How Breakthru builds a DEMO REEL that gets you called in…
1. IDENTIFY
Together we’ll identify 3–4 scenes that showcase your authentic range and the roles you’re most likely to book professionally—based on your age, type, unique casting profile, and most importantly… who you are.
2. CREATE
Gil will rewrite existing material—or write an original scene from scratch—designed specifically to reveal your most compelling, memorable, and castable work.
3. PRE-PRODUCTION
We’ll prepare every detail before the cameras roll: wardrobe suggestions, character looks, rehearsals, scheduling, and everything you need to arrive confident, relaxed, and camera-ready.
4. PRODUCTION
Experience what it’s like to work with a professional director. Gil directs your performance exactly as he would on a feature film or television series, with experienced readers, multiple takes, and a collaborative process designed to capture your very best work.
5. POST-PRODUCTION
Your scenes are professionally color graded, refined, and polished so every creative decision strengthens your performance and keeps the audience’s attention exactly where it belongs—on you.
6. EDITORIAL
This is where everything comes together. As a director and storyteller, Gil shapes every moment, every cut, every reaction, and every beat into a cinematic demo reel that doesn’t just show your acting—it tells the story of why you’re castable.
THE RESULT:
A powerful, cinematic demo reel of approximately 2-min 20-sec that elevates your castability and leaves casting directors, agents, producers, and directors thinking: “Bring them in. There’s something special about this actor.”
CREATE YOUR NEW DEMO REEL AND IGNITE YOUR CAREER
Contact [email protected] to Get Started
Price: $7,250
Meet Your Director
About Gil Junger
The Breakthru Company is Director Gil Junger’s love letter to the thousands of actors he’s had the pleasure of working with. Breakthru’s mission is to inspire and empower actors to disregard their self-limiting beliefs, the curse of the artist, and forge a direct connection with their creative genius.
Gil Junger has directed five feature films including the decade defining 10 Things I Hate About You and over 200 episodes of Network TV, including the transformative coming out episode of Ellen.
As well as emerging talent, director Gil Junger has worked with: Heath Ledger, Megan Fox, Laura Dern, Julia Stiles, Ellen DeGeneres, Josh Duhamel, Sandra Bullock, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Oprah Winfrey, Kathy Bates, Jenna Elfman, Jennifer Love Hewitt …he’s even directed himself, but cut his performance for the good of the project.
Gil Junger lives in Los Angeles with his two sons, Will and Ben, as well as their dog Skittles. When he’s not writing, directing, cooking, or creating something, he can be found at the track, racing cars with his sons. He believes the next time he’ll be faster than his boys – he’s said that every time.