Katherine Billings
Billings is a veteran director, producer, writer, and actor. Awards for films and plays she has produced include the American Film Festival, the U.S. Film Festival, the International C.I.N.E., Los Angeles Drama Critics and Dramalogue. Billings trained at Northwestern University, U.C.L.A., London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) and with Robert Lewis, Stella Adler and David Craig. She joins UW as an instructor in the Acting for Camera Certificate Program and is an Adjunct Professor at Eastern Washington University at Pierce, South Puget Sound & Edmonds Community Colleges. As a professional coach, she has prepared actors for auditions and appearances on Wonder Years, Bull Durham, X-Files, Millenium, Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, DaVinci's Inquest, Deadman's Gun, Disturbing Behavior, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, Last Trimester, Scare Tactics, Harsh Realm, Hot Rod and many commercials.
Lee Ryan Crawford
Crawford comes to us with an amazingly diverse background. She has been a voice-actor and announcer for 30 years, a video and film writer/producer/director for 15 years, a scriptwriter and director for live stage for 10 years, a floor director/camera operator for 2 years, a radio and television copywriter for 32 years, she has written speeches and presentations for corporate executives and hosted her own television talk show for 3 years. She holds a Silver Telly Award in video, three first place awards in television, one first place award in radio and several top awards for acting. She has also spent the past 15 years volunteering as a media instructor and motivational speaker at several institutions and organizations. Her passion and humor is contagious and her love of quality motion pictures and acting is evident with her personal collection of over 1300 movies. On top of that, her passion for animals, led her to spend 5 years working as a veterinary assistant, where she developed and chaired a regional event to engage the community and businesses in finding homes for homeless animals.
Jodi Rothfield
Rothfield's casting career began in Los Angeles under the tutelage of Ronnie Yeskel (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Hope Floats, LA Law). She moved to Seattle to be with her husband, a native of Washington, and is now a 20 year veteran of casting for film (Sleepless in Seattle, The Ring, Smoke Signals, Life or Something Like It), TV (The Fugitive, Citizen Baines, Under One Roof and season one and three of The Apprentice) and lead actor searches for features including The Spiderwick Chronicles, Speed Racer, Justice League, Signs, Hearts in Atlantis, Stepmom, Great Expectations and many, many more. Jodi is an adjunct instructor at Cornish College of the Arts and The Professional Actors' Training Program at University of Washington. Her website is: www.worldperc.com.
Instructors are subject to change.
