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29 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

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

Bridgit Mendler (17)

“Kids on Camera helped me get my first San Francisco agent and discover that acting was something I really enjoyed.”
Bridgit Mendler (17)

“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 new series. 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 San Francisco and Los Angeles. 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!

 

CONGRATULATIONS ALUMNI,
PHILLIP GARCIA (22)

- Cast in National TV Commercial Campaign for VW Automobile
- Receives a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the 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 TV Acting 1 and 2 and participated in your talent showcase. During high school 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 many more. Currently he is the lead actor in a huge 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 definitely 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

 

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

ARAMÉ HOWARD (8), TIANNA HUFF (7) & LEO JERGOVIC (6)
Cast as Voiceovers in TOY STORY 3


John Morris (Age 6)

John Morris (now)

John Morris is the voice of Andy in Toy Story 1, 2 and 3.  John, age 25, 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 last March with Voiceover Casting Director & Looping Coordinator, Holly Dorff, Arame, Tianna, and Leo were cast as background looping voices for the film. They were attending the spring 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, laughter and cheering, They had a wonderful time at a local recording studio working with Holly.

 

Krista Fettke (11)
Co-Stars in a Pixar Film, Play by Play

Directors from Pixar Films discovered Krista when they attended the Kids on Camera Talent Showcase. Her other casting credits include a Nintendo and OnStar TV commercials and she is a print model on the cover of the American Girl Doll Book.

 

CONGRATS KEVIN MALTZ (14)
TV Show Co-host, KTVU’s, Total Access for Kids

Sponsored by San Francisco 49’s.
100 youngsters auditioned for this role.

 

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

Thank you for giving me my start!
The training in your classes was so helpful in giving me the
skills and confidence to pursue my dream!!!!
My credits include: News Reporter, Comcast Sports Net
Business 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

SHOSHANA BUSH (21)
Lead in Feature Film, Dance Flick

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

PHILIP ITNER (37)
Foreign Correspondent, CBS News
Graduate of SF State U.

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

JOHN MORRIS (25)
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

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

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

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

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


DUSTIN PEARSON (19)

Theater Arts Major, attending Loyola Marymount Univ. in LA
Voiceover Alta Bates Medical Center & Gottchalks Dept. Store
Print model, AT&T.
Role, TV series, Trauma.

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

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

JAMES BARTON (13)
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


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

ANTHONY ROBINSON (10)
Levi’s Print Model & Fit Modeling
Film Role, Hide and Seek, Academy of Art University
This film was nominated for an Independent Film Festival in Washington, DC.
TV Series Extra: Trauma.

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

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

PRESTON HABU (18)
National TV Commercial, Sprint
Spike Lee Film, SUCKER FREE CITY, Toronto Film Festival

DEVYN HOCEVAR SMITH (13)
TV Commercial, Dominican Hospital
Williams Sonoma Internet Promo


MASON HSIEH (17)

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 (13)

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 Roles: Annie, Diablo Theater Company, Alameda Civic Light Opera Company, 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 Stree, Town Hall Theater, Sound of Music, Stage 1, The Music Man, Diablo Light Opera Co., Oliver! Pinole Players

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


LUCAS JAVIER (5)

Print Model, Wells Fargo Bank

CELESTE JAVIER (8)
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

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

LARA JOHNSTON (19)
MTV, Rock the Cradle

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

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

SIMON LUNCHE (12)
SONY PSP GAME, Internet Promotion
Simon’s band, The Artificial Blondies, were the opening act at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley last May. Quite a feat for his age.

CHELSEA MAKELA (18)
Feature Film Role, Dance Flick, w/ the Wayans Bros,  Paramount Pictures
Released in 2/09!

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

RILEY O’FLYNN (13)
National TV Commercial, Captain Crunch Cereal
Industrial Film, Cisco Systems

ISABELLA PANASCI (10)  
Print Model, Mervyn's, Old Navy, Gap
Hewlett Packard TV Comm’l featuring Kung Fu Panda

ISABELLA PEREGRINA (12)
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

SAM RUBIN (16)
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 (12)
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

KAI SMITH (14)
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)
Independent Film, Berkeley Digital Film School


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 (6)
independent Film Averice, on IMBD Internet Movie Data Base
TV Commercial, Pepsi
International Print Ad, APPLIED ARTS Magazine
Monterey Bay Area Hospital
Hawaiian Tropic Print Model Winner

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

TARO YAMAMOTO (9)
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

SAGE ZIMMERMAN (6)
Fit Modeling, Gymboree

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