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.