Hannah Marie Williams

Hannah Marie Williams

Casting Director & UK Casting Specialist @ BackstageLondon, United Kingdom
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Hannah Marie Williams

Hannah Marie Williams

Casting Director & UK Casting Specialist @ BackstageLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Hello! I am a Casting Director in London & Wales with 10 years experience from all corners of the casting industry. I also work with amazing international casting platform & actor magazine, Backstage, managing their UK arm. Starting out in background casting in film and TV such as The Legend of Tarzan, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, War Machine & Beast, I cut my teeth sourcing and booking 1000s of SAs each week and working quickly to get the most out of people and a brief. I continued my work in casting for documentary and reality, working on productions with Zig Zag, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Mentorn Media before returning to film, TV and Commercials alongside some great Casting Directors in the UK. In 2016, I started my own casting company and am now working on film and commercial projects from London and Wales bases. Recent credits include BBC and BFI film projects with BAFTA Cymru nominations, official selections including BFI London Film Festival, Aesthetica, SXSW, Encounters, London Short FF, Leeds International FF and many more. Recent commercial projects include work with Film & Video Umbrella, Iris Worldwide, Radley Yeldar, Agile Films and Wonderhatch and I am currently in development working across several feature films filming from 2021. My work with Backstage sees me forging great relationships and partners in many UK film festivals, film schools and organisations such as the BFI, BECTU, ScreenSkills, WFTV & lots more. All whilst working to get the word out amongst actors and content creators that Backstage is an incredible resource in casting.
Projects
  • Wrap Wales recycling TVC
    Wrap Wales recycling TVC
  • The Arborist *BAFTA Cymru nominated
    The Arborist *BAFTA Cymru nominatedBAFTA Cymru nominated short film Director Clare Sturges Producer Keiran McGaughey Available on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000mpqr/beacons-short-films-from-wales-series-1-5-the-arborist
  • Sports Team - The Races
    Sports Team - The RacesCasting matrimonial chaos for Sports Team & Agile Films. Directed by Lily Rose Thomas Produced by India Bradshaw
Projects credited in
  • The Cost of Bronze
    The Cost of BronzeWhen two feuding sisters return home to execute their late mother’s will, they discover her plan to rewrite the story of their broken family.
  • LEFT BEHIND
    LEFT BEHIND
  • Short Film - "Pale Saint"
    Short Film - "Pale Saint"Written and Directed by Rhys Marc Jones, Produced by Alex Polunin. (Short/15 mins) In the Summer of '91, Seventeen year old Irish immigrant Kat struggles for a night of freedom while harbouring a secret as she adjusts to her new life in Wales. Official Selection & Special Mention: Leeds Intl. Film Festival and Galway Film Fleadh Offical Selection: Leeds Intl. Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival
  • "Father of the Bride" - Official Selection SXSW'20
    "Father of the Bride" - Official Selection SXSW'20Written and directed by Rhys Marc Jones in partnership with the BFI Network, BBC Films, Film Caymru Wales, and Deivos Films. Executive Produced Alex Whitmore, Produced by Alex Polouin. Official Selection 2020 SXSW Film Festival
  • Man Down
    Man Down
  • FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
    FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMFramestore Creative Director Christian Manz took the reigns as overall VFX Supervisor on Warner Bros.' Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, alongside long-time collaborator Tim Burke. Reuniting the studio with David Heyman and David Yates, Framestore had an integral part to play in the overall creative process from pre-production onwards. Framestore's Pablo Grillo headed up development of all of the key Beasts as the film's Animation Director, whilst concepts and creatures were developed by
Skills
  • Casting
  • Project Management
  • Commercials
  • Business Development
  • Film