Crossing the Line

Amy Jackson started her casting career as full time assistant to Sasha Robertson, where she took a huge amount of responsibility in the busy commercials department, running and organising casting sessions for a wide variety of well-known and high-quality products and working with some hugely respected directors and producers. It was here that she found her love of casting and after a year, decided she wanted to go freelance and focus more on casting Film and TV projects.

She has been fortunate enough to assist and work alongside well-established esteemed Casting Directors including Kate Rhodes James, Julie Harkin, Jina Jay, Kate Dowd, Gemma Sykes, Rachel Freck and Rachel Sheridan. Amy has also had experience casting various shorts and other projects independently as Casting Director.

Amy is currently working as Casting Associate to Amy Hubbard.

She has worked on projects such as the television adaption of ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’, ‘In My Skin’, the Sci-Fi thriller ‘Devs’ and the upcoming ‘The Girl Before’. She currently works along side Amy Hubbard as an associate.

Amy's Links:

https://www.thecdg.co.uk/members/amyjackson/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10592775/

https://twitter.com/amy_raine

Crossing The Line:

https://twitter.com/CTL_Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/crossingthelinepod/

https://crossingthelinepod.com

Andrew Cumming is a Scottish film and television director from Fife. His National Film and Television School graduation film Radiance, was nominated for best film at the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards, while his claustrophobic psychological drama Beneath won Best Student Film at the Courant 3D festival in France.

In 2015 he directed Oakwood, a short drama exclusively for the BBC iPlayer, as well as Kai, funded by i-D and VICE, which has been viewed over one million times on social media. In 2017 Andrew directed the explosive 15th anniversary episodes of BBC Scotland’s River City, and in 2018 directed three episodes of BBC3’s acclaimed thriller Clique (S2) and the last two episodes of Cold Feet series 9 for ITV.

Today he talks with Crossing the Line podcast about his path to becoming a director, shares insights on his projects as well as offering advice to upcoming filmmakers. And as always, answers the classic Crossing the Line most-feared question!

Andrew's Links:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4203071

https://www.independenttalent.com/directors/andrew-cumming/

https://twitter.com/andrewcfilm

Crossing The Line:

https://twitter.com/CTL_Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/crossingthelinepod/

https://crossingthelinepod.com

Audio Only Version:

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.m4a/crossingthelinepod.com/Pod/Enclosures/DesCreatorsITV.m4a

Des is an ITV drama based on the arrest and subsequent investigation of serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who reportedly killed 15 people over several years ending with his arrest in 1983. An all star cast led by David Tennant include Daniel Mays and Jason Watkins who deliver thrilling performances in this harrowing true crime drama.

In this episode we talk to Director/co-creator Lewis Arnold, Writer Luke Neal and Editor Sacha Szwarc about the show from its birth, the in-depth research required all the way to finishing filming.

Mentioned in the show: http://www.directorsnow.com

Lewis’s Links:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3285219/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Arnold_(director)

https://twitter.com/lewisaea

http://www.lewisarnold.co.uk

Sacha’s Links:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3662113/

https://www.echoartists.com/sacha-szwarc

https://twitter.com/sachaszwarc

Luke’s Links:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1739987/

https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/luke-neal

Crossing The Line:

https://twitter.com/CTL_Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/crossingthelinepod/

https://crossingthelinepod.com

Graeme Harper is a British Television Director best known for his work on the science fiction series, Doctor Who, for which he is the only person to have directed episodes in the original and reboot run of the show.

In this episode we talk about his work as a director, how the industry has changed over the course of his career, and a meeting with Stanley Kubrick which spurred him to begin his career.

Graeme's Links:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363865/

https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Graeme_Harper

https://rogercareyassociates.com/clients/graeme-harper/

Crossing the Line:

https://twitter.com/CTL_Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/crossingthelinepod/

https://crossingthelinepod.com

Roberto Surace is establishing himself as an exciting and innovative designer. He trained at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, Australia where he is originally from.

Roberto's experience encompasses all facets of the backstage world having worked in numerous roles on a diverse range of commercial productions both in London and Australia. This allows him to bring a practical and well thought out approach to his vision whilst still maintaining a fresh and exciting design.

In 2014 Roberto gained his first West End credit with The Play That Goes Wrong, winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for BEST NEW COMEDY. Since then he has had three shows running simultaneously on the West End, UK and International Tours and Broadway.

Roberto was also nominated for the 2016 Broadway World Audience Choice Awards for The Comedy About A Bank Robbery in London and in 2017 for The Play That Goes Wrong on Broadway for which he had the highest percentage vote for a play in the Best Costume Design category as voted by the general public for the 2016/2017 Broadway season.

In this episode, he talks all things costume design with Crossing the Line Podcast, and explains how a three month job with Mischief Theatre's 'Play That Goes Wrong' turned into a six year job! As always, we end the episode by asking which movie he's ashamed of having never seen, and what advice he might give to upcoming designers.

Roberto's Links:

https://www.robertosuracedesign.com

https://twitter.com/robertosurace1

http://instagram.com/robrob77

Crossing The Line:

https://twitter.com/CTL_Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/crossingthelinepod/

https://crossingthelinepod.com

David Howe is a Lighting Designer who’s career has spanned Theatre in London's West End, National Tours as well as opera and taken him oversees to New York's Broadway, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Canada and Russia.

He has worked as a lighting designer on the wonderful and famous shows such as A Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Woyzeck, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South Pacific and Private Lives.

In this episode David discusses with Crossing the Line how the art form of stage lighting can manipulate mood, evoke emotion, redirect the audience’s attention and much more.

David's Links:

https://www.dhld.biz

https://twitter.com/dhld

https://www.instagram.com/david.howe.lighting_design

Crossing the Line:

https://twitter.com/CTL_Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/crossingthelinepod/

https://crossingthelinepod.com

Best known for Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre (also fictitiously known as The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society) is a British theatre company specialising in comedy. Producing such productions as the Olivier Award Winning shows including Groan Ups and Comedy About a Bank Robbery, they have performed across the world including London’s West End, Broadway and across Europe and Asia.

Speaking with Dave Hearn and Harry Kershaw, founding members of the company, hilarious and informative chats ensued including their beginnings as an improv troupe all the way up to conquering Broadway and what it’s like to work with J. J. Abrams

Abbi has well over 30 years experience in the stunt industry. Formally an all-round Stunt Performer and Horse Master, before making the transition through to Stunt Co-ordinator and Fight Arranger in 2004.

We discuss her incredible career and what it takes to get into becoming a stunt performer, find out what her favourite stunts have been and which stunts she'd love to do.

Abbi's Links:

http://www.abbicollins.com

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172106/

http://www.thebritishstuntregister.com

Crossing the Line:

https://twitter.com/CTL_Podcast

https://www.instagram.com/crossingthelinepod/

https://crossingthelinepod.com

Ellen Francis Gibbons is a model and actress, who has worked with incredible companies such as Gucci and Ralph Lauren. We talk about how the modelling industry has changed in such a short amount of time and how adaptable models must be to keep up. We also discuss body image and the changing attitudes within the industry towards the way we look. Discussion turns towards myths of the business and whether they ring true or are simply made up.

Joel Devlin is a Cinematographer known for projects including Born to Kill, Doctor Foster and The ABC Murders.