casting director

noun

|Updated on: 11 Jun 2018

Definition of casting director

: a person who supervises the casting of dramatic productions (such as films and plays)

Recent Examples of casting director from the Web

It’s camera operators and production designers and casting directors and the like.

— thomas harlander, Los Angeles Magazine, "I Live in Los Angeles and Everything You Assume About Me Is True," 7 June 2018
But the cast director Iris Sowlat has assembled here isn't always up to the kind of subtle, precisely paced performance this material requires.

— jack helbig, Chicago Reader, "The Days Are Shorter, but this play feels longer," 18 May 2018
At least 25 photographers, agents, stylists, casting directors and other industry professionals came forward about Demarchelier.

— fiza pirani, ajc, "#MeToo: A timeline of 2018’s sexual harassment scandals," 16 May 2018
Pem’’ Farnsworth, widow of TV technology inventor Philo Farnsworth; producer Sheldon Leonard; and casting director and network executive Ethel Winant.

— lynn elber, BostonGlobe.com, "Something new to binge-watch: TV’s rich history of itself," 15 May 2018
The interior design grad student turned model made a lasting impression on casting directors, racking up one great show after another.

— janelle okwodu, Vogue, "Meet the Top Models of Fall 2018," 12 Mar. 2018
After pulling out all the stops—and the supermodels—for last season’s Gianni tribute collection, Donatella and casting director, Piergiorgio del Moro went in a different direction for Fall 2018.

— janelle okwodu, Vogue, "At Versace a Different Kind of Supermodel Throwback," 23 Feb. 2018
This goes beyond having more Black models on catwalks and in magazines: There need to be more designers, stylists, casting directors, writers and photographers of all shades and backgrounds visible in these spaces.

— candace mcduffie, Glamour, "Miroslava Duma and Ulyana Sergeenko's Casual Racism Only Highlights Fashion's Need for Diversity," 24 Jan. 2018
As always, casting director Ashley Brokaw introduced a series of new faces via exclusive debuts, the strongest of which were Nigerian beauty Eniola Abioro and baby-faced Brazilian Eduarda Bretas.

— janelle okwodu, Vogue, "At Prada, Supermodels, Virtual Models, and a History-Making Moment," 22 Feb. 2018

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