Profile

Name

Anna Dawson

Email Address

anna@annadawsoncasting.com

Job Title

Casting Director

Office Phone Number

0131 290 2526

Website

simonepereirahind.com

Twitter

https://twitter.com/annanoswad

Agent

Michael Eliot Finch at Brennan Artists Associates

michael@brennanartists.com

IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7283961

Biography

Anna is a Scotland based Casting Director working across Film, Television, Short Film and Theatre.

Beginning her career in London she worked for numerous Casting Directors before moving to Scotland to work with Simone Pereira Hind from the office in Summerhall, Edinburgh.

After nearly a decade of working together they now co-cast many of their projects as SPH Casting. Anna also casts projects independently as Anna Dawson Casting.

In 2021 Anna co-created and developed a tool with Tagmin and her friend Amy Blair to ensure all actors get an answer on auditions in support of the Yes/No campaign.

Notable Projects

Casting Director Credits include:

Feature Film: Midwinter Break (Focus/Film 4), Hidden (Tip Top/Screen Scotland).

Television: The Brilliant World of Tom Gates 1, 2 & 3 (Sky), Float 1 & 2 (BBC), The Island (BBC) W/ SPH, The Chief (BBC) W/ SPH.

Theatre: W/SPH Macbeth (RSC), Dracula (National Theatre of Scotland), Life is a Dream (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh), The White Card (Soho Theatre), Macbeth – An Undoing (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Rose Theatre), Anna Karenina (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Bristol Old Vic), Scent of Roses (Zinnie Harris).

Short Film: Numerous award winning short films for the BBC, BFI, Screen Scotland, NFTS – screened at festivals all over the world.

Associate credits include: 7 series of Outlander (Sony/Starz), Munich: The Edge of War (Netflix), Falling for Figaro (Netflix), The Toll (Film Cymru/Western Edge), Nobody Has To Know (Barry Crerar), Good Omens 2(Amazon Prime), Granite Harbour 1 & 2 (BBC).

Specialisations

Theatre, TV, Film

Office Location

Scotland

Geographical Experience

UK, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe

Membership Type

Probationary Member