Opportunity for actors | Nadia Tass Workshop
WORKSHOP BREAKDOWN
The second day of the workshop will cover the casting process, rehearsing and workshopping scripts. Director attendees will work with participating actors to explore the depth and breadth of bringing a script to life for the big screen.
ABOUT NADIA TASS
After pursuing an academic career in Arts and Education, Tass began acting and later directing classical and contemporary theatre in Melbourne. She directed her first feature film, Malcolm, in 1986. Since then Tass has directed the Australian features Rikky and Pete (87), The Big Steal (89), Mr Reliable (97), Amy (98). Amy received 23 international awards including Best Film at the Paris Film Festival (99), Grand Prix de Cinecole at Cannes Film Festival (99), Grand Prix Cannes Junior (99), Les Mureaux Grand Prix Cannes Junior (02) and the Humanitarian Award at Asia Pacific Film Festival (99).
Nadia’s work in the US includes Pure Luck (91) for Universal Studios, The Miracle Worker (00) for Disney, Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (01) for Disney, Undercover Christmas (03) for CBS Network, Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (04), and Felicity: An American Girl Adventure (05) for Warner Bros/Revolution Studios, and Custody for Jaffe Braunstein Films. She also directed Stark (93), a mini series for The BBC/ABC television.
In 2010, Tass completed the Cascade Films feature, Matching Jack, which is has just been released by Twentieth Century Fox in Australia and will come to New Zealand in 2011.
Tass has a number of feature films in development with American studios and English production companies, in addition to the slate of projects being developed through her production company Cascade Films. Projects in development include Gun Alley, Tying The Knot, and Bottle This! (Nadia’s first documentary venture).
Auckland | 5 October 2010
Wellington | 7 October 2010
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Applications should include:
- The workshop you would like to attend – Auckland/Wellington
- CV or bio listing your acting experience
- Actors Equity membership number (if applicable)
Please send applications via email to:
Email: kate.stevenson@sdgnz.co.nz
Phone: 09 360 2102
Application Deadline | 5pm Wednesday 15 September 2010
Successful applicants will be informed by Friday 17 September
Member Profile
Screen Directors Guild of New ZealandThe Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand (SDGNZ)
An organisation that creates a forum where directors and editors can define, defend and further their professional industry. Directors and editors have a responsibility to shape and influence the collective environment they work in. It is the Guild's role to help screen directors and editors work more effectively in the New Zealand Film and Television industry.
Through the promotion and advancement of New Zealand feature film and TV production, the SDGNZ strives to develop the professional incentives that are needed to encourage talented people to stretch their skills, exploit their gifts to the full and encourage others to follow.
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