BLOG – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025

BLOG – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2025

It was a busy end to the year with voice over work, a corporate project and some ADR for my episode in season 2 of, Beef. That should come out early in the new year. I also had a callback for a national commercial in December which would have been a nice Christmas...

BLOG – ADOPT A DAY LABOR CORNER – JULY-OCTOBER 2025

BLOG – ADOPT A DAY LABOR CORNER – JULY-OCTOBER 2025

Under Trump’s presidency, immigration is the priority. Having campaigned on removing dangerous, undocumented criminals, one of his first actions was to increase the budget for border control and immigration to $170 billion. But instead of targeting criminals, Trump...

BLOG – ICE RAIDS IN LOS ANGELES – MAY/JUNE 2025

BLOG – ICE RAIDS IN LOS ANGELES – MAY/JUNE 2025

May ushered in yet another period of disruption in Los Angeles with federal raids on the immigrant population. President Trump campaigned on deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records but, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, Stephen Miller told ICE (US...

BLOG – NOTHING SHOOTING IN HOLLYWOOD – MARCH/APRIL 2025

BLOG – NOTHING SHOOTING IN HOLLYWOOD – MARCH/APRIL 2025

Looking back at 2016, I booked work on 20 projects: 5 commercials, 1 promo, 1 primetime TV show, 1 daytime drama, 1 cable TV show, a series regular role in an independent TV series, 2 independent feature films, 3 short films, 2 industrials and 1 voice over. I was also...

BLOG – WILDFIRES DEVASTATE LOS ANGELES – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025

BLOG – WILDFIRES DEVASTATE LOS ANGELES – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025

I spent Christmas with my family in the UK and flew back into Los Angeles on 7 January - the evening the wildfires started - the plane having to fly out over the Pacific and turn back into LA to cope with the 80 mph wind gusts. That night, in the mountains, the gusts...

BLOG – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024

BLOG – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024

It was a slow end to the year for work. I had another session for the voice over project that I’ve been working on and several nice auditions - for a new play, a vampire film, an award-winning television series and a national commercial. National commercial auditions...

BLOG  – HOLLYWOOD STALLS – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024

BLOG – HOLLYWOOD STALLS – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024

Times are hard in Los Angeles at the moment. In the Hollywood Reporter article dated 16 October 2024, it was reported that July to September 2024 was the weakest quarter so far this year for television shows shooting in Los Angeles - dropping another 18.3% from the...

BLOG – VERTICAL SHORT FORM – MAY/JUNE 2024

BLOG – VERTICAL SHORT FORM – MAY/JUNE 2024

Since the beginning of March, IATSE, the union for behind the scenes entertainment workers, has been negotiating a new deal. With the potential of another strike on the horizon, studios have been holding back on shooting so May and June have continued to be quiet....

BLOG – SURVIVE ‘TIL 25 – MARCH/APRIL 2024

BLOG – SURVIVE ‘TIL 25 – MARCH/APRIL 2024

So far, the industry has been slow all year because the studios, streaming platforms and television networks are waiting to see if the other unions (crew, drivers, technicians etc) will strike. The biggest union in the industry, IATSE, and several other unions, are...