133 - Director Tell-All - Aprill Winney
Audrey Helps Actors Podcast
Jesse Lumen
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week Audrey Moore talks to TV director Aprill Winney. They discuss her work on shows like Tracker and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., how directors choose who to cast from self-tapes, tips and tricks for self-tapes and on set, and how to juggle parenthood and a career in the industry!
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Host: Audrey Moore
Producer and Editor: Jesse Lumen
Mixer: Thomas Snodgrass
Show Music: Ari de Niro
Special thanks to Thomas Snodgrass for assistance with microphones, Aalok Mehta and 108 Hill for help with the theme song.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, I'm Audrey Moore, the Audrey Helps Actors podcast, and this is episode 133. |
| 0:07.0 | Are you working on self-taimate me for free? |
| 0:11.0 | Today on the show we have April Winnie. |
| 0:14.0 | April is an Emmy Award nominated director of shows such as Tracker and Agents of Shield, who who started as an actor and then moved on to |
| 0:21.9 | being a script supervisor. And today we are going to discuss how directors choose who to cast from |
| 0:27.8 | self-tapes. Doesn't that sound great? Don't you want to know? Self-tape tips and tricks. And also, |
| 0:34.0 | what's the story with this first 10 seconds? All right, self-tape May. Self-Tap May has begun. |
| 0:40.3 | 16 tapes one month. Can you do it? Yes, you can. All right, the special thing you have to wear |
| 0:46.8 | or show or write down or let me know in each tape is a glove. All right, sign up for free on self-tape-made.com. |
| 0:55.8 | If you finish 16 tapes in May, you will be eligible for the amazing prize package, |
| 1:01.0 | including a year of casting network's premium membership, |
| 1:05.1 | a session with acting coach Jeff Pride, Courtney Ruse, |
| 1:08.7 | the mastering the medical role workshop, Shannon Bills' lead role energy five-week class, Jeff Pride, Courtney Ruse, the Mastering the Medical Role Workshop, |
| 1:12.1 | Shannon Bill's lead role energy five-week class. |
| 1:15.6 | And Sladeable is donating a huge prize package this year of a complete self-tape studio setup, |
| 1:22.9 | including a tripod, backdrop, lighting, and an iPad, plus one year of slatable premium with |
| 1:29.1 | auto reader and teleprompter. |
| 1:31.6 | So you can sign up at self-tapemade.com do 16 tapes and you'll be entered into the drawing |
| 1:36.2 | to win. |
| 1:36.8 | All that. |
| 1:37.6 | And you'll get to be on the podcast. |
| 1:39.3 | Hoosah! |
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