David Matis is the owner of RISING STARS TALENT located in Santa Monica, California.
He is a former casting director for commercials and feature films, and has worked as a successful acting coach and commercial workshop instructor for hundreds of actors. He has also spent time on the other side of the camera as an actor working in commercials and as a print model for newspapers, magazines and the internet.
David has been a guest on numerous television and radio talk shows including: ‘ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’, ‘E (Entertainment) CHANNEL’, ‘THE MORNING SHOW’, ‘MAKING ENTERTAINMENT’, ‘KFI COAST Radio’, ‘BBC RADIO IN ENGLAND’ and was interviewed for a joint venture for DISCOVERY CHANNEL & BBC TELEVISION .
He has also been interviewed for numerous magazine and newspaper publications such as ‘HOLLYWOOD REPORTER’ ‘PEOPLE MAGAZINE’, ‘L.A. TIMES’, ‘ ASSOCIATED PRESS’, ‘BACK STAGE WEST’, ‘LA PARENT’, ‘ ‘EVENING OUTLOOK’ and ‘CHICAGO TRIBUNE’.
David is an accomplished photographer. His work has been included in art shows, art books, environmental projects and has been used for set decorations in feature films. He also specializes in actor head shots and model shoots.
David is on the advisory board for the World Talent Alliance and has participated in many show business seminars and panel discussions on the east and west coasts. For many years he was a guest lecturer for Face Finders, a nation wide talent search organization for young actors and models. David also taught a course on show business for the Learning Annex.
He is the author of ‘THE RISING STARS GUIDE FOR SHOW BIZ KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS’, published by Crown Books. A new and updated version of the book is soon to be released. He has also been published in many magazines and newspapers. His first business related non-fiction book was published in 1986 and is still on the market.
On a personal note, David is a life long surfer and can be found most mornings prior to work at one of the many surf breaks between Ventura and Santa Monica. David is a world traveler, having spent time in Africa, India, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, England, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Mexico, Scotland, Greenland, Switzerland and a few weeks at a weather/satelitte tracking station not far from the North Pole.