Our Stories
Danny Gordon
Danny is an award-winning film and television casting director, teacher and theatre director. Recent casting associate work includes: the A24 / Netflix limited series Beef (Emmy and Artios Award for Outstanding Casting), the Peacock series Mr. Throwback (starring Steph Curry) and the feature film All That We Love (Tribeca Film Festival). His artistic journey began in New York City assisting avant-garde theatre auteur Richard Foreman at the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre. His time in the downtown art scene ignited a passion for actors and how a performer's unique authenticity can strengthen the stories we tell. In recent years, Danny adapted and directed the play I Am My Own Wife with an ensemble of transgender and non-binary performers. For reimagining this play, he received the Transgender Arts Initiative Grant through the city of West Hollywood. Doug Wright, the play's Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright called his adaptation "Singularly powerful and important." As an educator, Danny has recently been a guest instructor for NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Syracuse University's Sorkin Week and numerous studios and theatre companies from NY to LA. He is a member of the Casting Society of America.
Terra Mackintosh
Terra is an award-winning actress, producer, writer, and acting coach. Whether on-tape, on-set, or in class, Terra’s coaching is rooted in collaboration, creativity and respect. She has extensive experience working with actors with disabilities, most recently as the on-set acting coach for breakout star Anna Sargent in Liz Sargent’s feature film Take Me Home. The film will make its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. She co-wrote, produced, cast, and was the on-set acting coach for ‘Best Summer Ever,’ the “unprecedented” (Variety) and “unlike anything you’ve seen before” (Forbes) feature made with a fully integrated cast and crew of people with and without disabilities, for which she was awarded the SXSW 2020 Final Draft Screenwriters Award. The film was named a NYTimes Critics’ Pick, a SXSW 2020 World Premiere Selection, a SXSW 2021 Spotlight Selection, and received raves from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Forbes, USAToday, and Indiewire. She returned to SXSW in 2022 for the world premiere of Delta Spirit’s music video “What’s Done is Done,” the first music video to star actors with down syndrome, which she produced. As an actor, she has originated multiple roles in new plays in NYC and regionally, garnering her praise and awards. She can be seen on television (Amazon, Apple TV+, Netflix, HBO, NBC, CBS, Paramount+) and in multiple independent films. As a writer, her feature film screenplay, Serotinous, was named a Second Rounder in the 2025 Austin Film Festival Script Competition, a 2024 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition Semifinalist, and a 2024 Finalist in The Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards Contest. www.terramackintosh.com