Casting Directors

How to choose a casting director

A casting director finds the faces: reads the brief, pulls options from agency boards and the street, runs the casting and hands you a line-up that fits the job, the budget and the dates. For a campaign or a show it is the first person to book.

What to read in a portfolio

1. 1

   The casts themselves: range of faces and whether they fit the brands they were cast for.

2. 2

   Access — agency boards in your market and a street-casting habit.

3. 3

   Speed: a first line-up within days, not weeks.

What to put in the request

1. 1

   What you are casting for: campaign, show, e-commerce, and the number of faces.

2. 2

   The brief: age, look, sizes, diversity and any must-haves.

3. 3

   Dates of the casting and the shoot, city and the budget per model.