Episode 04 - Risa Bramon Garcia
Risa’s career is an exciting one, from directing 200 Cigarettes, The Con Artist, and more, to her Casting work on shows such as The Affair, Masters of Sex, and Roseanne and movies like SLC Punk!, Speed, Twister, Natural Born Killers, and a film very near and dear to my heart, Benny and Joon.
We met up with Risa in North Hollywood at The BGB Studio, where she and partner Steve Braun- along with their staff- work with actors to develop each person’s unique voice. Risa is a wonderfully open, blunt, and honest person who both loves what she does and comes at it from a pragmatic point of view.
She started out surrounded by incredible creatives including Shel Silverstein, David Mamet, Wendy Wasserstein, Lanford Wilson, and the effects of that sort of New York theater sandbox training ground is clear in her approach to the industry now. The funniest thing to me being, she thought that was normal.
She was a great deal of fun to talk to, enlightening to listen to, and I hope that you’ll enjoy her candor as much as I did.
Show Notes:
Risa Bramon Garcia
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305405/
Charlie Chappell
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3584890/
200 Cigarettes
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137338/
Paul Rudd
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748620/
Gabby Hoffman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000451/
Kate Hudson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005028/
Dave Chappelle
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152638/
Sam Rockwell
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005377/
Janeane Garofolo
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000413/
Fool for Love
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool_for_Love_(play)
Sam Shepard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Shepard
Ed Harris
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000438/
Will Patton
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001599/
Kathy Baker
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000834/
Curt Dempster/ Ensemble Studio Theatre
https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/curt-dempster/
Lanford Wilson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933730/
David Mamet
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000519/
Christopher Durang
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243837/
Wendy Wasserstein
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913715/
Horton Foote
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0285210/
Vincent Canby
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Canby
Billy Hopkins
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394119/
Desperately Seeking Susan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089017/
Janet Maslin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Maslin
Richard Greenberg
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0338575/
John Patrick Shanley
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788234/
Shel Silverstein
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0799060/
Christine Baranski
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004724
Harry Yulin
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950867/
Greta Gerwig
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1950086/
Jordan Peele
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443502/
Duplass brothers
Mark Duplass
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243233/
Jay Duplass
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0243231/
Timothée Chalamet
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3154303/
Sharon Chatten
Steve Braun
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105853/
Gary Oldman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000198/
Viola Davis
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205626/
Allison Janney
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005049/
SEAL Team
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6473344/
The Affair
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2699110/
Benny and Joon
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106387/
Johnny Depp
Mary Stuart Masterson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000524/
William H Macy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000513/
Aidan Quinn
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001644/
Julianne Moore
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000194/
Oliver Platt
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001624/
21 Jump Street
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092312/
Edward Scissorhands
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099487/
Jeremiah Chechik
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154819/
Heidi Levitt
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506217/
Sean Penn
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000576/
David Strathairn
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000657/
Christopher Walken
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000686/
At Close Range
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090670/
Billy Hopkins
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394119/
James Foley
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001226/
Sneakers
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/
Phil Robinson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004675/
Walter Parkes
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662748/
Robert Redford
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000602/
Sidney Poitier
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/
Mary McDonnell
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001521/
River Phoenix
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000203/
Sir Ben Kingsley
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001426/
James Earl Jones
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000469/
Dan Aykroyd
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000101/
Timothy Busfield
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124079/
Donal Logue
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006610/
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5027774/
Lady Bird
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4925292/
The Con Artist
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401607/
Rossif Sutherland
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160472/
Donald Sutherland
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000661/
Rebecca Romijn
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005381/
Mary Walsh
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909763/
Oliver Stone
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000231
Kathryn Bigelow
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000941/
John Hughes
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000455/
Tony Scott
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001716/
Angelina Jolie
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/
Adrian Lyne
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001490/
Michael Douglas
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000140/
Glenn Close
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000335/
Bob Richardson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724744/
https://www.instagram.com/risabg/
https://www.facebook.com/Risabg
BGB Studio
https://bramongarciabraun.com/
John Papsidera
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660667/
Intro and Outro Music
"Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
