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Get an insight in to the process of Writer / Director ALICE SEABRIGHT!

Alice Seabright is a writer and director based in London who was named as a 2019 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Alice is currently show running her original series Chloe for the BBC – she will write four out of six episodes, direct the 1st block, and serve as executive producer.

She recently directed episodes 4 and 5 of Sex Education Series 2, which dropped on Netflix earlier this year, as well as writing episode 3 for Sex Education Series 3. Prior to life as a writer/director, Alice has worked in Development at Heyday Films and Brilliant Films.

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Get an insight in to the process of four time Emmy award-winning casting director John Frank Levy. John recently published his new book RIGHT FOR THE ROLE where he shares his experiences. John hasn't just witnessed some of the greatest acting talents in Hollywood, in many cases, he's had a major hand in it!

What began in 1988 as a way of improving the lives of former gang members in East Los Angeles has today become a blueprint for over 400 organizations around the world, from Alabama and Idaho, to Guatemala and Scotland.

John's Bio

John Frank Levey is a four-time Emmy Award-winning casting director. He has cast such iconic television shows as China Beach, ER, The West Wing and Shameless, as well as dozens of other television series, miniseries, TV movies, digital series, video games and feature films. Levey is also a five-time winner of the Casting Society of America’s Artios Award and the recipient of its prestigious Hoyt Bowers Award, given for excellence in casting and outstanding contributions to the casting profession. Right for the Role is his first book. After decades at Warner Bros., Levey became Vice President of Casting for John Wells Productions before launching his own casting company. Throughout his career, he has been a proud collaborator with many great writers, actors, producers and directors—he is most gratified for the friendships he’s forged and the talent he has helped foster.

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Jonny is currently an associate at Shaheen Baig Casting. Jonny has worked on TV shows such as Three Girls, I AM series and independent films such as Supernova, Pirates, The Phantom of the Open and most recently Scrapper. Jonny has co-cast with Shaheen on the TV project Hanna and currently the TV series of Boiling Point.

After 12 years of working for some of the most brilliant Casting Directors the UK has. Jonny will be venturing out on his own in 2023.

*After 23 years in Los Angeles, Kate Caldwell packed up and took her casting skills to the UK where she currently works with Emmy-winning Casting Director Suzanne Smith.

Kate has experience in many areas of casting having worked the studio and network side at ABC Television and on both voice-over and live-action feature films at 20th Century Fox Feature Casting.

Her favorite, though, is being in the trenches of independent casting. Her credits include the Netflix series UNBELIEVABLE for which she was nominated alongside Laura Rosenthal, Jodi Angstreich and Melissa Kostenbauder for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For a Limited Series, Movie or Special, KINGDOM with Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas, HERCULES with Dwayne Johnson, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN with Gerard Butler, the western series HELL ON WHEELS and KRAMPUS.*

*After 23 years in Los Angeles, Kate Caldwell packed up and took her casting skills to the UK where she currently works with Emmy-winning Casting Director Suzanne Smith.

Kate has experience in many areas of casting having worked the studio and network side at ABC Television and on both voice-over and live-action feature films at 20th Century Fox Feature Casting.

Her favorite, though, is being in the trenches of independent casting. Her credits include the Netflix series UNBELIEVABLE for which she was nominated alongside Laura Rosenthal, Jodi Angstreich and Melissa Kostenbauder for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For a Limited Series, Movie or Special, KINGDOM with Frank Grillo and Nick Jonas, HERCULES with Dwayne Johnson, OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN with Gerard Butler, the western series HELL ON WHEELS and KRAMPUS.*

Francesca has been working in casting since 2010, with her first job being on Captain America: The First Avenger, since then she worked across multiple genres in both film and television including sci-fi, action, horror, crime and mystery. Her credits include Logan, 6 Underground, Ford vs. Ferrari and Transformers: The Last Knight. More recently she worked on co-casting the third series of the critically-acclaimed Das Boot.
Francesca Bradley is currently a Casting Associate at Casting Pictures, run by Priscilla John and Orla Maxwell.

Winner of BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for Broadchurch - 2013

Nominated for 2009 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for NO MAN'S LAND. Nominated for 2006 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for HENRY IV PART I & II at the National Theatre. Nominated for 1993 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for HENRY IV PART II at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Winner of 1993 Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role of Polonius in HAMLET and Shallow in HENRY IV PART II at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Winner of 1990 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for KING LEAR at the National Theatre.

Kelly is an award-nominated Casting Director and the founder of her own casting company. Projects include Bridgerton (2020), The Wheel of Time (2021), The Last Kingdom (2015-2023), and Fleabag (2016). Based in London but working internationally, the KVH office fights for diversity across the media.

Susan Ferris is CEO of the Bohemia Group, an International Management Group, representing talent across the entertainment landscape, including a number of musicians and acting talent. A Boston native with a degree in theater and film from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Ferris found herself where many others have feared to tread, in the heart of the entertainment industry: Hollywood. As she learned the landscape, she worked at the Coast Playhouse for the world premieres of “Strange Snow” starring Jean Smart, Brian Kerwin, Dan Blocker, and “Bent” directed by David Marshall Grant.

Castañeda has been involved in acting since he was 17 but only started taking acting more seriously after he volunteered for a role when a director asked for actors to participate in his film during a seminar while at university. He played various minor roles in a number of productions, such as End of Watch, and also acted as a main character in a short film Maddoggin', which won the audience award at the NBC Universal Short Cut Film Festival. In 2013, he landed a role playing Jorge on ABC Family's TV series Switched at Birth. In late 2016, he was cast in the role of Hector in the film Sicario: Day of the Soldado released in 2018. He also has a major role in an independent film El Chicano, a supporting role in Jean-Claude Van Damme's We Die Young as well as minor roles in films such as the Billy Crystal's film Standing Up, Falling Down.

Castañeda was born in Los Angeles, but raised in Sinaloa, Mexico. He returned to the United States where he attended William Workman high school when he was 14. Castañeda initially studied civil engineering in college with the intention of taking over the family business after he finished his studies. However, he became interested in film direction, and switched to major in film production and international business in 2007 at California State University, Fullerton. Castañeda then moved into acting and started auditioning for roles. He studied part-time while pursuing an acting career, eventually graduating in 2015.