John McKinney, Lisa Fischoff and Jason Sasportas

Teaches at Actors Connection New York

Upbeat and friendly, John McKinney casts and directs voiceover talent for national TV and radio spots as well as occasional film and animation at Pomann Sound. Recent clients include: Verizon, Heineken, Castrol Motor Oil, Fisher-Price and Michelob. While the majority of his work involves union talent, John will occasionally get non-union jobs and is always on the lookout for skilled non-union voice talent. Prior to working as a casting director, John spent over twenty years as a copywriter for various New York ad agencies including Grey, LCF&L and Gotham where he both created and cast national campaigns for Proctor & Gamble, General Foods, Mercedes-Benz, Lufthansa, AT&T Wireless and countless other brands. He has also spent time behind the microphone as a voiceover actor himself and as a former radio DJ. This diverse background gives John a unique ability to interpret ad copy with subtlety and precision and to help actors do the same. John will also be accepting V/O demos. He's called in and booked our AC actors from seminars and classes here at Actors Connection. Formerly at Liz Lewis Casting for many years, Lisa Fischoff now heads up Broadcasters with Stacy Seidel. This busy office casts film, commercials, industrials, TV, print and voice-overs. Lisa recently cast commercials for Walmart, Verizon, Dr. Pepper, Comcast, Arby's, Sprint/Nextel, an American Express campaign, JP Morgan Chase and Saturn. This office also handles on camera hosting for sites like People.com, SportsIllustrated.com, Liveperson.com, MicrosoftBing.com, VitaminWater and Vonage. Jason is head of the voice-over department for Stewart Talent, a premier boutique agency in NY. He has booked clients on numerous national network commercials including Subway, McDonald's, Wendy's, Stouffer's, Seroquel, Humira, Abilify, Nicorette, AARP, Liberty Mutual, Charles Schwabb, Walmart, CVS, HBOGo Online, Stouffer's, Yoplait, Kitchen Aide, Nook & Fructis Garnier. While commercials are his focus, Jason covers all areas of voice-over. He has clients working regularly as audio book narrators and has booked talent on documentaries for A&E, National Geographic and The Weather Channel, in addition to various animation and video game projects.