An Actor's Workshop with Kerry Barden, Casting Director - Barden / Schnee Casting
(included with UMFF 2014 VIP Full Access Pass) Free parking.
August Osage County, Hateship Loveship, Prisoners, Dallas Buyers Club, The Last Robin Hood, The Help, Winter’s Bone, Mirror, Mirror, Damsels in Distress, Admission and Pitch Perfect.
These are just some of the many projects of Barden|Schnee with Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee at the helm.
We are delighted to have Kerry Barden joining us for UMFF 2014!
A native of Atlanta, Kerry majored in theatre at the University Of Georgia and has cast over 200 films, including, most notably Boys Don’t Cry, American Psycho, The House of Mirth, Bad Boys 2, Pineapple Express and four films for director John Waters. As a producer, his credits include the award-winning Conversations with Other Women, starring Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter, and the musical Temptation, starring Zoe Saldana and Michael Cerveris.
Kerry, along with partner Paul Schnee, have established an exceptional roster of Barden / Schnee projects. Kerry divides his time between Barden / Schnee’s Los Angeles and New York offices.
Join us for a conversation with this award-winning casting director. We will talk with Kerry about:
- why actors always have to challenge themselves;
- the importance of passion and commitment when taking on a role;
- how he and his partner went about casting several successful films including the "Dallas Buyer's Club," James Brown's Biopic "Get On Up," the oscar-winning "The Help," "Winter's Bone," "August Osage County," "The Judge," "Love and Mercy," "The Cobbler," "Prisoners" and many more!
- up to five actors will be randomly selected to have a prepared scene critiqued by Kerry Barden
Audience Q&A
Moderator: To be announced.
Recent Credits:
August Osage County, Hateship Loveship, Prisoners, Dallas Buyers Club, and The Last Robin Hood. Other recent feature films include the DreamWorks’ picture The Help, the winner of the 2012 SAG Award for Best Ensemble Cast starring Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Allison Janney, Emma Stone, and Bryce Dallas Howard; as well as the 2010 Sundance Grand Jury-Prize winner; Winter’s Bone, which received the 2010 Gotham Award for Best Feature and Outstanding Ensemble Cast; Mirror, Mirror, a Relativity Media film starring Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, and Nathan Lane and directed by Tarsem Singh; Damsels in Distress (Venice Film Festival 2011), directed by Whit Stillman and featuring Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, and Aubrey Plaza; Admission for Focus Features, with Andrew Miano, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Paul Weitz, producers) directed by Paul Weitz with a cast that includes Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Michael Sheen, Lily Tomlin, Wallace Shawn, Gloria Reuben; Pitch Perfect for Gold Circle Films and Universal Pictures, directed by Jason Moore, starring Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Skylar Astin, and Rebel Wilson.
Other recent films include August Osage County, a Weinstein Company Film directed by John Wells and starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Juliette Lewis, and Abigail Breslin; Prisoners starring Hugh Jackman, directed by Denis Villneuve, and produced by Alcon Entertainment (for which Barden/Schnee cast Dolphin Tale); The Judge, for Warner Brothers starring Robert Downey, Jr.; Lovelace, a Millennium Films release starring Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, Hank Azaria, Bobby Cannavale, Robert Patrick, Eric Roberts, Demi Moore, Juno Temple, Wes Bentley, and Chris Noth (Sundance Film Festival 2013, premiere) directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman ; The Iceman, another Millennium picture, directed by Ariel Vroman and starring Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, Ray Liotta, David Schwimmer, and Winona Rider; Girl in Progress featuring Eva Mendes and directed by Patricia Riggen; Return (Cannes 2011), directed by Liza Johnson and starring Linda Cardellini; and Silent House (Sundance Film Festival 2011), directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau and starring Elizabeth Olsen.
At the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Barden/Schnee Casting was represented by six films: Nobody Walks, directed by Ry Russo-Young and starring John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, and Dylan McDermott; Predisposed, directed by Ron Nyswaner and Philip Dorling and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, and Tracy Morgan; Save the Date, directed by Michael Mohan and featuring Alison Brie, Lizzy Caplan, and Martin Starr; Price Check, directed by Michael Walker and starring Parker Posey and Eric Mabius; Compliance, directed by Craig Zobel and starring Ann Dowd, Pat Healy, and Dreama Walker; and Hello, I Must Be Going, directed by Todd Louiso and starring Melanie Lynskey, Chris Abbott, and Blythe Danner.
Barden/Schnee cast the Universal/Imagine James Brown biopic, Get On Up (dir. Tate Taylor) and the independent film My Dead Boyfriend (dir. Anthony Edwards).
