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Casting Directors UK: List, Socials and Contact Information for Casting Directors based in the UK whose surnames begin with the letter S

UK Casting Director Pages:

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UK Casting Directors on this page:

Laura Scott

Olivia Scott-Webb

Alice Searby

David Shaw

Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn

Georgia Simpson

Michelle Smith

Suzanne Smith

Sharon Sorrentino

Xanthe Spencer-Davidson

Wendy Spon

Robert Sterne

Gail Stevens

Sam Stevenson

Laura Scott, Casting Director

Veteran Casting Director Laura Scott is a full member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

Laura Scott on IMDb

Laura Scott’s credits as Casting Director for film and television productions include:

Laura Scott’s other casting credits for screen productions include:

Olivia Scott-Webb

Olivia Scott-Webb is an Emmy Award winning Casting Director based in London.

She won the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series – 2019 – for her work casting hit TV series Fleabag.

In her acceptance speech for the 2019 Emmy Award, Olivia Scott-Webb attributes the success of her collaboration with Phoebe Waller-Bridge to them both being perfectionists, as well as the well defined characters in the script.

https://youtu.be/xr63mmCPQIM

YouTube: Emmy Winner Olivia Scott-Webb (“Fleabag”) in the 2019 Creative Arts Emmys Press Room

Olivia Scott-Webb on IMDb

Olivia Scott-Webb’s credits as Casting Director for film and television productions include:

Olivia Scott-Webb on IMDb

Olivia Scott-Webb’s credits as Casting Director for film and television productions include:

Alice Searby

Casting Director Alice Searby is a full member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

Alice Searby on IMDb

Alice Searby’s credits as Casting Director for film and television productions include:

Alice Searby’s other casting credits for screen productions include:

David Shaw, Casting Director

Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), David Shaw is a leading casting director in Manchester and Leeds. For more than twenty years he’s been helping to find, cultivate and cast new and diverse talent for many ground-breaking, original and critically-acclaimed British TV and film productions. 

David Shaw Casting

14-32 Hewitt Street, Manchester, M15 4GB

0161 302 3039 (Main)

office@davidshaw.co.uk

Links:

> David Shaw Casting Website
> David Shaw on X

David Shaw Casting Screen Credits

> David Shaw on IMDb

Screen credits for David Shaw as Casting Director include: 

  • 2012-2021 The Syndicate (TV Series) (19 episodes)
  •  2019 A Very British Christmas
  •  2018 Girlfriends (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2017 Love, Lies and Records (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2017 Overshadowed (TV Mini-Series) (8 episodes)
  •  2017 In the Dark (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes)
  •  2014-2016 In the Club (TV Series) (12 episodes)
  •  2015 From Darkness (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes)
  •  2015 Tatau (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
  •  2013-2014 In the Flesh (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2009-2014 Inspector George Gently (TV Series) (10 episodes)
  •  2004-2013 Shameless (TV Series) (127 episodes)
  •  2012 Kelly + Victor
  •  2011 Trollied (TV Series) (8 episodes)
  •  2011 In with the Flynns (TV Series) (3 episodes)
  •  2011 South Riding (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)
  •  2010 My Lad (Short)
  •  2009/I Salvage
  •  2009 Kicks
  • 2009 A Boy Called Dad
  •  2008 White Girl (TV Movie)
  •  2008 Mrs In-Betweeny (TV Movie)
  •  2007 The Visit (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2007 Life on Mars (TV Series) (8 episodes)
  •  2007 Sound (TV Movie)
  •  2007 The Bad Mother’s Handbook (TV Movie)
  •  2006-2007 The Innocence Project (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  •  2006 Mischief Night
  •  2006 Goldplated (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  •  2004-2006 No Angels (TV Series) (9 episodes)
  •  2006 Missing (TV Movie)
  •  2005 Love + Hate
  •  2004 Outlaws (TV Series)
  •  2003 Early Doors (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2003 Real Men (TV Movie)
  •  2003 Buried (TV Series)
  •  2002 The Stretford Wives (TV Movie)
  •  2000-2002 Clocking Off (TV Series) (3 episodes)
  •  2002 Blood Strangers (TV Movie)
  •  2001 When I Was 12 (TV Movie)
  •  2001 Bob & Rose (TV Series)
  •  2001 About a Girl (Short)
  •  1983 On the Third Day

Screen credits for David Shaw as in other casting roles include:

  • 2013 Great Night Out (TV Series) (casting – 6 episodes)
  • 2006 Goldplated (TV Series) (casting – 7 episodes)
  • 2006 Sorted (TV Series) (casting – 6 episodes)
  • 2000 Fat Friends (TV Series) (assistant casting director – 6 episodes)
  • 2000 Queer as Folk (TV Series) (casting – 8 episodes, 1999) (assistant casting director – 2 episodes)
  • 1998 Girls’ Night (additional casting)
  • 1997 Under the Skin (casting: Liverpool)
  • 1996 Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement (TV Mini-Series) (additional casting – 2 episodes)
  • 1995 Cracker (TV Series) (additional casting – 1 episode)

Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn

Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn is a Probationary Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), currently working on BBC television productions.

Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn on IMDb
Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn on X

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Screen credits for Gabriella Shimeld-Fen as Casting director include:

Other credits for Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn’s casting work on film and television include:

Georgia Simpson

Georgia Simpson is a full member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

Georgia Simpson on IMDb

Screen credits for Georgia Simpson as Casting Director include:

Other credits for Georgia Simpson’s casting work on film and television include:

Michelle Smith

Casting Director Michelle Smith is a full member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

Michelle Smith on IMDb

Screen credits for Michelle Smith as Casting Director include:

Other credits for Michelle Smith’s casting work on film and television include:

Suzanne Smith

Veteran Casting Director Suzanne Smith is a full member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

Suzanne has won two Emmy Awards. One was for Band of Brothers, and the other was for HBO’s The Pacific.

She has also won a Canadian Gemini for her work as Casting Director of Durham County.

In addition, she has been nominated for Emmy Awards for her casting work on Anne Frank and Path to 9/11.

In August 2020, Suzanne Smith talked to James Pearson about the industry.

YouTube: FREE Q&A With OUTLANDER Casting Director Suzanne Smith

https://youtu.be/Y0pYDjEZgQA

Suzanne Smith on IMDb

Screen credits for Suzanne Smith as Casting Director include:

Other credits for Suzanne Smith’s casting work on film and television include:

Janine Snape

Janine Snape CDG is an Australian Casting Director based in Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. For eight years she was based in the UK.

A full member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Janine Snape has specialised in theatre casting, spending eight years with the UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company before joining the Melbourne Theatre Company as a freelance Casting Director.

She’s working towards a Masters degree in Disability and Inclusion.

CDG

CDG (Casting Directors Guild) profile: Janine Snape

Instagram

Instagram: Janine Snape Casting

IMDb

IMDb: Julia Snape

Although most of Janine Snape’s career has focussed on casting for theatre, she has worked on a number of television productions.

As Casting Director:

As Casting Department

  •  2013-2014 Reign (TV Series) (casting associate – 7 episodes)
  •  2014 Black Sails (TV Series) (casting associate – 8 episodes)

Black Sails | Official Trailer | STARZ:

https://youtu.be/rT2Y5jjBNpQ

Sharon Sorrentino, Casting Director

Sharon Sorrentino is a London-based Casting Director who also works from Nottinghamshire in the UK.

Over more than twenty years she has cast a number of independent film, commercials, short films, music videos and theatre projects

Sharon Sorrentino is a probationary member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG).

In November 2020, Sharon talked to Ashley Tabatabai about how important it is for actors to recognise that they are running a business, and treat their career accordingly.

https://youtu.be/PUeL9I7_sn0
Casting Director Interview | Your Preparation Is Key | Sharon Sorrentino
Sharon Sorrentino on IMDb

Screen credits for Sharon Sorrentino as Casting Director include:

Xanthe Spencer-Davidson

Xanthe Spencer-Davidson on IMDb

Screen credits for Xanthe Spencer-Davidson as Casting Director include:

Other credits for Xanthe Spencer-Davidson’s casting work on film and television include:

Wendy Spon

Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Wendy Spon was Head of Casting at the National Theatre, London until October 2017. Between 2006 and 2012 she was Director of the British touring theatre company Headlong Theatre.

Wendy Spon’s credits for film and TV include:

  •  2017 National Theatre Live: Amadeus
  •  2016 National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea
  •  2015 London Road
  •  2010 The Cat in the Hat (Short)
  •  2003-2006 The Bill (TV Series) (113 episodes)
  •  2004 The Bill Uncovered: Des and Reg (TV Movie)
  •  2000 The Estate Agents (TV Series)
  •  2000 Time Gentlemen Please (TV Series) (13 episodes)

Robert Sterne

Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Robert Sterne is one of the UK’s top casting directors who works closely with Nina Gold. 

Robert Sterne’s awards include:

  • Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2019) for Game Of Thrones
https://youtu.be/9HkRVweAFVs
  • Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2018) for The Crown
  • Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2018) for The Crown
  • Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2016) for Game Of Thrones
  • Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2015) for Game Of Thrones.

Robert Sterne’s Emmy nominations include 

  • Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2018) for Game Of Thrones
  • Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series (2017) for The Crown
  • Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or A Special (2015) for Wolf Hall
  • Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2014) for Game Of Thrones
  • Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2013) for Game Of Thrones
  • Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2012) for Game Of Thrones
  • Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series (2011) for Game Of Thrones

Robert Stern’s other award nominations include the British Academy Television Craft Award for Scripted Casting.

In a Casting Director Q & A hosted by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, Robert Sterne talked about the profession with other Emmy-Nominated Casting Directors Ellen Lewis, Kelly Valentine Hendry, Russell Scott, and Sarah Finn.

https://youtu.be/BdbgE8nhEvA

YouTube: The Business Online: Emmy-Nominated Casting Directors

In 2021, Rob Licuria chatted to Rob Sterne about casting for series 4 of The Crown.

https://youtu.be/DAZdBVf_sVo

YouTube: Robert Sterne (‘The Crown’ casting director): ‘Pressure was on to cast Diana and Thatcher perfectly

Gail Stevens

Full member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Gail Stevens has cast almost two hundred film, TV, animation and game projects, with almost a hundred and fifty as Casting Director.

Go to > Gail Stevens Casting website

Gail Stevens worked as casting director on numerous iconic films, including Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Severance, and Slumdog Millionaire.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOz5Qm2EHQE

Screen credits for Gail Stevens as Casting Director include:

  • Squadron 42 (Video Game) (announced)
  •  Star Citizen (Video Game) (filming)
  •  2021 Dampyr (post-production)
  •  2020 The Forgotten Battle
  •  2020 Out of Her Mind (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2020 Miss Marx
  •  2020 The Postcard Killings
  •  2019/III Yesterday
  •  2018 Trust (TV Series) (10 episodes)
  •  2018 Early Man
  •  2017 Monster Family
  •  2017 The Hunter’s Prayer
  •  2017 T2 Trainspotting
  •  2016 The Infiltrator
  •  2016 Hot Property
  •  2016 Camping (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2016 Pele: Birth of a Legend
  •  2015 Taj Mahal
  •  2015 Moonwalkers
  •  2014 Babylon (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)
  •  2014 Halo: Nightfall (TV Series) (1 episode)
  •  2014 Love, Rosie
  •  2014 The Keeping Room
  •  2014 The Seventeenth Kind (Short)
  •  2014 Salting the Battlefield (TV Movie)
  •  2014 Turks & Caicos (TV Movie)
  •  2013 The Thirteenth Tale (TV Movie)
  •  2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour
  •  2013/I Trance
  •  2012 Zero Dark Thirty
  •  2012 The Girl (TV Movie)
  •  2012 Hyde Park on Hudson
  •  2012 Cockneys vs Zombies
  •  2012 Tower Block
  •  2012 The Wedding Video
  •  2012 Storage 24
  • 2012 Dark Tide
  •  2012 Treasure Island (TV Movie)
  •  2012 I, Anna
  •  2011 In the Land of Blood and Honey
  •  2011 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
  •  2011 Wuthering Heights
  •  2011 Your Highness
  •  2011 Gnomeo & Juliet
  •  2010 F
  •  2010 Huge
  •  2010 Pelican Blood
  •  2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
  •  2010 Blood and Oil (TV Movie)
  •  2009 From Time to Time
  •  2009 Within the Whirlwind
  •  2009 Bunny and the Bull
  •  2009 The Descent: Part 2 (casting by)
  •  2009 Dread
  •  2009 The Eclipse
  •  2009 Vampire Killers
  •  2009 Linear (Video)
  •  2009 Spy(ies)
  •  2008/I Defiance
  •  2008 Mediator
  •  2008 City of Ember
  •  2008 Slumdog Millionaire
  •  2008 Freakdog
  •  2008 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  •  2008 Love Me Still
  •  2008 The Last Enemy (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)
  •  2008 In Tranzit
  •  2007 Death Defying Acts
  •  2007/V Intervention
  •  2007 Cassandra’s Dream
  •  2007 Sunshine
  •  2007 Becoming Jane
  •  2007 Death at a Funeral
  •  2006 Scoop
  •  2006 Severance
  •  2006/I Wilderness
  • 2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  •  2005 Child of Mine (TV Movie)
  •  2005 Kinky Boots
  •  2005 Color Me Kubrick
  •  2005 Revolver
  •  2005 Match Point
  •  2005 The Descent (casting by)
  •  2005 Bloodlines (TV Movie)
  •  2005 On a Clear Day
  •  2004 Fungus the Bogeyman (TV Series)
  •  2004 Millions
  •  2004 Belonging (TV Movie)
  •  2003 Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale (TV Movie)
  •  2002-2003 MI-5 (TV Series) (9 episodes)
  •  2003 Calendar Girls
  •  2002 The Dinosaur Hunters (TV Movie)
  •  2002 No Night Is Too Long (TV Movie)
  •  2002 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (TV Movie)
  •  2002 28 Days Later…
  •  2002 White Teeth (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes)
  •  2002 The One and Only
  •  2002 Tough Love (TV Movie)
  •  2002 Ella and the Mothers (TV Movie)
  •  2002 Crime and Punishment (TV Movie)
  •  2001 Best of Both Worlds (TV Series)
  •  2001 Late Night Shopping
  •  2001 Blow Dry
  •  2000 Never Never (TV Movie)
  •  2000 Saltwater
  •  2000 Some Voices
  •  2000/I The Beach
  •  2000 Saving Grace
  •  1999 Hold Back the Night
  •  1999 All the King’s Men (TV Movie)
  •  1999 Mansfield Park
  •  1999 Butterfly Collectors (TV Movie)
  •  1999 Great Expectations (TV Movie)
  •  1998 Still Crazy
  •  1998 Bedrooms and Hallways
  •  1997 Painted Lady (TV Movie)
  •  1997 The Woodlanders
  •  1997 Swept from the Sea
  •  1997 The Slab Boys
  •  1997 Touching Evil (TV Series)
  •  1992-1996 Screen One (TV Series) (3 episodes)
  •  1996 The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (TV Mini-Series)
  •  1994-1996 Screen Two (TV Series) (2 episodes)
  •  1996 Beautiful Thing
  •  1996 Our Friends in the North (TV Mini-Series) (9 episodes)
  •  1996 Trainspotting
  •  1996 The One That Got Away (TV Movie)
  •  1995 Paparazzo
  •  1995 Oliver’s Travels (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)
  •  1995 Dangerous Lady (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
  •  1993-1994 Cracker (TV Series) (16 episodes)
  •  1994 Captives
  •  1993 The Crane (Short)
  •  1993 Crime Story (TV Series) (1 episode)
  •  1993 To Play the King (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes)
  •  1993 Bad Behaviour
  •  1991 A Woman at War (TV Movie)
  •  1991 A Murder of Quality (TV Movie)
  •  1990 The Jim Henson Hour (TV Series) (1 episode)
  •  1990 Screenplay (TV Series) (1 episode)
  •  1989 Boon (TV Series) (13 episodes)
  •  1989 The Nineteenth Hole (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  1989 The Rachel Papers
  •  1989 Resurrected
  •  1988 The Lair of the White Worm
  •  1987 High Season
  •  1987 Hidden City
  •  1985 Wetherby

Sam Stevenson

Full Member of The Casting Directors’ Guild (CDG), Sam is a freelance casting director working in theatre, television and film. Her diverse projects include productions for the BBC, Sky, Warner Bros, National Theatre and RSC.

In 2010, Sam Stevenson and Gemma Hancock were nominated for an Emmy for their work on the BBC miniseries, Emma.

Sam Stevenson’s TV & film casting credits as Casting Director include:

  • 2015 Don’t Take My Baby (TV Movie)
  •  2014 Our World War (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)
  •  2014 Glasgow Girls (TV Movie)
  •  2012-2014 Playhouse Presents (TV Series) (5 episodes)
  •  2013 Leave to Remain
  •  2012 Private Peaceful
  •  2007-2011 Silent Witness (TV Series) (38 episodes)
  •  2010 Money (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)
  •  2009 Emma (TV Mini-Series) (4 episodes)
  •  2005-2009 The Bill (TV Series) (23 episodes)
  •  2009 The Age of Stupid (Documentary)
  •  2008 Consuming Passion (TV Movie)
  •  2007 Rough Crossings (TV Movie)
  •  2006 Lost Cities of the Ancients (TV Mini-Series documentary) (3 episodes)
  •  2006 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) (4 episodes)
  •  2006 Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing (TV Movie)
  •  2006 The Romantics (TV Mini-Series)
  •  2004 My Life as a Popat (TV Series) (6 episodes)
  •  2001 Holby City (TV Series) (1 episode)
  •  2000 Doctors (TV Series) (1 episode)
  •  1985 EastEnders (TV Series)
https://youtu.be/PUoA8njBZVA
Official Trailer for Private Peaceful (2012)

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