About Casting Director Dan Velez
After his education, which led him to the prestigious University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Dan realized that there was nothing more exciting than the casting process; through casting, Dan has the capability to cast a net into a large pool of talent, never settle for the obvious, and always demand the best. He chose not to attend UCLA and instead use his close to 15 years of training in acting to focus on Casting.
Most recently he finished his work as Casting Associate for FOX’s Feature Film “Dragonball” as well as SONY’s new Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” in theaters November 8th, 2008.
In addition to that, he has worked out of the office of established Casting Director Mary Vernieu as associate to Casting Director Carla Hool in multiple projects that include Solo Quiero Caminar (with Diego Luna) and This is not a movie (with Edward Furlong).
Before working as Carla Hool’s Associate, Dan worked on multiple independent feature films as Casting Director, working with actors such as Angus Macfadyen, Costas and Louis Mandylor, Daniel Baldwin, William Sadler, among others.
Dan leverages off his culturally-diverse experiences in Latin America, the Midwest, and now the West coast to create the perfect blend of artistic creativity with every one of the projects that he works on.
Dan carries himself with a keen, energetic, professional, and pleasant attitude so each time he approaches a new project, he seeks to find humanity in every actor he encounters. This, along with his body of work, in his relative short time casting has made his name well known among all levels of industry Professionals. Actors, Agents and Managers respect him, and his Producers and Directors are always pleased with the level of talent he delivers
He has now partnered up with Casting Director Sherrie Henderson and together they are working on multiple feature films out of their office located at Space Station Casting Studios.
You may contact Dan at:
dan@dreambigcasting.net or
323.463.4554
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2172476/
