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Julie Alter • Biography

As a casting director for over 20 years, she has worked with ("The Last Temptation of Christ”), Arthur Penn, Abel Ferrar, , William Friedkin, , John Milius, , , Ed Zwick, Scott Wynant, Peter Horton, , among many others.

TV casting includes "thirtysomething" (4 Seasons); HBO's "Dream On" (3 Seasons); Two series for Norman Lear; TNT's "Rough Riders" and Showtime’s "Rebel Highway" Series, A Ten Homage to . Julie's eye for young talent has helped launch the careers of Rene Zellweger, , Julie Bowen, Adrien Brody, Giovanni Ribisi, Anne Heche, Selma Hayek, , Patricia Arquette, , , Jake Busey, Paul Rudd, Marisa Tomei, Adrien Brody, and more.

Recent projects include the charming short "The Case of the Missing Garden Gnome" (2012 “Funny or Die” Short Film Festival), “A Star Is Scorned”, “Face2Face”, “No Fun At All", Producer, Patrick Cunningham ("Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene"), "The Rock Apprentice", an Australian coming-of-age teen/rock musical, and "NATE & AL", a poignant caper about an anguished, feisty Jewish Holocaust Survivor turned Nazi-hunting vigilante, Director, Ralph Ziman ("The Zookeeper", "Hearts & Minds", "Gangster's Paradise”)

At the start of her career In NY, she assisted Lynn Kressel (Law & Order), and worked on dozens of B'way shows with the venerable B'way casting directors Geoff Johnson & Vinnie Liff (Les Mis, Cats, Dreamgirls, Phantom of the Opera, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Guys & Dolls, The Producers, Amadeus, Chess, The Elephant Man). As Casting Director for she cast plays for Arthur Penn, , Shanley, Beth Henley, and Howard Brenton. She also casts many AFI, UCLA, CSUN and USC Student Thesis , 'cause who can resist young talent …

In 2010, Julie was thrilled to come back to work as a casting director and private audition coach, having paused her career to raise Phoebe, 21, and Michael, 17. She studied Directing and Acting at with Frank Galati (Steppenwolf Theatre), Wallace Bacon; David Downs, and Lila Heston. She graduated from the 2 Year Professional Workshop at Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School in Manhattan, where she was mentored by Larry Moss; Michael Kahn; Ed Berkeley; Ada Brown Mather, and the legendary Nikos Psacharopoulos, Founding Artistic Director of The Williamstown Theatre Festival.

With a casting director’s sensibility, Julie does rigorous audition prep with actors. The process infuses an actor’s work with energy, and frees them up to bring striking and singular character choices into the audition room. Actors trust her objective and indepentant point of view, and gain the confidence in their work that allows them to relax during auditions. This is a passion of hers and a practice that makes auditions pop. It’s a powerful, creative, and disciplined process that enlivens and informs actors’ work, and helps them obtain a peak audition experience.

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JULIE ALTER, CSA 2934 ½ N. Beverly Glen Circle Suite # 344 , 90077 (818) 481-3030 (phone) julie@juliealtercasting,com (email)

FILM

Face 2 Face – Short, Director: Consult, Alberto Belli 2012 A STAR IS SCORNED, Short, Director, Zac Stoltz , Producer: Max Kehs 2012 LAND OF TOMORROW – LA Casting Consult, Dir Kimberly Levin 2011 NO FUN AT ALL, Ind Feature, Maybach-Cunningham (“Marcy, Martha, May, Marlene”) 2011 NATE & AL, Ind Feature (attaching lead talent). Dir: Ralph Ziman, Prod: Tendeka Matatu 2011 ROCK APPRENTICE, Ind Feature, Dir/ Prod: PJ Creamer, Revelation Studio, US Casting 2011 (Australlian Indie coming-of-age teen rock musical) THE CASE OF THE MISSING GARDEN GNOME, Short, 2011 “Funny Or Die” Comedy Film Fest, Director, Alberto Belli (w/Rob Benedict, Holly Fulger.) REUNION – USC Thesis Short, Director: Ryan Frost 2010 LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, Universal, Director: Martin Scorsese THE RED COAT, Buena Producer: Jeremiah Samuels Dir: Robin Swicord TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND THE ROUGH RIDERS TNT. Director: John Milius SLY FOX Director: Arthur Penn HONOR BRIGHT , Development Prod: Randy Stone, Director: Abel Ferrar KING OF (LA Casting Consultant) Director: Abel Ferrar INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (LA Casting Consultant) Director: Abel Ferrar Tri Star Pictures, Development, Prod: Alan Greisman, Dir: John Milius THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY Disney (Casting Consultant: Voices) CHIPS, THE WAR DOG: Disney. Writer/Director: Ed Kaplan THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY, Disney BLIND AND HIS BROTHER Disney/AFI. Director: Martin Von Haselberg TOKYO POP Producers: Joel Tuber, Kaz Kuzui Dir: Fran Kuzui, (w/Cary Hamilton & Michael Cerveris) BUSTER’S BEDROOM Producer: Clare Downs, Director: Rebecca Horne (w/) BATTLE TECH (w/ Weird Al, Timothy Leary) Dir/Prod: Tim Disney, Prod: Charlie Fink

TELEVISION

DRIVING LESSONS, Producers: Women in Film Dir/Prod Mariann Kwiatt, Bonnie Spence 2012 thirtysomething Series, ABC, 3 Seasons. Creators: Marshall Herskovitz & Ed Zwick Producers: Ed Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Scott Wynant, Richard Kramer, , Directors: Gary Sinise, , Winnie Holtzman, Scott Wynant, Tom Moore, Rob Cohen, Steve Robman, Peter Horton, Dan Lerner, Josh Brand, Claudia Weill, Peter O’Fallon, Richard Kramer, Ken Olin, Timothy Busfield, Michael Pressman, Ed Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz DREAM ON, HBO, 2 Seasons Prod: John Landis, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Directors: John Landis, Betty Thomas, Jonathan Kaufer, Michael Mckean, Bethany Rooney, Arlene Sanford, , Mary Kay Place, Kevin Bright REBEL HIGHWAY, SHOWTIME (10 FILMS: AN HOMAGE ROGER CORMAN & AIP), Producers: Debra Hill & Lou Arkoff. JAILBREAKERS, , SHAKE, RATTLE & ROCK, MOTORCYCLE GANG, REFORM SCHOOL GIRLS, DRAGSTRIP GIRL, CONFESSIONS OF A SORRORITY GIRL, THE COOL & THE CRAZY, GIRLS IN PRISON, RUNAWAY DAUGHTERS

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Directors: William Friedkin, John Milius, Robert Rodriguez, Joe Dante, Uli Edel, Alan Arkush, Jonathan Kaplan, John McNaughton, , Mary Lambert

SUNDAY DINNER, Series. Producer: Norman Lear – 6 Episodes (w/ & Robert Loggia) JODY HARTMAN AND THE NEWS, CBS . Norman Lear, Dire: Mary Kay Place (w/ Marisa Tomei) THE STORYTELLER CBS, Pilot, : Christopher Guest (w/ ) POOCHINSKI CBS Pilot Producers: Bob Myman, John Ritter Director: John Ritter (w/ Peter Boyle) LA FIREFIGHTERS Fox TV Series Creator/Producer: Gordon Greisman, (13 Episodes) Lynn Kressel Casting, NYC (Assistant), Films & Television: LAW & ORDER, KATE &ALLIE, LONESOME DOVE, TEEN AGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (original Feature), more. Commercials: Joe Sedelmeir’s Where’s the Beef?, Fed Ex, Alka Seltzer, more.

THEATRE NY & LA

Manhattan Theatre Club, NY (Casting Associate) Directors included: Lynne Meadow, Stephen Tobolowski, David Trainer, Ken Frankel, Ron Lagomarsino Playwrights included: Mark Medoff, , Beth Henley, Howard Brenton, Janusz Glowacki, Romulus Linney, Reynolds Price, Joseph Dougherty, William Hamilton Johnson-Liff Casting, NY (Assist): Broadway: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LES MISERABLE, CATS, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, DREAMGIRLS, SONG & DANCE, MORNINGS AT SEVEN, EXECUTION OF JUSTICE, WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Off B’way: TOTAL ECLIPSE (w/ Peter Gallagher), LEGENDS (w/ Carol Channing), South Coast Rep. LA, World Premier of Beth Henley’s ABUNDANCE, Director: Ron Lagomarsino,

EDUCATION

Northwestern University, Frank Galati (Steppenwolf Theatre), David Downs; Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School,2 Year Professional Workshop, NYC, with Nikos Psacharopoulos, Larry Moss, Moni Yakim, Shelly Winters, Ada Brown Mather, Ed Berkeley, Michael Kahn, Theresa Hayden, Linda Gates, , Shelly Winters

TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Non Accredited)

CURRENTLY: SAG () Audition Workshops, on going NY: Leslie Avaysian’s Studio Audition & Acting Workshops, NYC (co-taught w/ Jay Binder) Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Berkshire Theatre Festival (Internships) Childrens’ Improv LA: Sherman Oaks Elementary, Millikan Middle School, and HTLA, Audition & Acting Workshops

NOTES:

• 2003 – 2010 I paused my casting career to raise kids, Phoebe & Michael, during which time I taught acting, improv, and audition workshops; consulted on Indies, Short Films, Equity Waiver Theatre; coached on set, and for auditions • LINKS http://www.castingsociety.com http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0022743/