3 UPCOMING ACTOR EVENTS IN LONDON

ACTOR EXPO,

Trade fair for actors

3 October, 11am-6pm

I'll be doing a free seminar at 12-1pm

called "Secrets from the Casting Couch."

I'll also pop by at the Methuen Drama stand at 2pm for a book signing.

Click here to see the Prague FIlm School in Action

CASTING SYMPOSIUM; BRITISH ACTORS AND THE AMERICAN MARKET (Click here for info)

at the LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, sponsored by SPOTLIGHT

Panel discussion, followed by Q+A

Moderator: Catherine Shoard. Editor Guardian.co.uk/film

Panelists:

Nancy Bishop, CSA, Casting Director (US/Prague) and author of Secrets from the Casting Couch

Duane Clark, (US) Director, Duane Clark, (US) Director, (CSI, CSI:Miami, CSI:NY, Cape Wrath, Medium)

Jeremy Conway, (UK) Agent and founder of Conway, Van Gelder, Grant

Pippa Harrison (UK) Spotlight, Head of Client Relations

Priscilla John (UK), Casting Director, (Mamma Mia, Pirates of the Caribbean)

Jeremy Zimmerman (UK) Casting Director. (Hellboy, The Scorpian King.)

Symposium Details

Where: ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH, London

When: 14 October,

Wed, Time: 2-4pm

Tickets: £11.50 call to book: 020 7928 3232 at Festival Box Office from 26th September, Please book soon, seats are limited

CASTING SYMPOSIUM AND BOOK SIGNING FOR SECRETS FROM THE CASTING COUCH (click here)

CASTING FEMALES ROLES: ACTRESSES AND THE CASTING COUCH (click here for info)

sponsored by Women in Film and TV (WFTV)

A recent WFTV survey revealed that there are two male roles for every female role in today's film and TV. Why is this and what can we do about it?

Please join our panel to discuss it:

Moderator: Natalie Haynes, Comedian and Journalist for The Times and the Woman’s Hour

Nancy Bishop, Casting Director, and author of Secrets from the Casting Couch

Pippa Cross, Producer (Vanity Fair)

Ros Hubbard, Casting Director (The Da Vinci Code) and Winner of WFTV award

Sharman MacDonald, Writer (The Edge of Love)

Aisling Walsh, Director (The Daisy Chain)

Followed by a book signing of Secrets from the Casting Couch

Where: ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH, London

When: 22 October,

Wed, Time: 7-9pm

Tickets: Free for WFTV members. £10, call to book: +44 (0)20 7287 1400 or email: administrator@wftv.org.uk

Drama Short Film Festival

It was such a pleasure to serve on the Drama International Short Film Festival jury in Drama, Greece. I was treated very well and had a wonderful team to serve with on the jury. Here pictured (in a not very good iPhone photo) is me with VASSILIS MAZOMENOS (film director from Greece,) JACQUES MITCH (Film Director, France), GERALD WEBBER (Distributor, and curator, Austria) and MANUELA CERNAT, (Film Professor, and cultural ambassador Romania)

We selected Kavi for the Gran Prix Winner, directed by the young and promising Gregg Helvey of USC.

Second Prize went to A Long Way Home, by Anamaria Chioveanu of Romania. The performances by two girls lost in Bucherest were fantastic.

The Best South- Eastern European Award went to Lullaby, about sex traffic in Cyprus, directed by Yianna Americanou

The Special Award of the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace went to a one shot film called I Hear Your Scream, by Pablo Lamar of Paraguay. He should also be commended for his direction of the ducks in his shot.

The EFA Award went to Dutch film, Goodnight, about a single father, by Rosier Valery.

Since we wanted to award a fun film, we also chose the offbeat Swedish comedy, Seeds of the Fall, by Patrik Eklund for an honorary mention.

There were lots of good animation films, and we chose Rojo Red, by Columbian director, Juan Manuel Betancourt.

The best acting mention went to Polish actor Radomir Respondek in Echo.

I also particularly like the animated film, The Sylphid by Danish Dorte Bengston. It was a mythic story about mother and daughter.

I also really like another mother/daughter film called Missing by Dutch director Jochem De Vries.

ACTOR EXPO, LONDON 3 OCTOBER, Saturday

Please come to the Actor Expo, a trade fair for actors.

I'll be there to present the Acting For Film program at the Prague Film School, and I'll also be teaching a short seminar, and doing a book signing for Secrets from the Casting Couch.

Hope to see you there.

- NB

COMING UP ON 14 OCTOBER IN LONDON

CASTING SYMPOSIUM:

BRITISH ACTORS AND THE AMERICAN MARKET

Sponsored by Spotlight,

and hosted by the London Film Festival

Join a panel of film professionals and casters for a discussion and question and answer session related to the topic of British actors working on American film and TV projects. Topics covered will include:

- British actors have huge success in America, evidenced by the many Brits working on American series, and winning Academy Awards. Why are British actors so successful on the other side of the pond?

- How British actors can break into the American market.

- Legal issues related to working in America.

- The difference between American and British training, acting styles and production practices.

Panel

Moderator: Catherine Shoard. Film critic for The Gaurdian.

Panelists:

Nancy Bishop, CSA, Casting Director (US/Prague) and author of Secrets from the Casting Couch

Duane Clark, (US) Director, (CSI, Crusoe)

Jeremy Conway, (UK) Agent and founder of Conway, Van Gelder, Grant

Priscilla John (UK), Casting Director, (Mamma Mia, Pirates of the Caribbean)

Pippa Harrison (UK) Spotlight, Head of Client Relations

Jeremy Zimmerman (UK) Casting Director. (Hellboy, The Scorpian King.)

Symposium Details

Where: ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH, London

When: 14 October,

Wed, Time: 2-4pm

Tickets: £11.50 call to reserve: 020 7928 3232 at Festival Box Office from 26th September, Please book soon, seats are limited

PRAGUE ACTORS PLEASE JOIN ME AT THE GLOBE on Thursday!

I'm celebrating Secrets from the Casting Couch at the Globe bookstore. Please join me for book launch and sangria! To order Secrets from the Casting Couch, click here.

BOOK LAUNCH

“SECRETS FROM THE CASTING COUCH”

Prague resident, Nancy Bishop, has written Secrets from the Casting Couch; On Camera Strategies for actors from a Casting Director. The book is illustrated by Prague resident, Bonnie Glover.

About the Launch:

Join us at the Globe Bookstore for a short panel discussion about casting and actors working in Prague. Author and casting director Nancy Bishop is joined by Czech actor, Pavel Kriz, who has worked on numerous international productions. Screen International journalist Theo Schwinke will moderate a discussion about casting, Prague actors and the Prague film scene. A book signing by the author and illustrator Bonnie Glover will follow.

Date: Thursday 17 Sept, 09

Time: 7:00pm Discussion, followed by book signing and wine reception

Where: The Globe Bookstore and Café, http://www.globebookstore.cz/

Pstrossova 6, Prague 1

About the book: Why is it that so many good actors don't perform well at castings? Secrets from the Casting Couch gives practical advice for actors, written from a casting director's point of view, teaching the craft of film casting in front of camera. It shows how actors can work with today's internet technologies to get cast and features advice and actual exercises that achieve results in the casting studio. The author has developed a successful approach through many years experience of working in the casting studio.

I'm thrilled to be in the new office at the Prague Film School. Had a meeting with the teachers today and we're all excited to start the first Acting for Film Department that the school has had with fourteen students. My new address once again is:

Nancy Bishop

PFS

Pstrossova 19

1 Prague 11000

From now on electronic submissions only. I have no room for lots of bulky show reels.

Thanks

NB

Czech Republic

BOOK LAUNCHES, SECRETS FROM THE CASTING COUCH

I hope Prague friends will join me at the next launch at the Globe Bookstore on Thursday, 17 Sept at 7pm.

Thanks very much to those who helped me in Stirling and London. We had a very nice turn out in both places. Thanks to Michael Basset (director of Solomon Kane) and Phil Matthews (Editor of Drama Student Magazine) and Michael John at the Actors Centre. Also thanks very much to Steve Dolman in Stirling at the Off the Page Book Festival and I'm sorry I called you Tom Dolman in my book.

NEW ADDRESS

Starting tomorrow:

Nancy Bishop

PFS

Pstrossova 19

1 Prague 11000

Czech Republic

DIRECTORS AND CASTING DIRECTORS: HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

There are still tickets left to this event at the Actor's Centre. Phil Matthews of The Drama Student Magazine moderates a discussion between director Michael Bassett and myself. We collaborated on the upcoming blockbuster Solomon Kane, starring James Purefoy and Max Von Sydow.

I know that actors are often curious about the process and how to make contact with directors and casting directors.

Join us afterwards for a wine reception and a book signing of Secrets from the Casting Couch.

For more details please click here.

Where: The Actors Centre, London, 1a Tower St,London, WC2H 9NP
www.actorscentre.co.uk
When: Monday, 7 September, 09
Time: 3pm- 5pm, followed by a wine reception.
Tickets: £12 bookclass@actorscentre.co.uk