Breakdown Services Hosts the First United States Conference for the International Alliance of Casting Directories

    LOS ANGELES, CA, April 15, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Breakdown Services, the online communication network and casting system used by film studios, talent agents, casting directors and actors, is welcoming the heads of the premiere casting directories of the United Kingdom and Australia to a three-day conference of The International Alliance of Casting Directories (IACD). The companies will spend April 20, 21 and 22 discussing ways to strengthen their global casting network.

Spotlight Casting's first directory was published in 1937; it was the first casting service in the United Kingdom to bring information on actors together in one directory. Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh were just two of the legendary performers in its early editions, with Kate Winslet and Judi Dench being just a couple of the stars featured today. Spotlight Director Ben Seale, whose family has run the company since after World War II, will be in attendance, as will the immediate past Spotlight Director, Nigel Seale.

For 50 years Showcast has been been considered the premiere casting system of Australia and New Zealand. Danelle D'Costa, the Business Development Manager, will also be part of the conference. For ten years she has steered Showcast into a position to take on the changing world of online systems, leading Australia and its acting community to the digital world stage.

IACD was founded by the three long-established directories in the mid 1990's to develop a legitimate global casting service. This is the first conference the organization has based in the United States. A few of their main goals will be how to uphold professional standards, to promote an open exchange of ideas and to protect the interest of performers across the world.

About Breakdown Services, Ltd.

Breakdown Services (www.breakdownexpress.com) was established in 1971, creating the process that is used around the world to cast feature films, television shows, commercials, theater and other projects that require actors. Since its inception it has developed many other services for the industry, including the Virtual Channel Network (www.virtualchannelnetwork.com) that uses the power of the Internet to transmit original content developed specifically for members of the entertainment community. Actors use Breakdowns' Showfax service to obtain audition material at (www.showfax.com) as well as Actors Access (www.actorsaccess.com) that allows for actors to update their pictures, resume and demo reels to submit for specific roles posted at the request of casting directors, and CastingAbout (www.castingabout.com), an up-to-date source for real-time casting and production information in Los Angeles and New York. Other Breakdown Services companies include www.talentproplus.com, www.gobetween.com, and www.productionreferenceservice.com.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, Breakdown Services operates through a global network of services in the U.S., England and Australia. More information is available on the company's web site located at www.breakdownexpress.com.

Contact:

Jenna Albrecht
Breakdown Services, Ltd.
Tel: 310/276-9166 ext. 413
Email: [email protected]

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