Month: September 2021

Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild , Lizzie Bichard CDG received a nomination for The Mandy Network’s 2019 UK Casting Director of the Year Award.  Her credits as Casting Assistant included hit TV series Outlander and feature films Cinderella (2015/16) and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015). As Casting Director, Lizzie Bichard’s credits include the…

Acclaimed casting director Lucy Bevan selects talent for British independent films, theatre, and television. She also works on major American studio films. Based in London, Lucy is a Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG). She’s credited with giving Eddie Redmayne and Tom Hiddleston their first big-screen breaks.Her notable credits as Casting Director include…

A former actress and graduate of Weber Douglas, Leila Bertrand is a busy London-based Casting Director and Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG). In addition to casting work for film (ID2: Shadwell Army) and TV (Still Life: A Three Pines Mystery), Leila Bertrand also casts for theatre and commercial projects. She also runs…

Starting in the industry at the BFI, London-based Heather Basten moved into the casting profession. Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), she’s part of the CDG’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee. As a casting associate, Heather worked with Kharmel Cochrane, and her projects included TV series The End of the F***ing World. Having been…

Carolyn Bartlett CDG is a Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild who worked extensively in television casting work in the 1980s and 1990s. Carolyn Bartlett’s screen credits as Casting Director include:  2005-2008 Distant Shores (TV Series) (12 episodes)  1999 Cleopatra (TV Mini Series) (2 episodes)  1998 The Cater Street Hangman (TV Movie)  1996 Silent…

Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Briony Barnett cast Olivier nominated play ‘The House That Will Not Stand’ amongst her notable theatre work. Casting work for screen includes feature film What We Did On Our Holiday (2014), TV series Outnumbered and children’s casting for TV series Dickensian, alongside her casting for theatre. Briony Barnett’s…

Shaheen Baig is an experienced Casting Director based in London. She has a long history of casting notable projects, with numerous awards between them. Originally from Birmingham, Shaheen Baig moved to London and gained seven years of valuable casting experience working as an assistant and associate for notable casting directors Debbie McWilliams, Jina Jay, and Patsy…

Dorothy Andrew is a Casting Director based in Ashton-under-Lyne. A Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), she has worked on a range of projects including feature film Chariots of Fire (1981) and popular TV series Hollyoaks. Latest Pages for Actors

Jane Anderson is a Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) who has worked in casting since 2004. Prior to that, she gained a lot of experience of Dance photography during her degree, and then went to work in production. After travelling, she spent two weeks helping casting director Sarah Crowe while another assistant…

Probationary Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Lucy Amos gained invaluable experience working at Des Hamilton Casting and currently at Nina Gold Casting. As Casting Assistant and Casting Associate she has worked on a range of projects including TV mini-series Gunpodwer, and feature films Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019),…