2025 Atlanta Film Festival

The Business of Acting: Industry Challenges and Opportunities

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What are the biggest challenges actors face in today's market? How has the rise of streaming platforms impacted your career? How can actors best utilize social media to promote themselves? What advice would you give to aspiring actors navigating the self tape and callback audition process? What steps can the industry take to improve diversity in casting? How are you navigating and surviving the current lack of work in GA, and what advice do you have for younger actors who are looking at a career in the industry?


Moderator: Creative Conference and Producer Linda Burns


Panelists:

Cynthia Barrett

A midwesterner now living in the south. Her work has been seen on stages across the country. She has also appeared in the films Red One, Insurgent, and TV shows Stranger Things, The Staircase, English Teacher, Ozark and others.


Erin Ross


Kelley Periera


Jason Turner

Jason is a graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts with an MFA in Acting and is a member of SAG/AFTRA.


Kurt Yue




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    English