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Job Description - Movie Casting Director

There are lots of exciting and glamorous jobs available in the multi billion dollar world of movies. The movie Casting Director’s job is to audition and employ the cast of a film. The Movie Casting Director is hired by the movie Producer or Director, and works very closely with them to ensure the right actors/actresses are hired.

Training & Qualifications

A good starting point to begin your career would be to contact casting directors in your area and ask them if they are looking for an apprentice. It would help if you had some knowledge/experience or qualification in the film industry.

Personal Qualities


To become a Casting Director you must have a lot of dedication, perseverance, a love of the cinema, ambition, and a good imagination and an excellent judgement of character to ensure that you select the right people for roles.

Telephone Number Dialling Information
All telephone numbers quoted in this section are expressed in local dialling format.  If dialling from overseas the country access codes to be used in conjunction with your international prefixes are:-
 
UK   44
USA  1
Australia 61
Canada 1
 
In some cases the first zero of the telephone number will be need to be omitted if dialling from overseas, if in doubt please check with your local operator. 

Useful Addresses & Contacts

UK

Casting Directors Guild  P.O Box 34403  London  W6 0YG 

Tel:  020 8741 1951

Website:  http://castingdirectorsguild.co.uk

The Casting Directors Guild of Great Britain is a professional organisation of Casting Directors who work in film, television, theatre and commercials.

Directors Guild of Great Britain, Acorn House, 314 - 320 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DP
Tel: 020 7278 4343 Fax: 020 7278 4742

Email:       guild@dggb.co.uk 
Website:  http://www.dggb.co.uk 

The Directors Guild of Great Britain (DGGB) is a trade union that represents directors in film, television, theatre, radio, opera, commercials, corporate, multimedia and new technology.

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USA

American Film Institute  2021 N. Western Ave.   Los Angeles, CA 90027-1657

Website:  http://www.afi.com

American Film Institute, Advancing and preserving the art of the moving image.

Casting Mangers.com

Website:  http://castingmanagers.com

Casting Managers.com is an exclusive online community for the best casting managers and directors in the world and those who hire them.

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Australia

Film & Television Association (FNQ) Inc,  PO Box 7876,  Cairns, Queensland 4870,  Australia 

Tel:  7 4051 2166  Fax:  7 4051 2966

 

Email:       fta@fta.net.au

Website:  http://www.fta.net.au

The role of this organisation is to facilitate the development of the film and television infrastructure in Far North Queensland.

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Canada

Directors Guild of Canada, One Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 604, Toronto, Ontario M4P 3A1

Tel:  416 482 6640  or Toll-Free: 1 888 972 0098

Fax: 416 482-6639

 

Email:       mail@dgc.ca 

Website:  http://www.dgc.ca

 

The Directors Guild of Canada represents more than 3400 members with occupations in all areas of production editing and design.

 

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Training - UK

Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 1LG
Tel: 01494 731425   Fax: 01494 674042

Email:       admin@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Website:  http://www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Beaconsfield Studios run a two-year program, MA in Film and Television, validated by the Royal College of Art.

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Training - USA

Boston University, Department of Film and Television, College of Communication, Boston University

Website:  http://www.bu.edu/com/filmtv

Boston University Department of Film and Television offer various postgraduate Film programs.

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Training - Australia

Australian Film Television and Radio School
PO Box 126, North Ryde NSW 1670

Website:  http://www.aftrs.edu.au

At the Australian Film Television and Radio School you can study for an MA Cinematography (Drama).

The Academy of Photogenic Arts International Film School

P.O. Box 362, Avalon, NSW 2107
Tel:  02 9974 4480  Fax:  02 9974 5484

Website:  http://www.apa.edu.au

The Academy of Photogenic Arts International Film School, Australia's foremost industry based international film school, was formed in 1985 in order to provide relevant training for people wishing to enter the film and television industry.

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Training - Canada

York University Department of Film & Video, 224 Centre for Film and Theatre, York University, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3

Tel:  416 736 5149   Fax:  416 736 5710

 

Email:       flmvideo@yorku.ca

Website:  http://www.yorku.ca

 

York University's Department of Film and Video offers film and video graduate and undergraduate programs covering editing, sound, digital techniques, screenwriting, directing and producing.

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