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31 YEARS OF SUCCESS STORIES

   
STUDENTS TAKE A BOW!
"I want to take this opportunity to congratulate all of our students on their achievements in television, film, voiceover, stage, musical theatre, and school.  Call us with your accomplishments, on screen and off.” 
Judy Berlin, Director/Founder

 
CONGRATULATIONS CELEST JAVIER (9)

Voiceover for South Park TV Series

 

 

ISABELLA PEREGRINA (14)
VOICEOVER IN FEATURE FILM

Isabella has participated in Kids on Camera from age 5 to 14 in our TV 1 and 2 series and workshops. She was recently cast as a voiceover for the upcoming feature film, JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. This is a remake of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. She was cast in this new film following a one-day workshop with us. Isabella was also a voiceover in the film, THE POLAR EXPRESS.

 

Bridgit Mendler, (18) stars as Teddy in the Disney Channel Series, Good Luck Charlie.
A family show from a kid's point of view. 

Bridgit Mendler (18)

“Kids on Camera helped me get my first San Francisco agent and discover that acting was something I really enjoyed.” Bridgit Mendler, (18)

“Bridgit has all the attributes of a Disney star. We just fell in love with her.”
Adam Bonnett, Senior VP of Original Programming at Disney Channel

 

Bridgit continues to receive excellent reviews in her starring role as Teddy in this TV series, Good Luck Charlie.  She got her start in the performing arts, at age 9, when she first attended Kids on Camera’s summer camp. She continued her studies in our TV Acting 1 and 2 school year series, which prepared her to participate in our talent showcase. Following the showcase, where she met local talent agents and film directors, she began attending auditions and getting cast in voiceovers and commercials. She continued her studies in our one-day workshops. Bridgit is represented by agents in Los Angeles now. A big break for her occurred when she was cast in the movie, Alice Upside Down, which is based on a series of novels by Phyllis Naylor. Her co-stars included LA actors, Alyson Stoner  (Cheaper by the Dozen), Lucas Gabreel, (High School Musical) and Luke Perry (TV Series, 90210). Another big break occurred when she was cast as a co-star in the Warner Bros. film, The Clique.  The Disney Channel first cast Mendler on the comedy Jonas, where she appeared in two episodes playing a love interest for Nick Jonas. That was followed by a four-episode stint on Wizards of Waverly Place. • In her first starring role on Good Luck Charlie, on Disney Channels worldwide, Mendler plays Teddy Holliday alongside Disney regular Jason Dolley, who plays her brother Casey. When their parents go back to work full time after having a baby, the care and feeding of their new sister -- nicknamed Charlie -- falls to the teenage siblings. It’s a family show from a kid's point of view. Kids on Camera founder/director, Judy Berlin is not surprised at the success Bridgit is experiencing. From that first day camp, Judy was very aware of her talent. It was just a matter of time, having a passion for acting, her study of the craft, and being at the right place at the right time!

 

ANTHONY ROBINSON’S FILM DEBUT in
HERCULES SAVES CHRISTMAS
 

Watch for Anthony this holiday season in lead role of Max Moogle in HERCULES SAVES CHRISTMAS. In 2008 he participated in Hollywood's Best New Talent at the Kodak Theatre in LA and was nominated for Best Comedic Actor and Best Child Model. Other castings include a role in HIDE ANDSEEK which was nominated for an award at Washington DC Film Festival in 2010. Other credits include print modeling for Nature Bridge and fit modeling for Levi Strauss & Co

 

ALUMNI, TROY CLARDY (35)

Troy Clardy (7) in class
with Judy Berlin in 1983

Executive Producer & Host
Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh

 

CONGRATULATIONS FILMMAKER, EZRA STANELY
 

Award winner at the Burbank International Film Festival
Category: TV Commercial

 

 

SIMON LUNCHE SUCCEEDS! (13)


Simon Lunche (13)

Simon’s acting credits include: SONY PLAYSTATION PSP GAME, Internet Promo & TV Commercial and an Industrial Commercial for Advanced Micro Device

The Blondies, were the opening act at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley in May 2010 and they returned in 2011.

 

CONGRATULATIONS ALUMNI,
PHILLIP GARCIA (23)

• Cast in National TV Commercial, VW Automobile
• Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, American Musical & Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles

Phillip who is from San Jose, CA, was a student at Kids on Camera as a teen in our TV Acting 1 and 2 series and participated in your talent showcase. As a teen he was cast as a lead actor, singer and dancer at San Jose’s Musical Theatre in Pippin, Leader of the Pack, Once on This Island, and more.He is the lead actor in a national commercial campaign for the VW! His other credits include a role on the HBO series Hung, an appearance on Spike TV, and he was cast in a Disney Nightastic commercial and is co-founded a theater company, The 6 & 7 Zealots. He is catching the eye of producers in Los Angeles. His success has much to do with his early training with you and your team. Thank You! Mr. Albert Garcia, San Jose


PHILLIP GARCIA (23)

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN MORRIS
VOICE OF ANDY in TOY STORY 1, 2 & 3


John Morris (Age 6)

John Morris (now)

ARAME HOWARD (8), TIANNA HUFF (8) & LEO JERGOVIC (7) cast as Voiceovers in TOY STORY 3.

John Morris is the voice of Andy in Toy Story 1, 2 and 3.  John, age 26, was a student at Kids on Camera from age 6-16. He participated in our TV 1 and 2 course series, one-day workshops, and our Talent Showcase. Following our showcase he gained representation with a local talent agent and started to attend auditions.  Pixar Animation Studios cast him as the voice of Andy in Toy Story 1 when he was age 7. He was Andy in Toy Story 2 during his teens and is Andy in Toy Story 3. A few of his credits include commercials for Toyota, Pizza Hut and Levi’s, a stage role at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and many leading stage roles when he attended University High School in SF.  He is a UCLA graduate and now lives in New York. 

Following a voiceover workshop at Kids on Camera in March 2010 with Voiceover Casting Director & Looping Coordinator, Holly Dorff; Arame, Tianna, and Leo were cast as background voices for TOY STORY 3. They were attending the workshop and due to their talent and ability to take direction Holly cast them in the film.  Looping is a voiceover term used to describe dialogue replacement and background laughter and cheering. They had a wonderful time working at a local recording studio w/ Holly.

 

CHRIS BURROUS,
TV NEWS ANCHOR, KTLA TV, LOS ANGELES

I was one of your students at your first location. I thought you might like to know that I was a news anchor in Manhattan at WPIX, Channel 11  and now I am in Los Angeles. I enjoyed a 15 year career in TV news which included Sacramento, CA. I have always credited your program with making me a comfortable communicator. I really believe what I learned from you helped me succeed in TV news. You also teach something unique, an appropriate level of eagerness to please the audience. Thank you for all you do!
Chris Burrous Los Angeles

 

Krista Fettke (12)
Co-Stars, Pixar Film, Play by Play

Directors from Pixar Films discovered Krista when they attended our Talent Showcase. Her local casting credits also include a Nintendo DS “My Baby” and “Oops”, Cisco TV project,  and OnStar TV commercials. She he is a print model on the cover of the American Girl Doll Book.

 

 

ALUMNI, KYM McNICOLA RECEIVES AWARD
STAR NEWS REPORTER OF THE YEAR, 2009, SILICON VALLEY

“Thank you for giving me my start! Your training gave me the
skills and confidence to pursue my dream!”
My credits include: News Reporter, Comcast Sports Net
News Anchor: KRON, Morning News Anchor: KFTY

 

ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES

KATRINA BALBUENA, 22
Print Model, American Idol Billboard
Former San Diego Chargers Cheerleader

JENNIFER BOWEN (30)
National TV Commercial, T-Mobile

CHRIS BURROWS
News Anchor, WPIX TV, NYC
& KTLA TV, Los Angeles

SHOSHANA BUSH (21)
Lead in Feature Film, Dance Flick, The Fling
3 Film Contract, Paramount Films

ANDREW DOLINKO, (22)
Johns Hopkins Univ. Graduate
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Major Bio Physics, Minor Theatre Arts

PRESTON HABU, (22) 
Nike & Sprint, TV Commercials
Independent Film, Golden Girls
Spike Lee Film, SUCKER FREE CITY, Toronto Film Festival

PHILIP ITNER (38)
Foreign Correspondent, CBS News
Graduate of SF State U.

JOELLE JACOBY (18)
Co-star, Sci-Fi Series, TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY. (STARZ & BBC)

LYNDSY KAIL (21)
UC Berkeley Graduate
San Fransisco Shakespeare Festival's tour of Hamlet,
performing Ophelia/Horatio.
Film Role, All About Evil
TV Series, Trauma

RENEE MARTINEZ, (20)
Disney Ch., Host of Behind the Ears

JOHN MORRIS (26)
Voice of Andy, Toy Story 1, 2, 3
Feature Film, Sex and the City
Film,The Upstate House, Sundance Film Festival
TV Commercial, General Motors

ADAM MCARTHUR, (24)
National TV Commercials:  Sprite, Nintendo, Six Flags,
Cingular Wireless, and McDonald's

KYM MCNICHOLAS (25)
Star Reporter of the Year, Silicon Valley, 2009
News Reporter, Comcast Sports Net
Business News Anchor, KRON
Anchor, KFTY

KAILA O’NEILL, (21)
Attending Universite de Paris la Sorbonne
Major: Nuclear Engineering
Pursuing a degree in Physics @ Pierre and Marie Curie
Institute

SHEA PARKER (21)
TV Commercial, Pizza Hut
Roles in DRAKE & JOSH on NICKELODEON
CBS Series, STILL STANDING
TV Soap, PASSIONS

DUSTIN PEARSON, (20)
Theater Arts Major, attending Loyola Marymount Univ.
Voiceover Alta Bates Medical Center & Gottchalks Dept. Store
Print model, AT&T.
Role, TV series, Trauma.

CLAIRE PLUMB (22)
Voiceover, SONY
Graduate, Peabody Conservatory of Music
Johns Hopkins Univ., BA in Music, Classical Vocal Major.

BRIDGIT WALSH
TV Series, Army Wives

JUSTIN WHALIN (32)
Emmy Award, CBS Movie, Other Mothers
Lead, HBO Movie, Suzie Q
Jimmy Olsen, Lois & Clark's, The New Adventures of Superman TV Series

REBECCA WHITE, (30)
Lead Role, T.I.C Trenchcoat in Common, at
Encore Theatre Co., San Francisco, Jan. 09
Host, Herpertek, & First Cut, KRON TV.
Stage, NYC, The Exonerated, Bleeker St. Theatre

MORE SUCCESS STORIES

CASSIDY ABERSON (12)
LL Bean Cover Model,
Target National Print Model

JASMINE ACEVES (11)
Music Video, Jenro
Wayne Dyer Video: Tales of Everday Magic
SF State U, Graduate Film Playground Politics

KATYA BAKER LAVINE, (17)
Model, Pottery Barn
TV Commercial, Nintendo
Film Role, Dreams on a String

JAMES BARTON, (14) 
TV Series Role, Parenthood
Background Role, Anjaana Anjaani (Bollywood film)
Role, TV Show, Worlds Most Astonishing News,

KEANU BEAUSIER (14)
SEGA Commercial On-Line
Stage Role, JOE TURNER’S COME & GONE, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
TV Commercial: Chabot Space & Science Center.

HAILEY CAPOVILLA, (10)
National AT&T Print Model

ELLIOTT CARR, (9)
Voiceover, Incredible Hulk Toy!  
Film Role, Allie's Sleep Over Club andit will begin shooting in May.
National Cable TV Commercial, Firefly
TV Commercials, Mervyns, Listerine, Walmart 

SAMANTHA COLBERT (7)
Print Model, Mervyns, Pottery Barn
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AUJENEE DOUGLAS (8)
Film, Santa’s Dog, Sponsored by Animal Planet
MTV Music Video, 18 Days
Independent Film, Every Other Week


MADDIE EISLER, (11) 
Film Roles: Milk starring Sean Penn
Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon
Harrison Montgomery starring Martin Landau
Commercials: Peter Piper Pizza; Extreme Pizza;
Voiceover: Clorox; Monterey Bay Aquarium; Pottery Barn

LONDON FREEMAN, (11)
Film Roles, The Scene and All About Evil 
TV Role, What About Brian, ABC Prime-Time
TV Commercial, McDonald’s  
Lead Role, TBS Film, Valley of the Heart’s Delight

JERRILEE GEIST (14)
Japanese TV Series, The World's Astonishing News
Print model, Cisco Systems
TV Commercial, Axe Body Spray

TORI GARCILLANO, (7)
Dancing Credits: Performing w/ the Rockettes at the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, HP Pavilion, San Jose, 2010
Dancer, Holiday Spectacular Parade at Disneyland
Dance model, Cover of San Jose Mercury News & Palo Alto Daily News

MARIANNA GONZALES, (6)
Print Model, Pottery Barn, Mervyns, Gymboree
National Print Model, Kids Kandoo Products

PYPER HAYDEN, (12)
Extra, Brad Pitt film, “Moneyball”.
Vocalist, Children’s CD w/ the Band The Raytones.
Lead Stage Role, Snow White in "Sleeping Beauty and the Beast", San Carlos

Devyn Hocevar Smith (13)
TV Commercial, Dominican Hospital
Williams Sonoma Internet Promo


MASON HSIEH (18)

Film Roles, The Kite Runner, Bee Season, Peace on Earth
Independent Films, Superdude, Terminal Man, A Forgotten Innocence
Stage, High School Musical, Blue Moon Productions
Print Model, A T & T, Old Navy, Leapfrog Toys


OLIVIA HYTHA, (14)

Discovery Channel: I Faked My Own Death.  
National TV Commercials, Nissan, SEGA Power Monkey Ball, Chiquita Banana,
TV Series: Parenthood, Cresco Express
Industrial Film, American Express/Costco
Print Model, Walmart, AT&T, Mervyn's, Verbaudet Clothing, Amy Byer Clothing 
Stage: Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz & lead actor in Annie, Diablo Theater Co. Alameda Civic Light Opera, Scrooge, Town Hall Theater, Gypsy, Altarena Playhouse, Nuncrackers, Willows Theater, Bat Boy: The Musical, Altarena Playhouse, Annie Get Your Gun, Willows Theater, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Willows Theater, Miracle on 34th Street, Town Hall Theater, Sound of Music, Stage 1, The Music Man, Diablo Light Opera Co., Oliver! Pinole Players

RACHEL (17) & ERIKA (11) JACOBSEN
TV Commercial, Bank of America

DAKOTA JADE (8)
Film Role, Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour


LUCAS JAVIER (5)

Print Model, Wells Fargo Bank

CELESTE JAVIER (9)
Voiceover, Season Finale, South Park Series Episode 11/11, The Poor Kid
TV Commercials, OnStar & Chabot Space & Science Center
PBS, Promo Commercial
SF Indie Fillm, Baby Amy and Generations

LEO JERGOVIC (6)
Voiceover, Toy Story 3
Actor, Educational Video: Department of Health: Immunization

LARA JOHNSTON, (19)
MTV, Rock the Cradle

DEONTE JONES-MIMS (18)
National VO Commercial, Churches Chicken

DRAKE LEM, (12)
NBC Series, Journeyman, Extra
Print Model, Pottery Barn, Nissan, Target
Extra, Film, Pursuit of Happiness, w/ Will Smith.

ELIZABETH LEVINSON, (13)
Vocalist, OAKE National Honors Choir,
Chicago Symphony Hall
Stage, The Red Priest of Venice, Lamplighters Theatre


BRANDON LEVY (11)

Print Model, Wii Interactive Video Game
Kodak National TV Commercial

LOGAN LINK (14)
Sundance Film Festival, 2009, Independent Film Pencil Face,
Print Model, Macys, California Girl in Discovery Girls Magazine, Mervyn's
TV Role, The World's Astonishing News, Japanese TV Show
Independent Film Child of Apocalypse

KEVIN MALTZ (15)
Co-host, Ch. 2, KTVU’s, Total Access for Kids
Sponsored by San Francisco 49’s. 100 youngsters auditioned for this role.

Chelsea Makela (19)
Film Role, Dance Flick, w/ the Wayans Bros, 
Paramount Pictures Released in 2/09!

ISSEI MILLS (11)
Corning Glass Video Industrial & TV Commercial

EMILY MORRIS (17)  
TV Commercial & Print Ad: UBISOFT                     
Stage Role, The Sound of Music

RILEY O’FLYNN (14)
National TV Commercial, Captain Crunch Cereal
Industrial Film, Cisco Systems

ISABELLA PANASCI (11)  
Print Model, Mervyn's, Old Navy, Gap
Hewlett Packard TV Comm’l featuring Kung Fu Panda

ISABELLA PEREGRINA, (14)
Voiceover in film, JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
Guest Star Role, TV Series, Ghost Whisperer
Voiceover, Film, The Polar Express

LOGAN PETRIN, (9)
TV Commercial Alameda County Fair
Movie Theatre Promo: Cancer Research

JUNIOUS POOLE (9)
Print Model, Mervyns

ANDY RAY (12)
Dodge TV Commercial

NIA RICHARDSON, (10)
Role, Discovery Channel Series,  "I ALMOST GOT AWAY WITH IT”

ANTHONY ROBINSON (13)
Film Role, Hercules Saves Christmas
Levi’s Print Model & Fit Modeling
Film Role, Hide and Seek, Academy of Art U.
This film was nominated for an Independent Film Festival in Washington, DC.
TV Series Extra: Trauma.

SAM RUBIN (17)
Role, The World's Astonishing News (Japanese TV Series)
Lead Roles in Dido & Aeneus, San Francisco Opera Conservatory
Role in MacBeth, California Shakespeare Conservatory  
Vocalist, "Live at The Apollo!" Contra Costa College
Body Double for the lead (Lenden Lemelle), Feature Film, "The Kiss,"
Film Roles, Lipstick, & The Bee, Mill Valley Film Festival

SAMANTHA SADOFF (11)
Infomercial, Kodak
CARE Award Winner/Universal Studios
Feature Film "Tropic Thunder"  
TV Commercials, Toyota & McDonald’s 
Print Model: Macy's, Mervyns, Old Navy
Voiceover, S.F. Children's Zoo


SARA SCANNEL (13)

Print Model, Mervyns and AT & T
Stage Role, Alice in Alice and Wonderland
Stage Role, Antigone, ACT

JOSEPH SCHIRLE (10)
National TV Commercial, Kellogs Cereal
Role, TV Series, Trauma


PAGE SCHORER, (15)

Editorial Modeling for ModCloth & Many Belles Down
National Vintage inspired brands

SADIE SCOTT, (8) 
Lead Stage Role, Tiny Tim, A Christmas Carol, ACT.   

KAI SMITH (15)
Film, Pixar’s Wall-E,
New Feature Film The Prankster,  
National TV Commercials: JC Penney, Target, Macys, Pizza Hut, Fisher Price,
Video Game: Dora the Explorer
Print Model: Gap, Levis, Ocean Pacific
TV Commercials: Nickelodeon, Excedrin, Walmart & Trix Yogurt
Sega Game: Shinning Force, PlayStation, Xbox, Rainy Woods,
Independent Films, Ed Meets His Maker, Fear of Flight,

SOREN SPADA (9)
Corning Glass Video Industrial & Commercial
Independent Film, Berkeley Digital Film School

AMELIA, NAKITA, & KASSANDRA SPRINGBORN (TRIPLETS) (5)
Educational Video: Teaching Adults about Autism


ELENA TILLMAN (9)

Print Model, VISA International, AIG Insurance, Varian Medical Systems

ALEXI TORRES (18)
Film Role, The Prankster
Role, The World's Astonishing News (Japanese TV Series)


CARL WENDLING (7)

Print Model, Hewlett Packard, Applied Arts Magazine
independent Film Averice, IMBD Internet Movie
TV Commercials, Pepsi & Chevrolet, Monterey Hospital
Hawaiian Tropic Print Model Winner

PHILIP WONG (16)
Voiceover, Film, THE INCREDIBLES
PBS Documentary Film, Peace on Earth

TARO YAMAMOTO (10)
Voiceovers: Play School Toys & Monterey Bay Aquarium
Print Model, Venus Bridal

KERINA YAO, (14)
Print Model, P&G Brandsaver Health & Beauty

JADA ZIMMERMAN, (5)
Disney Video Promo, Toddler Einstein

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