Special Guests

A.C.T. plans on having many of the same special guest attend future sessions, but due to the nature of the industry, we cannot confirm special guests until the start of each course.

 

Casting Directors: Montreal CD's including Andrea Kenyon (Kenyon Casting), Nadia Rona, Vera Miller & Jennifer Pilon (Elite Casting), Aldo Tirelli & Mike Migliara (The Montreal Casting House), Helene Rousse & Andrew Henry (Total Casting) and Chelsea McIsaac (Wishmakers Films) have attended classes in the past.


Derek Diorio (Director) of Distinct Features has directed television shows, Ottawa Technically Funny & Mann to Mann, commercials and feature films, including Two's A Mob, House of Luk, Taste of Jupiter and Kiss of Debt.


Greg Lawrence (Director, Writer, Producer, Actor)of Ocnus Productions, has worked on The Comedy Network's The Endless Grind, Butch Patterson and Kevin Spencer.  He recently shot a  comedy feature, Bits & Pieces.


Jamie Banks (Assistant Director/Producer) Jamie is Ottawa's busiest Assistant Director, working with Ocnus Productions, Twist Pictures and Distinct Features.  She is currently producing various projects with Affinity Productions


Chris Cornish (ACTRA Ottawa Branch Representative)


Rob Thompson (Director) Rob has written and directed numerous independent films and educational videos.


Norm Berketa (Actor) Norm has appeared in several feature films, including The Score (with Robert DeNiro), Protection (with Stephen Baldwin), Lost Junction (with Neve Campbell) and The Sum Of All Fears (with Morgan Freeman). Norm is currently producing his 2nd short film and is doing numerous voices for the animated series, Untalkative Bunny and most recently, Zeroman (starring Leslie Nielsen).


Talent Agents Representatives from local talent agencies are invited to attend each course. A.C.T. is an independent training organization and is not partial to any one talent agency.