Profile

Name

Melody Gerard

Email Address

melodyagerard@gmail.com

Job Title

Casting Assistant

Mobile Number

07307981869

Address

London

IMDB

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1486785/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Linkedin

http://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-gerard-04a08692

Biography

I grew up in Paris and moved to London when I was 19. After working a few years in retail, amongts other things, I decided to finally go back to my first passion which is the Film and TV industry (I studied drama for years). I enrolled at UCLA extension to do the Entertainment Studies Certificate. After two great years in LA I moved back to London and tried to pursue a career in casting. An opportunity appeared in Paris to work with Julie Navarro. Without any hesitation I moved back. I had to learn quickly as Julie was also working on her own short movie and she had to leave me in charge soon after I started. Then began an intense 3 years of working on films, commercials and series. One of the biggest jobs we did was the tv series « Hippocrate » that aired on Canal +, where we had to cast about 140 characters, some had to be street casting. It was an amazing experience and extremely fulfilling to see the end product.

I moved back to London in September 2019. Since then I had the pleasure to work with great casting directors such as Lucy Bevan, Lucinda Syson, Jessica Ronane, Kirty Kinnear and Nina Gold. I have a learned a lot and had great experiences in all these different offices.

Notable Projects

NINA GOLD CASTING
Blitz. Director: Steve McQueen
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Director: James Mangold.

MARTIN WARE CASTING
Magic Mike’s Last Dance. Director: Steven Soderbergh
Northern Comfort. Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson

LUCINDA SYSON CASTING
The New Look. Showrunner: Todd A. Kessler

LUCY BEVAN CASTING
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical. Director: Matthew Warchus

Specialisations

TV, Film, Children's Casting

Office Location

London

Geographical Experience

UK, Northern Europe

Membership Type

Probationary Member