Hello Parents and Students!
We are very excited to announce our next industry audition!
When: Sunday November 1
Time: 11:30am Sharp!
Where: A.C.T. AZ Center School Location
What:Melissa Hirschenson from Innovative Artists will be interviewing and auditioning students. Please remember to bring your headshot and resume!
Details:
Melissa Hirschenson has worked as a SAG Franchised Talent Agent in Los Angeles since 1995 and has a diverse background within the entertainment industry.
Native to Miami, she ventured to California to attend Law Schooland soon began an internship working for her cousins Michael and Janet Hirschenson, and their partner Jane Jenkins at THE CASTING COMPANY. She left Law Schoolto pursue her love of the entertainment business and successfully ran her first Agency, Nazemova Model and Talent, for two years. As word of her success and her eye for talent grew she was asked to join EPSTEIN, WYCOFF, CORSA, ROSS, accepting the challenge to build their Adult commercial department. Developing further in her career she went on to work at INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE MANAGEMENT with Steven Chasman covering Sony/Columbia Tri-star working with A-list clients. When Chasman left ICM to become a manager, Melissa paired up with Kim Byrd and built up the division INNOVATIVE ARTISTS AT FORD MODELS, representing talent for Film and Television. She developed models into actors and was successful placing them in a variety of films from Independent features like The Groomsmen to Major motion pictures like Zoolander and Snow Dogs. In addition her clients appeared on television shows like Friends, That 80’s Show, Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children and many more.
After a successful stint in Hollywood, Ed Arenas at UNIQUE CASTING offered Melissa a position in which she used her skills and contacts in Hollywood to benefit the new cutting edge talent pool in Miami. She worked as part of the dynamic casting team on projects ranging from Independents (Full Grown Men) to Studio Features (Transporter 2). After three years in Miami, recently married Melissa, found herself back at INNOVATIVE ARTISTS, Los Angeleswhere she represents clients such as AnnaLynne McCord who stars on the new hit Series 90210 for the CW. Innovative also has 3 of the cast members of the mega hit films TWILIGHT and NEW MOON.
GOOD LUCK!
* Reminder: We will not be holding our regular schedule of classes October 31 and November 1.
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