Casting Director
Having a father who was a movie producer, Darya started acting at an early age and fell in love with the biz. She has cast over 100 projects including dozens of features for various top networks. Past memorable work includes the drama series SWITCHED AT BIRTH on the Freeform network, feature film FREEZER with Dylan McDermott, VERONICA MARS the movie, ONE BIG HAPPY NBC comedy pilot, lifetime TV movie SEEDS OF YESTERDAY, and SYFY's BEING HUMAN TV series; as well as many other projects including commercials, extras casting and even reality TV. Commercials include brands such as Blackberry, Sunday Riley, 3M, Bank of America, and MRO Supply Co. Darya is affiliated with the teamsters union and The Casting Society of America.
Agent
Mark has been an agent at The Savage Agency for the past 15 years . Savage represents actors in tv, film, commercials, theater and voice overs. Savage has clients working in such current shows (Click View More...)
Mark has been an agent at The Savage Agency for the past 15 years . He joined Savage after spending over twenty years as a performer, starring in productions in Los Angeles, London, New York, Tokyo and Las Vegas as well as tv and film . Savage represents actors in tv, film, commercials, theater and voice overs. Savage has clients working in such current shows as Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Babysitters Club, Fuller house, Wu tang Clan, #Black AF and several Disney and Nickelodeon shows. Savage started the careers of Shailene Woodley, Nick Robinson, Jodie Sweetin, Ashton Sanders and many, many others.
Casting Director
Diakeim Lyles has been a commercial casting director for the last 22+ years and has works independently with various casting houses in the New York area including: Brooke Thomas Casting, Beth Melsky casting, Envision Studios, House Casting, (Click View More...)
A native New Yorker, Diakeim began his career attending LaGuardia HS of the Performing Arts. He continued studying acting with a focus on filmmaking, and spent a year abroad at Middlesex University in London via SUNY Binghamton’s BFA program. He completed a stage manager/PA apprenticeship at the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College, working with prominent actors like Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell. His diverse training led him to pursue film/VO/Commercial casting. Diakeim Lyles has been a commercial casting director for the last 22+ years and has works independently with various casting houses in the New York area including: Brooke Thomas Casting, Beth Melsky casting, Envision Studios, House Casting, Allison Twardziak Casting, David Vaccari and Liz Lewis Casting to name a few. He is also a private virtual acting coach and teaches commercial audition technique at the New York film academy,The New york conservatory for Dramatic arts and Stella Adler studio of Acting NYC. Actors respond to his outgoing personality making them feel relaxed during auditions so that clients always get their best performance. He loves casting. Recently, he completed casting for indie film “The Caller Returns” and a Doritos Super Bowl Commercial with Jenna Ortega (“Dina & Mita) through Liz Lewis Casting.
Agent
Julia Schneider heads the TV/Film department at the Ambition Talent Agency. Her background as a casting assistant to acclaimed CD Stephanie Gorin enabled her to experience first hand the details involved in casting commercials, television series and feature films. Julia began her career in the entertainment business at the age of 13. She worked as an actor for over 10 years, appearing in various TV series and feature films. Her behind the scenes knowledge of the acting world enhances her knowledge of the business side.
Casting Director
Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick, CSA (she/her/hers) is a casting director and advocate manifesting change in how the real world is reflected in today’s media. Her focus is on elevating underrepresented and misrepresented (Click View More...)
Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick, CSA (she/her/hers) is a casting director and advocate manifesting change in how the real world is reflected in today’s media. Her focus is on elevating underrepresented and misrepresented communities, and with disability being the most underrepresented and misrepresented facet of our population, her passion for disability inclusion in media is always front and center in her work.
She has been an active member of the New York casting community since 2004. Nickelodeon was her casting home for over 14 years, where she tapped into her love of developing young talent. From live action and animation, scripted and unscripted, long form and short form, and even podcasts, she has and loves to cast it all! Some highlights from her Nickelodeon years include The Astronauts, The Barbarian and the Troll, Blue's Clues & You, Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer, Drama Club, Wallykazam, and Welcome to the Wayne.
Since her departure from Nickelodeon to open her own casting office in April 2022, some of her favorite credits include RespectAbility's Disabled Children's Content Creator's Lab (sponsored by Netflix), American Girl: Corinne Tan, the first American Girl of the Year film, which tells the story of the first Chinese American Girl, for HBOMax and Marvista Entertainment, Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? for Showtime and You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah for Happy Madison Productions, airing on Netflix, and Well-Versed for Nickelodeon. She continues to cast Viacom Kids & Family content and has some exciting projects there she cannot wait to be able to tell more about! She has also been fortunate to collaborate with Netflix, Sony Pictures Television Kids, Disney, PBS, and Sesame Workshop.
Prior to Nickelodeon, she worked in independent film casting. Select credits include Adam (2009), Holly Rollers (2010), New York City Serenade (2007) and Where God Left His Shoes (2007.) She also spent a year at Innovative Artists learning the agency side of the business, learning from the absolute best of the best.
The co-VP of Advocacy for the Casting Society of America, her work elevating underrepresented communities has been barrier breaking. She has led open calls for Trans & Non-Binary Actors, Performers with Disabilities, MENASA (Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian), Veterans, Senior Actors, Native American and Indigenous Actors, Black Actors, Asian Actors (over 7,000 actors submitted.) She recently oversaw CSA's 2023 initiative, Mi Gente!, for Latine actors.
She serves on the board of both the Casting Society of America and Casting Society Cares, where her focus is on Training & Education. She serves as a faculty advisor for RespectAbility and previously as the talent and casting consultant for GAMUT management, which works exclusively with talent with disabilities. She is also on the Actor's Fund's Looking Ahead Advisory Board. In addition to her work in casting, she is currently pursuing a master's degree in Disabilities Studies at the City University of New York and is a trained childhood bereavement group facilitator. She prides herself on being an ally to artists and aspiring talent of all abilities.
Casting Associate
Rachel Rose is a Casting Associate for an Emmy award winning daytime show (more...)
Rachel Rose is a Casting Associate for an Emmy award winning daytime show in LA. Originally from Michigan, she started developing her entertainment skills in high school where she ran her own radio show, cable access show, and performed in a selective theatrical course. Rachel is also a college graduate of the film school at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
She moved to LA in the Fall of 2006 and got her first industry job at a boutique talent agency shortly after. After working there for 3 years, she made the transition into casting. Rachel's first pilot was Suits for the USA Network. Her credits now include Fairly Legal (USA), Men at Work (TBS), State of Georgia (ABC Family), Scream Queens (FOX), and Masters of Sex (Showtime). She is currently working on an Emmy award winning daytime show.
