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Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Charles Sturridge.
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Television: World In Action (Granada 1978) Coronation Street (1977) Brideshead Revisited (1981, Granada), Soft Targets (1983, BBC), The Storyteller (1988, C4), A Foreign Field (1993, BBC), Gulliver’s Travels (1996, C4/NBC), Longitude (2000, C4), Ohio Impromptu (2001, BBC), Shackleton (2002, C4), No 1 Ladies Detective Agency (2009 BBC/HBO), The Road To Coronation Street (2010, BBC 4), Dates (2013), Da Vinci’s Demons (2015, Starz), Churchill’s Secret (2016, ITV) Career of Evil (BBC 2018) Marcella (ITV 2018) MotherFatherSon (BBC2 2019) Sanditon (ITV 2019-2022) Cobra Rebellion (Sky 2023)Films: Runners (1982), Aria (1987), A Handful of Dust (1988), Where Angel Fear To Tread (1991), Fairytale A True Story (1997), Lassie (2005), The Scapegoat (2012)
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Meet and get an insight in to the process of TV / Film Director Edward Hall!
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Acclaimed theater, television, and film director Edward Hall returns to Chicago Shakespeare to take on the role of Artistic Director, Carl and Marilynn Thoma Chair. The appointment marks a homecoming for Hall, who has maintained close ties with the company since he directed the Rose Rage trilogy of Henry VI, Parts 1, 2, and 3 at Chicago Shakespeare in 2003, garnering significant critical acclaim and the Jeff Award for Best Direction. This epic theatrical event went on to play the Duke on 42nd Street, marking Chicago Shakespeare’s off-Broadway and NYC debut. In February 2024, he is set to direct this season’s Richard III starring 2023 Tony Award-nominee Katy Sullivan in the Courtyard Theater.Son of British theater legend and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sir Peter Hall, Edward Hall has built his love of Shakespeare around original interpretations of the Bard’s plays, making this a central focus of his own career. In 1997, he founded the ensemble-based Propeller Theatre Company, performing Shakespeare’s plays in London’s West End and on tour to Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the United States, and beyond. He has directed Julius Caesar, Henry V, and The Two Gentlemen of Verona for the Royal Shakespeare Company; and his production of The Taming of the Shrew was included alongside Barbara Gaines’ Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 as part of the RSC’s Complete Works Festival in 2006/07. The New York Times Magazine raved of his career, “what Edward Hall seems to do is work at the cellular level, cracking the DNA code of the text and replicating it onstage.”
Hall led London’s Hampstead Theatre for nearly a decade as Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, where he was known for ground-breaking work, including the Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon, Chariots of Fire, The Judas Kiss, and Ecstasy—all of which transferred to the West End. In 2019, he staged the UK premiere of the Pulitzer prize-winning Cost of Living, starring Adrian Lester and Katy Sullivan. Following his appointment to Hampstead Theatre in 2010, Hall took the company from the brink of bankruptcy through a dramatic transformation into one of the nation’s most successful theaters for new work development—producing over 100 world premieres. While at Hampstead, he championed wider accessibility in the theater industry: he launched the Downstairs incubator space for early career playwrights, rolled out discount ticket programs, young writers’ programs, and as far back as 2013 began innovating with “freestreaming” on global digital platforms.
His extensive film and television credits include 2019’s Blithe Spirit starring Dame Judi Dench, Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, and Leslie Mann, as well as Gentleman Jack, Restless starring Hayley Atwell and Charlotte Rampling, Partners in Crime, The Durrells, and the season finale for series 4 of the resoundingly successful Downton Abbey. Upcoming releases include the Sky TV holiday film Joy To The World, starring Timothy Spall as Father Christmas.
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The Actors Home presents an in-depth insight into casting workshops with Luci Lennox and Run At It Shouting founder Charlie MacGechan.
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Get an insight in to the process of Director Matthew Moore
Matthew made his debut as writer/director with the short films Julian and The Amber Amulet, which won back to back Crystal Bears at The 62nd and 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Most recently Matthew directed 6 episodes across seasons 2 and 3 of Tony McNamara's Emmy winning comedy series The Great for Hulu and MRC Entertainment, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult. In addition to directing, Matthew was also a part of the writers room for season 2 Other SVOD and network directing credits include Colin from Accounts for CBS Studios, BBC2 and Binge, Diary of an Uber Driver, a half hour limited comedy series for ABC which Matthew set up and directed all 6 episodes, Bump for Stan and Offspring for Network 10. Awards include the AACTA Award for Best short fiction film, The AWGIE Award for for best short screenplay, selection at Les Cesars Golden Night of The Best Short Films of the Year in Paris and the Oscar Qualifying Grand Prix from the Heartland Film Festival. Matthew has also beennominated three times for Best Direction of a TV Comedy at the Australian Director Guild Awards for Diary of an Uber Driver and The Great and Colin from Accounts respectively. -
Get an insight in to the process of Writer / Director ALICE SEABRIGHT!
Alice Seabright is a writer and director based in London who was named as a 2019 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Alice is currently show running her original series Chloe for the BBC – she will write four out of six episodes, direct the 1st block, and serve as executive producer.
She recently directed episodes 4 and 5 of Sex Education Series 2, which dropped on Netflix earlier this year, as well as writing episode 3 for Sex Education Series 3. Prior to life as a writer/director, Alice has worked in Development at Heyday Films and Brilliant Films.
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Get an insight in to the process of four time Emmy award-winning casting director John Frank Levy. John recently published his new book RIGHT FOR THE ROLE where he shares his experiences. John hasn't just witnessed some of the greatest acting talents in Hollywood, in many cases, he's had a major hand in it!
What began in 1988 as a way of improving the lives of former gang members in East Los Angeles has today become a blueprint for over 400 organizations around the world, from Alabama and Idaho, to Guatemala and Scotland.
John's Bio
John Frank Levey is a four-time Emmy Award-winning casting director. He has cast such iconic television shows as China Beach, ER, The West Wing and Shameless, as well as dozens of other television series, miniseries, TV movies, digital series, video games and feature films. Levey is also a five-time winner of the Casting Society of America’s Artios Award and the recipient of its prestigious Hoyt Bowers Award, given for excellence in casting and outstanding contributions to the casting profession. Right for the Role is his first book. After decades at Warner Bros., Levey became Vice President of Casting for John Wells Productions before launching his own casting company. Throughout his career, he has been a proud collaborator with many great writers, actors, producers and directors—he is most gratified for the friendships he’s forged and the talent he has helped foster.
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Jonny is currently an associate at Shaheen Baig Casting. Jonny has worked on TV shows such as Three Girls, I AM series and independent films such as Supernova, Pirates, The Phantom of the Open and most recently Scrapper. Jonny has co-cast with Shaheen on the TV project Hanna and currently the TV series of Boiling Point.
After 12 years of working for some of the most brilliant Casting Directors the UK has. Jonny will be venturing out on his own in 2023.
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*After 23 years in Los Angeles, Kate Caldwell packed up and took her casting skills to the UK where she currently works with Emmy-winning Casting Director Suzanne Smith.
Kate has experience in many areas of casting having worked the studio and network side at ABC Television and on both voice-over and live-action feature films at 20th Century Fox Feature Casting.
Her favorite, though, is being in the trenches of independent casting. Her credits include the Netflix series UNBELIEVABLE for which she was nominated alongside Laura Rosenthal, Jodi Angstreich and Melissa Kostenbauder for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For a Limited Series, Movie or Special, KINGDOM with Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas, HERCULES with Dwayne Johnson, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN with Gerard Butler, the western series HELL ON WHEELS and KRAMPUS.*
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*After 23 years in Los Angeles, Kate Caldwell packed up and took her casting skills to the UK where she currently works with Emmy-winning Casting Director Suzanne Smith.
Kate has experience in many areas of casting having worked the studio and network side at ABC Television and on both voice-over and live-action feature films at 20th Century Fox Feature Casting.
Her favorite, though, is being in the trenches of independent casting. Her credits include the Netflix series UNBELIEVABLE for which she was nominated alongside Laura Rosenthal, Jodi Angstreich and Melissa Kostenbauder for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For a Limited Series, Movie or Special, KINGDOM with Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas, HERCULES with Dwayne Johnson, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN with Gerard Butler, the western series HELL ON WHEELS and KRAMPUS.*
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Francesca has been working in casting since 2010, with her first job being on Captain America: The First Avenger, since then she worked across multiple genres in both film and television including sci-fi, action, horror, crime and mystery. Her credits include Logan, 6 Underground, Ford vs. Ferrari and Transformers: The Last Knight. More recently she worked on co-casting the third series of the critically-acclaimed Das Boot.
Francesca Bradley is currently a Casting Associate at Casting Pictures, run by Priscilla John and Orla Maxwell. -
Winner of BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for Broadchurch - 2013
Nominated for 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for NO MAN'S LAND. Nominated for 2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for HENRY IV PART I & II at the National Theatre. Nominated for 1993 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for HENRY IV PART II at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Winner of 1993 Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Polonius in HAMLET and Shallow in HENRY IV PART II at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Winner of 1990 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for KING LEAR at the National Theatre.
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Kelly is an award-nominated Casting Director and the founder of her own casting company. Projects include Bridgerton (2020), The Wheel of Time (2021), The Last Kingdom (2015-2023), and Fleabag (2016). Based in London but working internationally, the KVH office fights for diversity across the media.
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Susan Ferris is CEO of the Bohemia Group, an International Management Group, representing talent across the entertainment landscape, including a number of musicians and acting talent. A Boston native with a degree in theater and film from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Ferris found herself where many others have feared to tread, in the heart of the entertainment industry: Hollywood. As she learned the landscape, she worked at the Coast Playhouse for the world premieres of “Strange Snow” starring Jean Smart, Brian Kerwin, Dan Blocker, and “Bent” directed by David Marshall Grant.
Learning and honing her skills working at AM Records in Sales Marketing on bands: Soundgarden, The Neville Brothers, Tony Childs, Breath, The Dead Milkmen, Janet Jackson, and Extreme; and as a rock journalist for LA Rock Review and Thrasher, Ferris had developed great connections. It was after writing a piece on a local band that the direction her life changed dramatically. Based on that one article the band asked Ferris to manage them and eventually, Ferris launched her own management company.
There are now 17 managers that are part of the Bohemia Group representing more than 500 clients globally, producing films, TV and web series and a book about management by Ferris is also on the horizon. -
Castañeda has been involved in acting since he was 17 but only started taking acting more seriously after he volunteered for a role when a director asked for actors to participate in his film during a seminar while at university. He played various minor roles in a number of productions, such as End of Watch, and also acted as a main character in a short film Maddoggin', which won the audience award at the NBC Universal Short Cut Film Festival. In 2013, he landed a role playing Jorge on ABC Family's TV series Switched at Birth. In late 2016, he was cast in the role of Hector in the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado released in 2018. He also has a major role in an independent film El Chicano, a supporting role in Jean-Claude Van Damme's We Die Young as well as minor roles in films such as the Billy Crystal's film Standing Up, Falling Down.
In 2017, he was cast in his most prominent role yet playing Diego Hargreeves / Number 2 in The Umbrella Academy, which was released on Netflix in February 2019.Castañeda was born in Los Angeles, but raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. He returned to the United States where he attended William Workman high school when he was 14. Castañeda initially studied civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the family business after he finished his studies. However, he became interested in film direction, and switched to major in film production and international business in 2007 at California State University, Fullerton. Castañeda then moved into acting and started auditioning for roles. He studied part-time while pursuing an acting career, eventually graduating in 2015.
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Lucy is Daniel Edwards Associate. She has worked for a number of well-known Casting Directors including Kate Rhodes James CDG, Laura Scott CDG, Rachel Freck CDG, Lucinda Syson CDG and Daniel Edwards CDG. Lucy has been working for Vicki Thomson CDG since January 2018.
Casting Assistant credits with Daniel Edwards – THE INNOCENTS (New Pictures).
Catherine is a Casting Assistant who worked for Jina Jay Casting from February 2018, and is now currently working for Daniel Edwards Casting since January 2020.
She worked on a variety of Film & TV Projects with Jina Jay that include Emmy award-winning ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’, ‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 (Netflix) and ‘Temple’ (Sky). Also ‘Enola Holmes’ (Netflix/Legendary Pictures) and upcoming films ‘Dune’ (Legendary Pictures) and ‘Operation Mincemeat’ (SeeSaw) to name a few.
Tom worked as an actor, agents assistant and producer before starting his casting career with Daniel Edwards Casting in January 2020.
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Rebecca Wright has been in Casting since 1998 having previously worked as a Second Assistant Director in TV and film. She began her Casting career as Assistant to Joyce Gallie and then Ann Fielden before working with Di Carling. After 10 great years with Di she set up on her own as REBECCA WRIGHT CASTING in November 2011.
She casts for TV and Film. Rebecca has recently finished casting Series 3 of Jez Butterworth's drama Britannia for Sky Atlantic and Series 10 of Call The Midwife for BBC1.
She lives in London and is a member of the Casting Directors' Guild of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Seth has most recently been co-casting director on The Split 3 (BBC / Sister) and Get Even 2 (Netflix / iPlayer), both due to air in 2022.
As casting associate, he recently worked on Des (New Pictures), Starstruck (HBO Max / BBC Three), Unforgotten 4 (Mainstreet Pictures), Worzel Gummidge (Leopard Pictures), World On Fire (Mammoth), Silent Witness (BBC), Baz Luhrmann’s The Secret Life of Flowers for ERDEM x H&M and the hit feature film Crawl (Paramount).
Upcoming projects as casting associate include Sherwood (House Productions for BBC One), The Bubble (Judd Apatow’s new film for Netflix), Crossfire (Dancing Ledge for BBC One) and The Undeclared War (Playground Productions for Channel 4)
Other past projects with Victor and Andy include The Rook (Starz/Lionsgate), Leonardo (Lux Vide / Big Light), The Watch (BBC America), Innocent II (TXTV for ITV1), Cleaning Up (Sister Pictures), Dark Money (The Forge), Deep Water (Kudos), Unforgotten III (Mainstreet), The Tunnel III (Sky) and Troy: Fall of A City (BBC)
In theatre, Seth was casting director on the Offie-nominated Homos, or Everyone in America at the Finborough Theatre in 2018 and the Southwark Playhouse production of Constellations (sadly curtailed due to the Covid-19 pandemic). He was also casting director on Seven Decades at the V & A in 2019 and the short films Ouzo and Blackcurrant (Mini Productions), Muse (NFTS), Nant (Strike Pictres) and Bus Driver (NFTS).
Seth previously worked as casting assistant at Catherine Willis Casting, on a range of projects from Flowers (Channel 4) and Upstart Crow (BBC Two) to Hetty Feather (CBBC) and Plebs (ITV2). He has also worked for Daniel Edwards on Mr Selfridge (ITV) and Born To Kill (Channel 4). Prior to this, he also worked for Gary Davy and Julie Harkin.
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Katy (or Dedikaty as she is known in the office) joined as Ali’s nimble right hand in 2009 and now is an acclaimed casting director. She’s proud of her roots having recently had her colour refreshed and also her Corkonian heritage. Whilst Ali has always had a personal aversion to formal education she is damn proud of Katy who is a Masters Graduate from Trinity College Dublin and Royal Holloway University of London. Katy’s superpower is recognising any actor any time anywhere no matter how out of context or heavy the blindfold—it really is extraordinary and on that basis we’re happy to say she’s sticking around.
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Get an Insight into the Process of Casting Director Katie Mozumder!
Katie worked in TV production before moving into casting in 2017. Now a Casting Associate at Crowley Poole Casting, working for Casting Directors Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole.
Most notable projects include the Emmy and Bafta award winning Killing Eve seasons 1-4 (BBC America) with Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer; The Durrells (ITV), Trollied (Sky 1), We Hunt Together (UKTV) Finding Alice (ITV) and most recently Hollington Drive (ITV).
Katie has assisted in casting for several theatre projects for Hampstead Theatre and Sunset Limited (Boulevard Theatre) in 2019. In 2021, Katie worked as a Casting Director for Tara Theatre and The Lodger at the Coronet Theatre.
Katie is a probationary member of the CDG and recently became a member of the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion committee.
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Get an Insight into the Process of Casting Director Carolyn McLeod!
Casting for over 15 years, Carolyn is a freelance Casting Director, who specialises in Film, Theatre, TV and streaming content. She has worked with directors including Paul Schrader, Stephen Herek, Michael Caton-Jones and Sofia Coppola on independent features and projects for Netflix, BBC, Disney, Warner Bros, Hallmark and the Sci-Fi Channel.
She is a Bafta member and is on the board of the European Chapter of the Casting Society of America.
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