Tag: casting directors

  • How You Can Stand Out from the Crowd

    How You Can Stand Out from the Crowd

    Casting director of Mata Hari and Night Train to Lisbon discusses international casting, and standing out at auditions. Portuguese casting director Patricia Vasconcelos spoke to Spotlight at Subtitle Film Festival about how actors can network and market themselves, what she looks for at auditions, and how the international casting process works. 

  • Dos and Don’ts of the Audition Room with Manuel Puro

    Dos and Don’ts of the Audition Room with Manuel Puro

    Casting Director of Moon, Manuel Puro, Shares His Insights Enter the room in character, and don’t turn up drunk! Casting director of Moon, Manuel Puro, shares with us his audition experiences with actors, how he wants you to turn up to castings, and his advice for relaxing beforehand. Check out Puro Casting for more tips and advice from…

  • Audition Tips from the Casting Director of The Mindy Project

    Audition Tips from the Casting Director of The Mindy Project

    CSA member Jeanne McCarthy shares her insights Jeanne McCarthy is a casting director based in California and a member of the Casting Society of America. Jeanne has cast 21 Jump Street, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Mindy Project, Silicon Valley, and much more. We spoke to Jeanne at Subtitle European Film Festival in…

  • Audition Advice with Casting Director Heather Basten

    Audition Advice with Casting Director Heather Basten

    What casting directors look for in the room Heather Basten is currently a casting associate alongside Kharmel Cochrane, where her most recent work was on the casting department for Netflix’s ‘The End of the F***ing World.’ Heather is a probationary member of the CDG and she began in the industry at the BFI. It was there she…

  • How to Audition for Kahleen Crawford

    How to Audition for Kahleen Crawford

    All you need to know about auditions, showreels and self-taping from casting director Kahleen Crawford.

  • The Casting Society of America on Showreels

    The Casting Society of America on Showreels

    President of the CSA, Matt Lessall, and international casting directors Rachel Desmarest, Beatrice Kruger and Luci Lenox share their tips for actors on showreels. 

  • Everything You Need to Know About: Auditioning

    Everything You Need to Know About: Auditioning

    A roundup of hints for your next audition Actors Sarah Parish, Mark Bonnar and Vicky McClure, along with the industry’s top casting directors from the U.K., Ireland and America, tell Spotlight exactly what they want to see in the audition room. Full video transcript Shimmy Marcus: I think when you’re preparing for an audition, it’s…

  • Casting Director Ros Hubbard on Auditions, Self-Tapes and More

    Casting Director Ros Hubbard on Auditions, Self-Tapes and More

    Ros Hubbard’s advice for performers Ros Hubbard, casting director of The Mummy, Enemy at the Gates and much more, shares her tips for auditioning actors, rehearsals, and recording a good self-tape. Ros on Auditions “Own the part. It’s your part, you should be doing it, that’s who you are, do it that way. Don’t do it as an…

  • Your Questions Answered: Casting Director Emma Stafford

    Your Questions Answered: Casting Director Emma Stafford

    Highlights from Q&A session with casting director Emma Stafford At our recent Open House Liverpool, casting director Emma Stafford on was on hand to answer your questions! Here are some of the highlights. The role goes where it is meant to go. Emma Stafford Casting Director How do you find and ultimately choose performers you want to…

  • 8 Audition Tips from Pearson Casting

    8 Audition Tips from Pearson Casting

    Expert Audition Advice from Pearson Casting Tips for making the most of your next audition The goal of the casting director is to work on behalf of the producer and in line with the director, choreographer and other creatives in charge of a production, to find a cast that fulfils the wants and needs of…