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
Robert Sterne Casting is looking for an experienced casting assistant to join our team based at Forest Hill offices in South East London.
We need team player with excellent communication skills who is hard-working, motivated, bright, quick, friendly and efficient to work across a number of film, tv and theatre projects.
An eye for detail, very strong organisational skills, a keen interest in actors and the ability to carry out research into performers/artists/musicians who are not necessarily from an acting background are all crucial. An interest in football would be useful for one of our current projects.
Tasks will include setting up audition sessions, checking availabilities, formatting lists, helping run casting sessions, researching performers, helping to co-ordinate kids’ casting searches, generating and collating self-tapes and uploading and downloading audition footage.
We would ideally be looking for someone with at least one year’s previous experience in a casting environment. Mac savviness is crucial.
We would start with an initial trial period of one month with the intention to move on to full-time permanent position and to develop towards an associate role.
We are a busy office and a friendly and supportive team.
Please e-mail your CV and a covering letter to robert@robertsterne.co.uk with the subject heading CASTING ASSISTANT
Sarah Crowe Casting is looking for an experienced Casting Assistant or Casting Associate (dependant on experience) to work across various projects for 2 weeks of holiday cover. This would be from15th – 26th September with a few days handover w/c 8th. This is a full time position working predominantly from our office in De Beauvoir (Dalston).
Own laptop and a minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in casting needed.
Must be familiar with Spotlight, Excel, Google Drive, I-Movie, Dropbox.
Good knowledge of actors and agents.
Experience of checking avails, setting up and running sessions.
Attention to detail and good organisational skills.
Familiar with the Pact Equity agreement and deals/CANs.
Comfortable with dogs.
Please send your CV to info@sarahcrowecasting.co.uk outlining your experience and availability. Please reference ‘Casting Assistant’ or ‘Casting Associate’ in the subject line.
We are looking to meet people this week.
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
The CDG EDI Group spoke with Andy Pryor, Ri McDaid-Wren and Ray Böhm, the casting team behind ‘It’s A Sin’, and discussed (among other things) discovering new talent and the cast’s incredible chemistry.