Profile

Name

Amanda Tabak

Email Address

amanda@candidcasting.co.uk

Company Name

Candid Casting

Job Title

Casting Director

Mobile Number

07973 231 853

Address

Candid Casting, 2 Inver Court, Inverness Terrace, London W2 6JB

Website

http://www.candidcasting.co.uk

Twitter

@CandidCasting

Skype

amandatabak

Spotlight

http://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/21/F79939.html

IMDB

pro-labs.imdb.com/name/nm0845854/?ref_=sch_int

Biography

Amanda’s previous film work includes The Low Down (featuring Aiden Gillen, Kate Ashfield and Tobias Menzies), acclaimed urban gang films Kidulthood (featuring Aml Ameen, Noel Clarke, Jaimie Winstone and Nicholas Hoult) and Honeytrap (featuring Jessica Sula and Lucien Laviscount), the UK casting on Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion, Brand New-U (featuring Lachlan Nieboer and Nora-Jane No-one, Tom Shankland’s horror film The Children and We Are The Freaks (starring Jamie Blackley). For her award-winning and seminal short films and music videos, Amanda has attracted talent such as Martin Freeman, Richard Madden, Joss Ackland, Rhys Ifans, Paddy Consadine, Andy Serkis, Alexandra Roach and Joe Cole and her casting contributed its part to the Oscar success of Andrea Arnold’s film Wasp. Amanda also casts international co-productions such as Sonja Heiss’ Hotel Very Welcome (featuring Chris O’Dowd), Martin Clapp’s The Flying Machine (featuring Heather Graham), Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann and Lucy Malloy’s debut feature Una Noche, introduced by Spike Lee. Amanda has substantial experience casting for television; BAFTA and EMMY-winning Dustbin Baby (featuring Dakota Blue Richards and Juliet Stevenson), Some Dogs Bite (featuring Thomas Brody-Sangster), 5 seasons of the award-winning M. I. High, Spirit Warriors (featuring Benedict Wong), BAFTA-winning That Summers Day, season three of award-winning dance show The Next Step and Nick Blood in Trollied for Sky1. Amanda is currently casting feature films Undone, directed by Stefan Stuckert, and Andy Christ, directed by Gordon Anderson.

Notable Projects

Kidulthood (Film) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/drama/#/kidulthood/ Wasp (Short Film) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/drama/#/wasp-film/ Dustbin Baby (TV) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/drama/#/dustbin-baby/ Honeytrap (Film) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/drama/#/honeytrap-film/ Some Dogs Bite (TV) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/drama/#/some-dogs-bite/ The Low Down (Film) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/drama/#/the-low-down/ M.I.High (TV) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/drama/#/mi-high/ Heineken ‘Entrance’ (Commercial) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/commercials/#/heineken-entrance/ Playstation ‘Mental Wealth’ (Commercial) http://www.candidcasting.co.uk/commercials/#/playstation-mental-wealth/

Specialisations

TV, Film

Office Location

London

Geographical Experience

UK, Northern Europe, North America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Ireland

Membership Type

Full Member