeks and the silent shaking moved the bed enough to wake my husband up. I finished the script that night, said an immediate yes to the meeting, and started a year of living in this delightful world and helping to populate it.

GRIFFIN IN SUMMER is going to Tribeca! Be on the lookout for this one, people.

Written/Directed by the lovely and hilarious #NicholasColia; Produced by the charming and persistent @jab2109, fairy godmothers @camimendes and @rachellynnmatthews, Bobby Hoppey, and Matthew Miller; Casting by Meredith Tucker and me, with an assist by our fave @j_gery; and starring the embarrassment of riches that are @everettblunck, @msmelanielynskey, @realowenteague, @kathrynnewton, and @abbyryderfortson (who has been making me look good at my job since 2020).

🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉

We all know the millions of reasons that @jenlame1’s editing on Oppenheimer was superb and deserved an Oscar. But one thing I’ve learned being her friend, that I think is very under discussed, is the editor’s ability to help the actor craft the best performance possible. Performance is often credited, rightly so, to the actor, director, writer, and sometimes casting director, but I’ve heard Jen talk about the need to keep the tone consistent, the ability to cut out any actor ticks, the careful choosing of takes that don’t go over the top, the care with which she honors the emotional arc the actor has worked so hard to achieve. I’m extremely proud of and impressed by her.

Performances she has edited have earned actors:
10 Oscar nominations (4 wins)
16 Critics Choice nominations (5 wins)
11 SAG nominations (4 wins)
9 BAFTA nominations (4 wins)
10 Golden Globe nominations (5 wins)
6 Gotham nominations (3 wins)
and
4 Indie Spirit nominations (1 win)
(And note the high win ratio, far above 1 in 5)

Appreciation to Jen and all of the editors who work hard to make the rest of us look good when we act, direct, write, and cast in film and tv.

We all know the millions of reasons that @jenlame1’s editing on Oppenheimer was superb and deserved an Oscar. But one thing I’ve learned being her friend, that I think is very under discussed, is the editor’s ability to help the actor craft the best performance possible. Performance is often credited, rightly so, to the actor, director, writer, and sometimes casting director, but I’ve heard Jen talk about the need to keep the tone consistent, the ability to cut out any actor ticks, the careful choosing of takes that don’t go over the top, the care with which she honors the emotional arc the actor has worked so hard to achieve. I’m extremely proud of and impressed by her.

Performances she has edited have earned actors:
10 Oscar nominations (4 wins)
16 Critics Choice nominations (5 wins)
11 SAG nominations (4 wins)
9 BAFTA nominations (4 wins)
10 Golden Globe nominations (5 wins)
6 Gotham nominations (3 wins)
and
4 Indie Spirit nominations (1 win)
(And note the high win ratio, far above 1 in 5)

Appreciation to Jen and all of the editors who work hard to make the rest of us look good when we act, direct, write, and cast in film and tv.

Feel incredibly lucky to have been part of such a spectacular movie made by such creative and intelligent people. Thanks to @francinemaislercasting for trusting us with this job and being so kind, to her and to @melissa_kostenbauder_casting for doing a truly amazing job casting the film, and of course @kellyfremoncraig for being a genius with a vision, getting amazing performances from the actors, and being so funny and delightful. Thanks @samelhar for the stellar assisting and improv-ing as a 13 year old.

Feel incredibly lucky to have been part of such a spectacular movie made by such creative and intelligent people. Thanks to @francinemaislercasting for trusting us with this job and being so kind, to her and to @melissa_kostenbauder_casting for doing a truly amazing job casting the film, and of course @kellyfremoncraig for being a genius with a vision, getting amazing performances from the actors, and being so funny and delightful. Thanks @samelhar for the stellar assisting and improv-ing as a 13 year old.

Feel incredibly lucky to have been part of such a spectacular movie made by such creative and intelligent people. Thanks to @francinemaislercasting for trusting us with this job and being so kind, to her and to @melissa_kostenbauder_casting for doing a truly amazing job casting the film, and of course @kellyfremoncraig for being a genius with a vision, getting amazing performances from the actors, and being so funny and delightful. Thanks @samelhar for the stellar assisting and improv-ing as a 13 year old.

Seeking 6 to 7-year-old French boy to play 4 for feature film shooting in Paris. Please submit a picture, date of birth, and location to bfcastingsearch@gmail.com.

#frenchactors #frenchinnewyork #castingcall #opencall #actorswanted #childactors