VIP Talent Connect 10/2 Event NYC Presents Robert Russell

About Robert Russell

With over 25 years of casting under his belt, Robert Russell has worked for such heavyweights as Warner Brothers/Telepictures, Mark Burnett, Abel Ferrara, Ben Silverman, Roy Bank (The President of Television at Merv Griffin Entertainment), Maverick and every Network casting everything from feature to test shows and countless pilots for other network executive producer heavyweights like Howard Schultz, Gary Marks, Michael Canter, Jeff Olde and Lois Clark Curran. He has also worked as a casting producer on a plethora of Reality Shows. Robert has a knack for finding that special “X” factor, whether he is working with actors, models, children and especially newcomers, Robert gives everyone a chance to show their stuff and then finds the best place for them to showcase their talents.

Robert is responsible for auditioning and casting Jay Overbye for ABC’S “The Bachelor” and Zora Andritch for FOX’s hit “Joe Millionaire” and has been the remote casting director/producer for 7 of the 10 NYC open calls for the CBS hit show “Big Brother” as well the NYC casting for Mega Game Shows like FOX’s “The Moment of Truth”. He has worked on and cast such shows like Nickelodeon’s “Hi Jinx”, CBS’s “Rock Star INXS”, NBC’s “The Restaurant”, NBC’s “The Apprentice”, NBC’s “The Casino”, Bravo’s “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”, VH1′s “My Generation” and a “LIVE” Reality Series also on NBC called “Phenomenon” starring Chriss Angel & Uri Geller, which aired not long ago. And he was also the Senior Casting Coordinator some years ago on the old Telepictures hit “Dating Show” called “Change of Heart” and ran the Field Representative Department for 3 seasons and cast “The Dating Game” with game show veteran host Chuck Woolery when the show came back for a very successful second coming in the mid 90′s. He also developed a show with the legendary 60′s drummer Carmine Appice & Leslie Gold (The Radio Chick) Carmine who was the backbone behind Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, (he co-wrote “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” with Rod) and created the psychedelic 60′s Rock Band’s “Vanilla Fudge” and “Cactus” and continues to be one of the greatest “session” drummers out there today. Leslie, who reigned as the Queen of K-Rock here in NYC for a number of years.

Robert is also producing and developing a slew of other projects including one with Jeanette Lee “The Black Widow”, who’s the number one ranked pool player in the world. And just a brief note about his family .. they all have all been quite successful, Robert the Casting Director, his cousin Robin Antin who is the creator/founder of “The Pussycat Dolls” who had major success with her Reality show “The Search For the Next Pussycat Doll” on the CW, his cousin Jonathan Antin is the hairdresser to the stars who graced the Bravo Network with 3 seasons of his hit show “Blowout”, and cousin Steve Antin who is a successful screenwriter/director who “re-wrote” the screenplay for the re-make of the feature film “Gloria” starring Sharon Stone and has an extensive body of work as a very successful actor in the 80′s with screen credits such as “The Accused” opposite Jodi Foster who won the Oscar for best actress, Steven Speilbergs “The Goonies”, “Silver Spoons” starring “little” Ricky Schroeder, “Quincy” starring Jack Klugman as well as series regular on NYPD Blue as the Brooklyn narcotic cop Detective Sevito. And his Aunt who was the creative director at Motown for a great many years, and his cousin Neil Antin who was a successful cameraman for shows like “Extra” and “Inside Edition”. In any event, Robert is one of the most respected casting director/producers in the Entertainment Business from coast to coast and is an asset to anyone’s panel across the globe.

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