This event is being moderated by Carl Kurlander, a Visiting Looking to get into movies, but Distinguished Senior Lecturer don’t know anyone in the at Pitt and faculty adviser to industry? Interested in a career Pitt in Hollywood, who for two in casting? decades was a screenwriter Casting Director Pitt in Hollywood is a student-run (St. Elmo’s Fire ) and TV organization affiliated with the writer/producer ( Saved by the Nancy Mosser University of Pittsburgh, which Bell ). He is currently was formed to encourage beginning a new film about interaction between the how Pittsburgh conquered entertainment industry and the polio. university community. Carl Kurlander and Mark Best are PIH’s SPECIAL THANKS TO: faculty advisors. Lucy Fischer, Jen Florian, Kris Veenis, Ellen Bishop, Born in the spring of 2002 after a Steeltown Entertainment , visit from producer/film executive OMG , EBA , UPTV , Women in (300/Village Roadshow) Bernie Goldmann, the group has Film , and Pittsburgh subsequently hosted dozens of Filmmakers guest speakers including producers Robert Cort ( Save the Last Dance) , Program written by: comedian Louie Anderson, Bob COME AND LEARN ABOUT Adam Littman THE CASTING PROCESS AND Kusbit ( TRL ), manager Eric Gold (Jim Carrey, Vince Vaughn), actor MANY OTHER WAYS TO GET David Conrad ( Ghost Whisperer ) Design by: INVOLVED WITH LOCALLY and many more. PIH students have Keith Parish and Mickey FILMED MOVIES gone on to intern and work in film Newman and TV in Pittsburgh, LA, and New This event is brought to you by York. For more info about the Information for this pamphlet was Pitt in Hollywood . organization, please visit: taken from the following sources: www.hollywood.pitt.edu Friday, March 28- 4:00 p.m. www.imdb.com www.mossercasting.com Since then she’s gone on to cast parts in movies, TV shows and commercials that film in and ADVENTURELAND was written around the Pittsburgh area. She has and directed by Greg Mottola casted for MONEY FOR (SUPERBAD). The movie is set in NOTHING (1993), which stared the summer of 1987, and features John Cusack, Benicio Del Toro and Jesse Eisenberg (THE VILLAGE) as James Gandolfini, and which was a college graduate who gets a job at shot in Pittsburgh and the local amusement park. The Philadelphia. In 1996, she cast for amusement park portions of the the Farelly Brothers’ KINGPING, movie were filmed at Kennywood which featured Woody Harrelson, Amusement Park in West Mifflin. Randy Quaid and Bill Murray. She Also in the cast are Ryan Reynolds One key ingredient in any film is cast for Kevin Smith’s DOGMA (VAN WILDER), Kirsten Stewart actors. It makes sense. Someone has (1999), INSPECTOR GADGET (INTO THE WILD), Martin Starr to be in front of the camera reading (1999) and WONDER BOYS (2000), (KNOCKED UP) and Bill Hader the script. And in order to get which filmed around Pittsburgh, and Kristen Wiig (SATURDAY actors, someone has to hire them. including at both Chatham College NIGHT LIVE). This is where NANCY MOSSER and Carnegie Mellon University. and Nancy Mosser Casting come Mosser is also casting locally for into play. Mosser, a Penn State the upcoming movies THE graduate, started her career in film BRIDGE TO NOWHERE, which ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A as a movie and TV producer for will be directed by Blair PORNO was written and directed projects in Boston and Pittsburgh Underwood and stars Ving by Kevin Smith (CLERKS, from 1978-1989. For the next two Rhames, THE ROAD, which stars CHASING AMY). Seth Rogan years, she worked as a freelance Charlize Theron, Viggo Mortenson (KNOCKED UP) and Elizabeth casting director. She was in charge and Robert Duvall and SHELTER, Banks (DEFINITELY, MAYBE) star of casting extras for HBO’s which features Julianne Moore and in the movie about friends in need CRIMINAL JUSTICE (1990), which Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The Nancy of money. To earn some cash, they starred Forest Whitaker, Anthony Mosser Casting Agency also offers decide to make a porno. The movie LaPaglia and Rosie Perez. She was acting classes for anyone interested also stars Pittsburgh’s own Tom also in charge of casting for DEAD in learning the craft. Mosser was Savini (GRINDHOUSE), as well as AND ALIVE: THE RACE FOR also the director of casting for Jason Mewes (CHASING AMY) GUS FARACE (1991) and PASSED ADVENTURELAND (2008) and and Craig Robinson THE OFFICE). AWAY (1992). Mosser then formed ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A Nancy Mosser casting in 1993. PORNO (2008).