Mar 2024 Kate Leonard of Telford Leonard Casting Talks Key Moments Leading to Her Career, What Keeps Her Excited About Casting Alison Telford and Kate Leonard are the award-winning casting duo behind beloved Aussie TV series such as Deadloch, Bad… Read More
Mar 2024 Casting Director Anousha Zarkesh Discusses Her AACTA Win for ‘Shayda,’ Casting Directors Finally Receiving an Oscar Category We’ve had ample occasion to speak to Anousha Zarkesh over the past few years as she continues to pick… Read More
Mar 2024 Casting Director Rhys Velasquez on Their Core Principles of Conscious, Inclusive and Representative Casting Rhys Velasquez is an award-winning casting director, advocate and—in their past life—musical theater performer. After graduating from Australia’s Ballarat… Read More
Feb 2024 Casting Director Sarah Alekna Talks Auditions, the Yin and Yang of Art and Commerce Do a little digging and you find something striking: many of Australia’s most loved commercials and web series are… Read More
Feb 2024 Casting Director Natalie Jane Harvie Discusses How Street Casting Led to Her CGA-Winning Telstra Ad ‘This is Footy Country’ It could be said that 2023 was the year of Natalie Jane Harvie, as she led the charge of… Read More
Oct 2023 Get to Know the Casting Directors: Tom McSweeney & Dave Newman Tom McSweeney and Dave Newman are the award-winning Australian casting duo behind films such as Blacklight, Love and Monsters,… Read More
Sep 2023 How to Become an Actor in Melbourne To Sydney or Melbourne? That is the question for many Aussie actors. Though they’ve competed from day one, the… Read More
Jun 2023 How to Become an Actor in Sydney Sydney is home to one of Australia’s most iconic images: the striking skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and… Read More
May 2023 Get to Know the Casting Director: Mathew Waters Few casting directors can claim to have been a child star with a cult following. Mathew Waters can. Mathew… Read More
Feb 2023 Get to Know the Casting Director: Anousha Zarkesh Anousha Zarkesh has been one of Australia’s most influential creative forces in film and TV for the past 25… Read More
