Our Stories
Danny Gordon
Danny is an award-winning casting director, theatre director and educator. As a casting director, films to premiere this year include Noam Argov's Verse at the Tribeca Film Festival and San Diego's Comic-Con as well as Andrew Chappelle's I'm Gonna Kill You at the Inside Out Festival and Provincetown International Film Festival. Additional recent casting includes the acclaimed A24/Netflix series Beef (Emmy and Artios Awards for Outstanding Casting) and the 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. As a theatre director, Amy Herzog's Mary Jane for an ensemble of actresses with disabilities and Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife (Transgender Arts Initiative Grant) for an ensemble of transgender and non-binary performers. His adaptation was called "Singularly powerful and important" by the play's Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. As an educator, Danny is an adjunct professor in the MFA Acting program at Columbia University where he teaches his course You & the Camera. He has also recently been a guest instructor for NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Syracuse University's Aaron Sorkin Intensive and numerous studios and theatre companies from NY to LA. He is a member of the Casting Society of America and the National Alliance of Acting Teachers.
Terra Mackintosh
Terra Mackintosh is an award-winning actress, producer, and writer. Her work as an actress has spanned across film, television, regional theatre, Off-Broadway and Broadway stages. As a filmmaker, she has premiered films at Sundance, SXSW, Berlinale, Atlanta, and Tribeca Film Festivals. Whether on-tape, on-set, or in class, Terra’s coaching is rooted in collaboration, creativity and respect. After decades of training, Terra realized that the more cerebral approach of most acting methodologies was not working for her anymore. She began studying somatic and sensorimotor work, incorporating it into how she teaches. She’s found that a “body up” approach creates a more accessible space or actors of all abilities and experience levels. Terra has worked extensively with actors with disabilities, most recently as the on-set acting coach for breakout star Anna Sargent in Take Me Home (Sundance 2026). In addition to her classes at The Artist’s Space, Terra teaches acting at Performing Arts Studio West, one of the top training programs for adults with cognitive disabilities.