Industry Instructors

Lisa London

Lisa London has been a Casting Director in Hollywood for the past 25 years. She has cast numerous film and television projects including the movie "House Bunny" starring the very funny and talented Anna Faris. "House Bunny" was the third film she completed for Adam Sandler's company, Happy Madison Productions. Lisa recently completed her 4th film for them, "Born To Be a Star", starring Nick Swardson, Christina Ricci, Don Johnson and Stephen Dorff.

Lisa also cast "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" and the Disney Channel Pilot "Hanna Montana". After searching all over the country and seeing over 1000 girls, she and her partner Catherine Stroud, discovered Miley Cyrus who has become the #1 teen star in the world! Lisa and Catherine helped put Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles and Mitchell Musso on the show as well.

Mary Kate

Mary Kate (MK) McGeehan has over 25 years of experience working in the entertainment industry to bear in her teaching. She strives to bring out the very best in every student, as well as teach them what to expect while working on a television sit-com set. MK has worked as a series regular and as a guest star on many hit TV shows. She’s done several national commercials, infomercials, and voice-overs. She has worked as the dialogue coach on several Disney and Disney XD pilots and TV shows, including Smart Guy, Oops, I’m In The Band, House-Broken, Good Luck Charlie, Jack and Janet Save The Planet, and The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody. She is currently the dialogue coach/on-set acting coach of The Suite Life On Deck.

Joey Paul Jensen

Joey Paul Jensen, C.S.A. has been a major casting director for over twenty years. Her casting credits include the Disney Channel television shows That's So Raven, Phil of the Future, Even Stevens, Boarding School and films Raise Your Voice and Legally Blondes.

Julie Sagalowsky

Class - Film & Television: On Camera

Julie Sagalowsky is a young award-winning writer/director specializing in heartfelt and hilarious comedies for teen and teen audiences.  Julie attended UCLA's MFA Film Directing program, where she won the prestigious UCLA Director's Spotlight award for each of her short films.  Her short film LUCY: A PERIOD PIECE also won a Student Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, a BAFTA Student Film Award, and the Audience Award for Best Short at the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival.  Julie was honored at LACMA's 2009 “Young Directors' Night,” an event at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art celebrating up-and-coming Los Angeles-based directors.  In addition to developing original sitcoms and screenplays, Julie is currently showrunning TALK IT OUT, a new web based teen girl talk show for the popular site Beinggirl.com.  Before moving to Los Angeles, Julie graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College with a major in Theater.  She also worked in production in Austin, Texas on studio features, television shows, and IMAX films.

Marjorie Ballentine

External Link: www.marjorieballentine.com

Stella Adler's protégé, sought-after coach, and critically acclaimed theater director, with close to 20 years of experience.

Marjorie inspires actors by individually working with each student at his or her level -- from movie star to series regular to Broadway actor to students fresh out of school. Marjorie's youthful exuberance inspires her actors and demands from them the work ethic of a seasoned professional.

Since arriving in Los Angeles in the fall of 2003, Marjorie has both coached and placed actors as leads on the following movies and hit series: Mission Impossible III, Prison Break, My Name Is Earl, West Wing, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, Without a Trace, Cold Case Files, The Jury, CSI Miami, Wedding Crashers, Capers, and Hard Luck.

Adam Tait

Adam Tait has been working in Theatre, TV, and Film for over 10 years. He’s worked as a dialogue coach and actor on Pilots, Nickelodeon and Disney shows, including Zoey 101, iCarly, Drake and Josh, and The Suite Life On Deck. He is currently the dialogue coach on Nickelodeon’s Victorious, produced by Dan Schneider, and starring Victoria Justice.

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