Ace Your Acting Audition: Using Iconic Specificity and Other Surefire Techniques
Liz Ortiz-Mackes is a casting director, teacher and producer who has worked behind the scenes in the entertainment field since 1990. As the owner of Casting Solutions in New York City, Liz casts for film, theatre, television, commercials, industrials and digital media. An avid supporter of diversity in casting, she has been a SAG and Equity-franchised talent agent on both coasts, Director of Special Events at the Dramatists Guild and Director of Artists Files On-Line at the Non-Traditional Casting Project. Part of the special understanding and insight Liz brings to all that she does is based on her experience as a theatre director, directing plays in New York, Los Angeles, Boston and New Hampshire. Currently, Liz is on the faculty of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, is a guest instructor at the New York Film Academy and conducts monthly workshops for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. As a producer, she is working on several film and television projects in development. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.