Founder and former Chair of the Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG) of the UK & Ireland and member of the Casting Society of America (CSA), Andy Pryor is one of the UK’s leading casting directors.
He’s worked on over a hundred screen productions as casting director, including feature films and hit TV shows.
In 2017, Andy Pryor was once of the Casting Directors who talked to Spotlight about how actors can successfully start their career after graduation from training.
He recommended to keep at it, keep working hard, and to be as prepared as you can be.
YouTube: Starting Out Successfully as a Graduate
He then recorded another Spotlight piece, this time about inclusivity in casting.
YouTube: Casting Director Andy Pryor: Inclusivity in Casting
Andy Pryor’s screen credits as Casting Director include:
Andy Pryor’s screen credits as a Casting Director include:
- No Return (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes) (pre-production)
- Mrs Harris Goes to Paris (post-production)
- 2019-2021 Gentleman Jack (TV Series) (16 episodes)
- 2019-2021 Traces (TV Series) (7 episodes)
- 2021 It’s a Sin (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)
- 2016-2020 The A Word (TV Series) (18 episodes)
- 2005-2020 Doctor Who (TV Series) (161 episodes)
- 2019 Summer of Rockets (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)
- 2019 Years and Years (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)
- 2016-2019 Cold Feet (TV Series) (16 episodes)
- 2018 Stan & Ollie
- 2018/II Gwen
- 2018 Hard Sun (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)
- 2015-2017 Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned (TV Series) (10 episodes)
- 2016 The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth (TV Short)
- 2016 Close to the Enemy (TV Mini-Series) (7 episodes)
- 2016 Class (TV Series) (8 episodes)
- 2016/I A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TV Movie)
- 2016 Undercover (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)
- 2015 The Interceptor (TV Mini-Series) (8 episodes)
- 2015 Coalition (TV Movie)
- 2015 Banana (TV Mini-Series) (8 episodes)
- 2015 Cucumber (TV Mini-Series) (8 episodes)
- 2014 Gemma Bovery
- 2014 Jamaica Inn (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)
- 2012-2014 Call the Midwife (TV Series) (24 episodes)
- 2013 Atlantis (TV Series) (13 episodes)
- 2013 An Adventure in Space and Time (TV Movie)
- 2013 Dancing on the Edge (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)
- 2013 Blandings (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2010-2012 Upstairs Downstairs (TV Series) (9 episodes)
- Torchwood (TV Series) (31 episodes, 2006 – 2009) (original casting director – 2 episodes, 2011)
- 2011/I United
- 2011 Marchlands (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)
- 2010 Little Crackers (TV Series) (1 episode)
- 2009-2010 Whitechapel (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2010 Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – Blood of the Cybermen (Video Game)
- 2010 Material Girl (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2009 Mid Life Christmas (TV Movie)
- 2009 Doctor Who: Dreamland (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
- 2007-2009 The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV Series) (35 episodes)
- 2009 Glorious 39
- 2009 Moses Jones (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)
- 2008 Survivors (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2008 Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres (TV Short)
- 2007 Capturing Mary (TV Movie)
- 2007 Joe’s Palace (TV Movie)
- 2007 Stuart: A Life Backwards (TV Movie)
- 2006 Perfect Day: The Funeral (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
- 2006 Perfect Day: The Millennium (TV Movie)
- 2006 Jane Hall (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)
- 2006 Cracker (TV Movie)
- 2006 The Chatterley Affair (TV Movie)
- 2006 Life on Mars (TV Series) (8 episodes)
- 2005 Gideon’s Daughter (TV Movie)
- 2005 Friends & Crocodiles (TV Movie)
- 2002-2005 Cutting It (TV Series) (25 episodes)
- 2004-2005 Life Begins (TV Series) (14 episodes)
- 2005 Dad (TV Movie)
- 2004The Long Firm (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes)
- 2004 Pride (TV Movie)
- 2004 The Genius of Mozart (TV Mini-Series documentary)
- 2003-2004 Red Cap (TV Series) (12 episodes)
- 2004 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2003 Alibi (TV Movie)
- 2003 40 (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)
- 2003 The Lost Prince (TV Movie)
- 2001-2002 Linda Green (TV Series) (20 episodes)
- 2002 Sherlock (TV Movie)
- 2002 Me & Mrs Jones (TV Movie)
- 2002 Long Time Dead
- 2001 Othello (TV Movie)
- 2001 Murphy’s Law (TV Movie)
- 2001 Now You See Her (TV Movie)
- 2001 Bedtime (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2001 Perfect Strangers (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)
- 2001 Do or Die (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)
- 2001 In a Land of Plenty (TV Mini-Series) (10 episodes)
- 1999-2000 The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2000 Cor, Blimey! (TV Movie)
- 1999 Bad Blood (TV Movie)
- 1999 Trial by Fire (TV Movie)
- 1999 Sex ‘n’ Death (TV Movie)
- 1999 Siam Sunset
- 1999 Boyz Unlimited (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 1999 Shooting the Past (TV Movie)
- 1997-1998 Where the Heart Is (TV Series) (16 episodes)
- 1998 Heaven on Earth (TV Movie)
- 1997 It’s Good to Talk (Short)
- 1997 I’m Alan Partridge (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 1997 Swept from the Sea (as Andy Prior)
- 1997 Born to Run (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 1997 Touching Evil (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 1997 Bent
- 1994-1996 Screen One (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- 1996 The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (TV Mini-Series)
- 1996 Beautiful Thing
- 1996 Our Friends in the North (TV Mini-Series) (9 episodes)
- 1996 Trainspotting
- 1996 Different for Girls
- 1995 Oliver’s Travels (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)
- 1995 Dangerous Lady (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)
- 1994 Screen Two (TV Series) (1 episode)
- 1993 Crime Story (TV Series) (1 episode)
