Risa Tanania

Teaches at Actors Connection New York

Risa Tanania is a casting director and development producer. She got her start at the University of Iowa with a Masters in Inter-Media Studies and left soon after for television production in New York. She has cast (hosts, actors, experts and striking every day people) and developed shows for major networks such as FOX, Bravo, MTV, HGTV, Discovery, Lifetime and STYLE. She believes the new climate of TV is not just a guilty pleasure, but rather a space for great stories to be told. Through her new talent and development company, The House That Casting Built, Risa hopes to achieve her proudest moment; when television (her first love), accurately reflects its true audience...with all cultures, colors and communities equally represented. Until then, she will be working tirelessly to get there.