Partner
Bernie Van De Yacht
- Member, Casting Society of America (CSA)
- Artios Award nominee for Alpha and Omega
- MFA, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
- Casting films for over thirty years
Bernie Van De Yacht received a BA in Psychology and Theatre from The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and an MFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
Bernie has been casting films for over thirty years, including The King and I, Trumpet of the Swan, Alpha and Omega, all the Swan Princess sequels, Happily N’ever After II, Ribbit and Norm of the North. He has cast for Morgan Creek, Warner Bros., Columbia/Tri-Star, Sony and Lionsgate.
He is a proud member of the Casting Society of America (CSA) and was nominated for an ArtiosAward for casting the animated feature film, Alpha and Omega.
Bernie and his business partner ML created a voiceover master class at their alma mater, CalArts, where they have mentored more than 300 voiceover artists.
He is also a screenwriter and director. He wrote and directed a short film called, There’s Something About Meryl, which was the Official Selection in many film festivals around the country. He also directed his first full-length feature film, Salvation, from his original screenplay.
His first novel, A Man Walks into a Hardware Store, was published by Solstice Publishing. It was an Amazon Best Seller earning over 2020 reviews with an overall rating of 4.2/5. Bernie was a quarterfinalist in the 2018 Nicholl Fellowship competition for his screenplays, Dottie and A Man Walks into a Hardware Store. He went on to become a semifinalist for A Man Walks into a Hardware Store. The audiobook of A Man Walks into a Hardware Store, narrated by Jeff Harding, was published by W.F. Howes. His second novel is Midwest Farmers’ Daughters.
