An awards ceremony specifically to honour the work of casting directors is being launched.
The CDG Awards is being created by the Casting Directors’ Guild and will recognise casting directors in theatre, as well as television, film and commercials.
Casting director Andy Pryor, who is on the awards committee, said his peers had “remained unrecognised” at major awards ceremonies.READ MORE
Elaine Grainger Casting is looking for two experienced assistants to start immediately, or as soon as possible. We definitely need one to start next week to work on various films across Europe, the Middle East and the US. This is to work mainly from home, with some in-person casting sessions in London and recalls with directors.
We need you to be self motivated and proactive with an excellent attention to detail and a high level of skills in research, admin and computers. You should have a very good knowledge of actors and agents, experience making lists, avail checks, in person sessions, the self tape process of downloading / uploading and using the usual sites such as spotlight and castit.
If you are interested and applying please state when you are available from and your experience in your email.
Please send along with your CV to elaine@elainegrainger.com with the subject “CASTING ASSISTANT “
Lucy Pardee is looking for a casting assistant based in or near the Welsh Valleys for a feature film project. Is a community-facing role focused on both street casting and conventional casting. Applicants need to be good with people, have good knowledge of the valleys and excellent organisational skills.
Would suit people with experience in casting, documentary research, community outreach or youth work, though not essential.
Must have own car.
Starting immediately for 4 weeks with possibility of extending further. Please email your CV to kerry@lucypardee.com to apply.
Emma Garrett Casting is seeking an experienced casting assistant in commercials, to start work ASAP for an initial period of 2 months, with potential for a more long term position in the future.
Applicants must be happy to work solely in commercials and have proven experience and be comfortable working at a very fast pace, across multiple projects.
Must be confident with client facing duties, a strong knowledge of commercial best practice and ideally experience in quoting on usages/buyouts would be a major plus. Being experienced in running commercial casting sessions would also be desirable.
Ideally London based and happy to work remotely, or north of England based.
If you’re interested and fit the above criteria, please email emma@garrettcasting.com, subject line ‘Casting Assistant Position’ with a short intro / experience highlights, along with a CV.
Supported by Spotlight and Headline Sponsor EON Productions The Casting Directors’ Guild are delighted to announce the winners for the 2023 CDG Casting Awards, in partnership with Spotlight. Now in its fifth year, the CDG Casting awards seeks to reward and celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across Film, Television, Theatre and Commercials. This year, a new category was added to champion the success of those casting children across all media types. There was also a special award recognising Ian Smith’s ‘Contribution to Casting’, sponsored by Conway Van Gelder Grant.
This year’s ceremony was held at Ham Yard Hotel and hosted, for a second time, by Jennifer Saunders. This year’s presenters included Bella Ramsey, Asim Chaudhry, Richard E. Grant, Rob Brydon, Harry Trevaldwyn, Laura Donnelly, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Toheeb Jimoh, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Gemma Chan.
“It’s been a real privilege for Spotlight to be supporting The CDG, once again, for the 5th annual CDG Casting Awards. Whilst casting is a broad and varied profession across many different art forms, what unites the members of this often overlooked role in the industry is the passion, expertise and creativity required to bring incredible casts together. These awards are not superficial, they are here to remind us of the irreplaceable role of this profession in artistic and commercial successes. A huge congratulations to all the winners this year!”.
Matt Hood, Managing Director at Spotlight.
The 2023 categories and winners can be found here
The Casting Directors’ Guild are delighted to announce the winners for the 2022 CDG Casting Awards, in partnership with Spotlight. Hosted by the brilliant Jennifer Saunders, the intimate industry ceremony took place at Ham Yard Hotel in London on Tuesday 22nd February. Now in its fourth year, the CDG Casting awards seeks to reward and celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across film, television, theatre and commercials. This year’s presenters included high-profile names from across the industry including; Adjoa Andoh, Emily Barber, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie Demetriou, Sope Dirisu, Clint Dyer, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Ncuti Gatwa, Victoria Hamilton, Tommy Jessop, Adrian Lester, Ralf Little, Pixie Lott, Ambika Mod, James Norton, Jessica Plummer, Giles Terera and Marisha Wallace.
You can download the full list of the winners here.
Increased online auditions during the pandemic means there is now no excuse for failing to cast inclusively, the National Theatre’s head of casting has argued.
Alastair Coomer, who leads the casting department at the NT, said producers and venues – particularly large organisations – should be ensuring that they reach out to actors based in all parts of the UK by offering online auditions. Coomer said having the option of casting remotely also means producers and casting directors must address historic accessibility failings.
Read the full article on The Stage here.
Movies rely so heavily on a perfectly chosen actor in the leading role. Considering how important it is to get this right, the casting directors who do this are often overlooked. Here, writer Anna Bogutskaya meets some of the most crucial casting directors in modern cinema, and looks back on the people who paved the way for them.
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Read the full stories on:
Screen Daily here
Whats On Stage here
and Deadline here
The Casting Directors’ Guild are delighted to announce the nominees for the 2022 CDG Casting Awards, in partnership with Spotlight. Now in its fourth year, the CDG Casting awards seeks to reward and celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across Film, Television, Theatre and Commercial. This year, The CDG are also thrilled to welcome Netflix as a brand new category sponsor, a testament to the continued success and demand for limited series.
You can download the full list of nominees and categories here