Casting Director Experience
- Skills: Eye for Talent: Ability to tell off the bat whether or not a given person is right for the show.
- Network: A strong network of contacts in New Zealand with a good cross section of socio economic backgrounds.
- Memory: Regardless of how many people have been interviewed, I have a way of remembering the ones that matter and the detail and background required.
- Patience: It often takes a lot of time to find the right person for a role, so I always exercise patience.
Channel 7 Australia
The Amazing Race Australia/NZ –Discover and generate enough potential teams as per ‘Character wish list’ for final NZ Executive ‘live casting’, manage visa requirements and pre-production filming of teams.
- Targeted cast research for New Zealand
- Input into potential characters/groups for New Zealand
- Target groups, arrange mini casting sessions, drive applications
- Organise final casting in NZ for Executive producing team including managing wranglers
Eyeworks New Zealand/Australia
World’s Strictest Parents -Finding 12 teenagers and willing parents for NZ and Australia series.
Breaking The Cycle - Finding 6 morbidly obese (185kg +) young people
- Liaise with the Producer, developed a strategy to identify, attract and approach individuals, filmed the individuals in their own environments, edited and presented profiles of the individuals to the Producer.
Eyeworks Australia ‘World’s Strictest Parents ‘Finding- 1 New Zealand host family
- Liaise with the Producer, developed a strategy to identify, attract and approach individuals, and filmed the individuals in their own environments.
Television New Zealand
One Night Only
- To find 20 groups of six people from throughout NZ with a community background to sing off against one another on a national television entertainment show.