Tag: casting directors
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Full List of Artios Awards Nominations 2025
All the nominees for the 40th Artios Awards have now been revealed by the Casting Society, including Gladiator II, Conclave, Challengers and Emilia Pérez. The Casting Society have now announced the full list of nominees for the Artios Awards 2025. The awards recognise the contributions of casting directors to all the excellent films, television series…
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Watch Q&A with Kharmel Cochrane about Casting ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
Kharmel Cochrane shines a spotlight on the casting process for Bob Marley: One Love, commercials and how she likes to audition performers. We were delighted to host a private screening of Bob Marley: One Love for Spotlight members followed by a question and answer session with the film’s casting director, Kharmel Cochrane. Kharmel Cochrane is…
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Rachel Freck on Casting ‘That Christmas’
Christmas and comedy casting connoisseur Rachel Freck on That Christmas, how she got started as a casting director and what she wants to see in auditions. Rachel Freck is an Emmy-award-winning casting director whose work you’ll most definitely be familiar with. Her impressive list of credits includes comedy big-hitters The Office, Twenty Twelve, Green Wing,…
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Nina Gold and Martin Ware on Casting ‘Conclave’
We speak to casting directors Nina Gold and Martin Ware about their work on ‘Conclave’ and assembling a multinational cast. In the world of casting, award-winning casting director Nina Gold has the Midas touch when it comes to finding the right actor for the job. She’s responsible for finding the acting talent who brought beloved…
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Meet the Casting Director: Susan Shopmaker
US casting director Susan Shopmaker talks casting ‘The Holdovers’ and ‘The Iron Claw’, how commercial casting differs from film and how to get cast in US-based productions. Susan Shopmaker’s casting career spans decades. With over 30 years’ experience casting for feature films, as well as plenty of credits in commercials, she is one of the…
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Meet the Casting Director: Sophie Holland on ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
Casting director Sophie Holland shares how she finds new talent and her experience casting ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’, ‘The Witcher’ and ‘Wednesday’. It’s always difficult to capture the magic of an original cult-classic film, but 36 years later, the cast of Beetlejuice eagerly returned to give it a try – and it was casting director Sophie Holland’s…
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Emma Stafford’s 11 Essential Tips for Young Performers
Emma Stafford, the casting director of ‘4 O’Clock Club’, ‘Biff and Chip’ and ‘Pip and Posy’, shares her self-taping tips and what parents and young performers should know about the industry. As a parent, I get that it may seem frustrating when you’re trying to understand the industry. You may sometimes wonder why you’re paying…
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The Role That Changed My Career
Five performers tell us about the roles and people who made their careers. Every role an actor plays gives them the opportunity to showcase their skills and make their mark on the industry, but some roles are so well-received, so pivotal, that they can catapult your career to new heights and audiences. At the CDG…
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Casting Directors’ Self-Tape Top Tips
The casting directors of ‘Paddington 2’, ‘Sex Education’ and ‘Father Brown’ share their top tips for preparing for, filming and sending off your self-tapes. Between them, casting directors Hannah Simons, Lauren Evans and Emma Sylvester have cast a variety of commercials, films and television shows, including: Paddington 2, Sex Education, Father Brown, Sister Boniface Mysteries,…
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5 Top Tips From 5 Top Actors
The stars of ‘Bad Education’, ‘A Discovery of Witches’, ‘Dreaming Whilst Black’ and more share their top acting tips that performers of every level should know. If you could only give only one piece of advice to your fellow actors, what would it be? Would you caution them about being prepared for auditions, or share…