The Audience Will Believe It If You Believe It | Judy Bowman

The Ash Taba Show

On this episode I chat to Casting Director Judy Bowman. Judy has been casting since 1993. Her two passions are theater and film, always with diverse casting. She recently cast season 1 of the episodic BIG DOGS. She was nominated for an Artios Award for Best Webseries Casting for "Karl Manhair: Postal Inspector". She is an Adjunct Asst. Professor in the MFA Film School at Columbia University, and was on faculty at Harlem School of the Arts for 3 years. Judy is always on the cutting-edge of finding new talent, specializing in specific language skills, ethnicities, providing opportunities for ethnically and physically diverse casts.
We talk about:

• How the industry is starting to really value and recognise what people bring to the table as who they are at the core and as an essence.
• The importance of thinking about the kind of work you want to be doing.
• What would happen if you wrote the perfect breakdown for you.
• How you don't have to completely lose your accent unless you think it is prohibiting what you want to do.
• Why diction is always important to master for non English natives.
• Why you should look to your community of International actors and have a
  support system and share info and talk about different experiences you've had.
• How we need to give audiences credit that they just want to
  see a great performance.

You can find out more about Judy at https://www.judybowmancasting.com/
Follow her on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/judybowman9270
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Judy-Bowman-Casting-214769038580535/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/judybowmancasting/
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