JEREMY O'KEEFE
Filmmaker, Casting Director, Instructor
Los Angeles/Atlanta
Jeremy O'Keefe is an award-winning director, writer, producer, casting director, and educator. His second feature, Somewhere Slow, won Best Narrative Feature at the Brooklyn Film Festival, enjoyed a theatrical release through Screen Media, and is now streaming on FreeVee.
Currently, Jeremy is casting several feature films, including Eyes in the Trees (Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Rhys Meyers), The Wolf and the Lamb (Angus Macfadyen, Q’orianka Kilcher), The Dregs (featuring Emmy nominee Nava Mau), Boris Is Dead, The Tonite, Confined & Contra.
Jeremy’s spent over nine years in TV comedy with Greenstein | Daniel Casting and Sherie Hernandez Casting in Los Angeles, earning him both Artios and Heller nominations. He has collaborated with every major network and streaming platform, with highlights including Mindy Kaling’s groundbreaking Netflix series Never Have I Ever, the Carol Burnett/Amy Poehler pilot Household Name for ABC, the first two seasons of TVLand’s Teachers, and the final two seasons of Key & Peele (both with Sherie Hernandez).
As an educator, Jeremy has served on the faculty at AMDA and has been a guest lecturer at Wallace State, Webster University, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He teaches mindfulness-based audition techniques nationwide, with a commitment to discovering and nurturing authentic talent. Jeremy is passionate about maximizing the positive impact of TV, film, and theater on audiences and the world.
TESTIMONIALS
"As actors we so often put casting directors on pedestals, and Jeremy squashed that authority feel from the get go, allowing us to just be humans on a journey together. His message of going through a scene "truthfully and authentically" 100% hit home. That is when I feel most free and what I strive for, yet at the same time it is sometimes a battle to let go of the doing, the "acting" as you put it. I appreciate the ways he taught us to find the POV, needs and actions to guide us, and then for us to just BE…His passion is contagious. I’m thankful for him for sharing that fire, for treating us as equals, for encouraging us and sharing his knowledge.”
Miranda Moore / CSI: NY
"Jeremy brings the such jubilation and focus to class. He was initially just a random CD workshop I did. I expected little, really they’re a dime a dozen, but he delivered so much more. I truly feel I have never been a better actor than I am now, thanks to him, and I’m also aware how much more truthful and connected I can become. He reignited my curiosity and passion. It had been so long since I learned anything new about performing, that I forgot there was more to discover. But then Jeremy reminded me that this isn’t my final form, and that it can still feel like it did in the beginning.“
Hayes Dunlap / The Countdown