David Matis is the owner of RISING STARS TALENT located in Santa Monica, California.

He is a former casting director, acting coach and commercial workshop instructor and commercial actor and model. He has appeared on many television and radio talk shows, including: ‘ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’, ‘E (Entertainment) CHANNEL’, ‘THE MORNING SHOW’ (KTLA, Los Angeles), ‘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 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 children and 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.