Rogue Film School at WMHT: 

A Discussion with Casting Director Heidi Levitt

Date: Thursday, June 1, 2017

Time: 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.

Location: WMHT, 4 Global View in Troy

Cost: Free and open to all!

Join the Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy (ACE), WMHT Educational Telecommunications, and Youth FX for "Rogue Film School," a series of discussions with film industry veterans sharing their experience with the next generation of filmmakers.

Rogue Film School kicks off at WMHT with Heidi Levitt, casting director for 100+ feature films including Academy Award-winning The Artist, Nixon, JFK, Cesar Chavez, The Joy Luck Club, Lakeview Terrace, and many more. Heidi is a graduate of Barnard College and The American Film Institute, where she has served as adjunct faculty.

Heidi will be interviewed by Bhawin Suchak, Executive Director of Youth FX, a hands-on filmmaking program in Albany teaching youth aged 14-19 the technical and creative aspects of digital film making from script to screen. 

Presented by ACE, WMHT Educational Telecommunications, and Film Upstate. Thanks to our sponsors at the Greene County Council on the Arts and WRITE UP. 

About the Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy (ACE):

The Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy (ACE) develops the Capital Region's Creative Economy through cross-sector business initiatives, workforce programs, networking, strategic alliances, and more, in order to increase jobs, opportunities, tourism and revenue in the 8-county Upstate NY region. Learn more about ACE at www.upstatecreative.org.