Professional Series
Warner Loughlin Studios takes great pleasure and pride in welcoming some of the industries top professionals as guest teachers. Past guests in our extended family include:
Deborah Aquila
Ten-time Artios nominated casting director
Her vast feature film resume includes Twilight, Eagle Eye, theupcoming Fame, What Women Want, Primal Fear, The Shawshank Redemption, and Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Television credits include Dexter and The Shield.
Elizabeth Barnes
Two-time Emmy-nominated casting director
Her extensive television resume includes United States of Tara, Swingtown, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Invasion, The Comeback, and the recently picked-up Miami Trauma.
Lauren Bass
Casting director
Formerly with the acclaimed Mali Finn, Lauren now runs her own successful casting office with career credits including television and major feature films.
Chemin Bernard
Three-time Artios nominated casting director
Working in theatre, television and film, this diverse office has cast everything from Chasing Papi to Biker Boyz to the big screen remake of Fat Albert.
Victoria Burrows
Two-time Artios Award nominated casting director
Prolific casting director with feature film credits including the upcoming The Lovely Bones and Jim Carrey’s A Christmas Carol and the US casting for The Lord of The Rings Trilogy. Her television credits include hundreds of episodes going back over thirty years.
Caleb Deschanel
Five-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer
Credits include such diverse fare as The Right Stuff, The Patriot, The Passion of the Christ and The Spiderwick Chronicles.
Deborah Dion
Deborah has been involved in the casting of major films from every genre. From Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland to Margot at the Wedding, from Peter Pan to Boys Don't Cry - her office is one of the most diverse in town.
Sheldon Epps
Tony and BET Comedy Award nominated director
Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse
Directing credits at some of the nation’s top stages including the Old Globe, Manhattan Theatre Club and Seattle Rep. His hundreds of television direction credits include 54 episodes of Girlfriends and 22 episodes of Frasier.
Randi Hiller
Two-time Artios winning casting director
One of the busiest offices in town, Randi’s current projects include Iron Man 2 and Thor. Recent credits include Fast & Furious, Race to Witch Mountain, Hotel for Dogs, Vantage Point and In the Valley of Elah.
Allen Hooper
Working with casting luminary Jeff Greenberg, Allen has cast some of TV hottest comedies - from Ugly Betty to Eli Stone to According to Jim to Jake in Progress.
Sarah Isaacson
Casting director
Credits include some of the biggest shows in television including ER, Gilmore Girls, Presidio Med, and Close to Home.
Beth Klein
Senior VP of Casting, Showtime
Has cast or overseen casting for over 50 different television shows or movies including The L Word, Queer as Folk, Stealing Sinatra, and The Passion of Ayn Rand.
Amanda Koblin
Casting director
Has cast nearly 50 feature films including What Lies Beneath, Date Movie and the upcoming Fletch Won.
Robin Nassif & Patrick Baca
Casting directors
Numerous film and television credits include everything from Halloween: Resurrection to Fashion House to the anticipated sitcom pilot Alligator Point.
Wendy O’Brien
Two time Emmy-nominated and two-time Artios Award winning casting director
Numerous feature film credits include both major blockbusters and smaller indies. Her lengthy television resume includes Kyle XY, Sons of Anarchy, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Tell Me You Love Me and Carnivale.
Rick Pagano
Three-time Emmy nominated casting director
An extraordinarily busy and versatile casting director, Rick has cast everything from 24, Millenium and Picket Fences to X-Men: The Last Stand, Bottle Shock and Hotel Rwanda.
Ryan Raddatz
Actor, composer, writer and producer
Acting credits include film and television. Composer and producer (with Jason Winer) of This Might Hurt. Writing credits include multiple episodes of PBS’ WordGirl.
Joe Regalbuto
Emmy-nominated actor and director
The Murphy Brown star has appeared in nearly a hundred TV shows and directed dozens of others including nearly forty episodes of The George Lopez Show.
Julie Ann Robinson
Two-time BAFTA Award nominated director
Director of American television shows from Grey’s Anatomy to Pushing Daisies to Samantha Who as well as dozens of British shows.
Phyllis Schuringa
As casting director of the prestigious Geffen Playhouse, she has overseen seven successful seasons bringing some of Hollywood’s top talent to the stage. Her Broadway credits include the Tony-winning revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Gil Shilton
Director and producer.
With over thirty years in the busy, credits run the gamut from Magnum PI to 90210 to Degrassi: The Next Generation.
Chadwick Struck
Casting director
Diverse and extensive resume includes The Heartbreak Kid, Herbie Fully Loaded, and Star Trek: Voyager.
Sherry Thomas
Artios-nominated casting director
Her vast television series credits include The Unit, Lie to Me, Breaking Bad, Bones, 24, Jericho and Just Shoot Me.
Jason Winer
Actor, director, writer and producer
Acting credits include film and television. Writer and producer (with Ryan Raddatz) of This Might Hurt, and director of numerous TV shows including thehit series Modern Family.
G. Charles Wright
Casting director
Has cast numerous films and television shows including nearly 100 episodes of That ‘70s Show.
Craig Zisk
Three-time Emmy-nominated director
Director of over twenty episodes of Weeds and executive producer of over forty. Other credits include multiple episodes on everything from Nip/Tuck to Scrubs to Alias.