Biography: As a teenager, David Schifter hosted a cable television show in New York City called "Spotlight on Teens", and later spent a successful 14 years as a TV news investigative reporter, reporting for stations in West Virginia, Virginia, California, New York and Cleveland. He also was a corespondent for CNN and CNBC. He earned numerous awards including three Emmy nominations and the coveted Emmy itself ... show all As a teenager, David Schifter hosted a cable television show in New York City called "Spotlight on Teens", and later spent a successful 14 years as a TV news investigative reporter, reporting for stations in West Virginia, Virginia, California, New York and Cleveland. He also was a corespondent for CNN and CNBC. He earned numerous awards including three Emmy nominations and the coveted Emmy itself. In 1999, David took the ultimate career risk by walking away from everything familiar to begin a career as an actor and later, a casting director. In 2001 he founded Guerrilla Casting, now Hollywood East Casting, a principals and extras casting company based in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. While continuing to act in national film and television productions, David and a staff cast commercials, television and feature films. Notable clients include NBC, Warner Brothers, The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Woman's Entertainment, I Network (formerly PAX) and others. He also works as a Development Producer conceptualizing programming ideas for television and video series. Hollywood East Casting operates nationwide. hide |
