Casting Director and Creative Producer
Selected Film Credits
I was Casting and Creative Producer for Open Palm Films (2017-18). Selected film credits as Casting Director below, or listed at IMDB.
BENJAMIN
dir. Simon Amstell
Starring Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jack Rowan, Jessica Raine & Anna Chancellor.
This bittersweet comedy tells the story of Benjamin (Colin Morgan) a rising star filmmaker. About to premiere his difficult second feature 'No Self', Benjamin is thrown into emotional turmoil when Billie, his hard-partying publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah. Set among the back streets of East and North London, the film boasts original music from James Righton of the Klaxons.
★★★★★ “a hilarious knowing tale of love, identity and monks” - Daily Mirror
★★★★ “funny, bittersweet and affecting” - Empire
★★★★ “a laugh-out-loud love story with bite… sparkles with wit, warmth and weirdness” - Total Film
★★★★ “a heartwarming, brutal, self-portrait… Amstell has made a really excellent film” - NME
★★★★ “tenderly funny… a little romantic gem” - Little White Lies
POND LIFE
dir. Bill Buckhurst
Starring Tom Varey, Esmé Creed-Miles, Angus Imrie, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Abraham Lewis, Siân Brooke, Shaun Dooley, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Siobhan Finneran.
Summertime 1994, in a quiet ex-mining village just outside Doncaster.
Trevor sits at Decoy Ponds, patiently awaiting the appearance of Nessie, the carp of legend. Pogo wanders around town with a cassette recorder, taping broken fragments, and trying to make sense of it all. The local children taunt her. Cassie and Maurice canoodle in the reeds…They’re in love.
‘This is the best summer of my life’ says Pogo and for each of them the sun, the bittersweet intensity of their relationships and their fishing quest make the moment exceptionally vivid. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a night they will never forget.
★★★★★ "Profoundly sensitive and moving... like a teenage dream" - DMovies
★★★★ "A young cast are pitch-perfect" - Observer
★★★★ "Plenty of big laughs. Abound with charm" - Little White Lies
★★★★ "One of those rare films that makes magic out of the mundane" - Time Out
GANEF
dir. Mark Rosenblatt
Starring Lydia Wilson, Sophie McShera and Isabella Dziewanska.
A little girl, spooked by a dark tale from her mother’s past, starts to believe her adored cleaner is a thief.
Winner, Best UK Narrative Short |NEW RENAISSANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Winner, Best UK Narrative Short | NOTTINGHAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Awards Shortlist | LA SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Special Mention, Young Jury Award for Best Short Film | UK Jewish Film Festival 2020
THE COMPLETE WALK
dir: Dominic Dromgoole, Nick Bagnall, Bill Buckhurst, James Dacre, Christopher Haydon, Patrick Myles, Mark Rosenblatt, Jessica Swale, Michelle Terry and Sam Yates
Cast included Nikki Amuka-Bird, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell, Zawe Ashton, Eve Best, Jessie Buckley, Peter Capaldi, Kenneth Cranham, David Harewood, Toby Jones, James Norton, Nikesh Patel, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Russell-Beale, Joanna Scanlan, Dominic West, Olivia Williams and Ruth Wilson.
37 short films made for the Shakespeare 400 celebrations: a film for each of Shakespeare’s plays, featuring scenes shot on location - Cleopatra in front of the Pyramids; Shylock in Venice’s former Jewish Ghetto; Hamlet on the rocks of Elsinore - screened along the iconic 2.5 mile stretch between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge, and since been screened around the world.
"the cast list is as impressive as the scenery" - BBC
As Casting Director & Associate Producer.
UNDERCLIFFE
dir. Lisa Mulcahy
Starring Laurie Kynaston, Esme Creed-Miles, Mark Addy, Stephanie Hyam, Mariam Haque.
After a young man wakes up after a savage attack, he attempts to piece back together his past to find out who he is and how he came to his current state.