LIFE IN FILM

James is a writer/director known for movies such as the critically acclaimed ' Smashed ' starring Aaron Paul and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. ' The Circle ' starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson and the brilliant ' Spectacular Now ' starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley to name just a few. On the horizon is Reese Witherspoon produced series ' Daisy Jones and the Six ' and the Highly anticipated Appl...

From humble beginnings at the New Criminal indie theatre group Steve met John Cusack , the two went on to write the classics Grass Point Blank and High Fidelity . He has also produced projects such as Entourage and the Tom Cruise action comedy Knight and Day . As a director he has gone from strength to strength with Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant and...

Kharmel first cut her cast teeth as a Casting Director on the acclaimed Daniel Wolfe music video "Time to Dance" starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Callum Turner. She followed up with award winning films such as Lilting (2014) and the Bafta award winning Home (2016).  Over the past decade or so, she has earned a reputation for championing new and diverse talent and projects like Netflix's 'The End...

For any young screenwriters Arash has a career most wouldn't dare dream of, in his own words he is a 25 year over night success. Years of perseverance have made him one of Hollywood's best and brightest screen writers. He's written acclaimed projects such as ' Grace of Monaco '  starring Nicole Kidman and ' A Private War ' starring Rosamund Pike. Up next is ' Fred & Ginge r' the untold lo...

Daniel worked as an actor for over 25 years in Film, TV & Theatre, before moving into casting in 2005. Starting as an assistant he worked his way up to becoming head of casting on some of Britain's most loved tv shows.  ITV's 'Mr Selfridge', BBC's 'Ripper Street' and the hugely successful 'Line of Duty'. Not to mention Netflix's 'The Innocents' and more recently the critically acclaimed 'Heatstopp...

Tom is an actor and a writer, he's popped up in 'Doctor Who', 'Murders in Successville', Netflix's 'Lovesick' and Richard Curtis's 'About Time'. In 2023 he will be seen in Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. But you may know him from BBC's 'Siblings' and channel 4's 'Stath Lets Flats'. I was fortunate enough to go and see his brilliantly dark and funny new film '...

Rob is a BIFA winning writer and director who is currently working with the icon Sam Raimi on a undisclosed horror movie, but how did he get to this point? Well he wrote and directed ' Strings ' his first feature film aged 17, he followed this up with a number of TV and advert projects including Sky Atlantic's ' Britannia ' and AMC's ' Soulmates ' but it was his short film that court horror fans i...

Wunmi is an Actress taking the world by storm, from RADA to winning Best Supporting Actress at the BAFTA's and onward to Hollywood. She has been a part of the Harry Potter , DC and Marvel Universes. Her credits include the JJ Abrams produced ' Lovecraft Country ', Batman vs Superman , and the BAFTA nominated Netflix movie ' His House '. Most recently she can be seen on Disney+ in ' Loki ' alongsid...

Mark is one of the Canada's most exciting actors working today his movie credits include, 'Marriage Story', 'Bad Times at the El Royal', 'Ready or Not' and Denise Villeneuve's 'Arrival' HIs directorial debut 'The Righteous' which he has written and also stars in is released this summer. His TV credits include 'City on a Hill' Alongside Kevin Bacon, the critically acclaimed  'Halt and Catch Fire' a...

Sophie is rapidly making a name for herself as one of the most exciting casting directors working today, in her own words her career kicked off with Netflix's hugely successful 'The Witcher' Series, she is now on a roll with Tim Burton's highly anticipated new live action series 'Wednesday'  and Amazons big budget series 'The Peripheral'. Her other credits include 'Cherry' staring Tom Holland, the...

Sam is a man of many magnificent moustaches, his TV credits include. Peaky blinders and later this year he will be seen in Steven Spielberg's produced ' Masters of the Air ' mini series for Apple TV. One of his first breaks into Hollywood came alongside John Cusack in ' The Raven ', followed by ' The Huntsman ' alongside Chris Hemsworth. his many film credits include ' 71 ', ' Monuments Men ', ' G...

Tim has over 150 credits to his name, he's been in everything from ' Sharpe ' to 'T he Thick of it ' to  ' The Crown '. He's not only part of the ' Doctor Who ' Universe but also the ' Harry Potter ' Universe. He's not only the 12th Earl of Portland, he's also managed to pick up an MBE along the way. Most recently he can be seen in HBO's ' The Nevers ' you may also know him for his renowned v...

Nabil started his film career with the 'Ali G' movie , he followed this with 'The Sum of All Fears' alongside Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman . His TV credits HBO's 'Generation Kill' , Netflix's 'Top Boy ', ' 24 ', ' The Night Of ', and ' His Dark Materials ' , most recently he was in 'Infinite' alongside Mark Wahlberg and ITV's ' Trigger Point '. He's gone from  ' EastEnders ' to working with...

Shakyra is one of the most exciting casting directors working in the UK today, having cast George McKay and Lilly Rose-Depp in 'Wolf' which premiered at Toronto film festival and Netflix hit 'The War Below'   staring Tom Goodman-Hill , Sam Hazeldine and yours truly. Shakyra has a whole host of exciting projects lined up for this year. Are you an actor? Have you ever wanted to ask wh...

Steven had a strong start taking on the lead in 'Edward II' he followed this by a supporting role alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in Michael Mann's 'The Last of the Mohicans'. He has had a long a varied career working with Tim Burton on 'Sleepy Hollow', 'The Imitation Game' with Benedict Cumberbatch, 'A Little Chaos' with Kate Winslet. His many TV credits include 'The Tudors' and 'Jamestown'. He will b...

Nathalie is one of the top British risings stars of today, her first break out role came as a child in the musical ' The Lion King ', but she began her on screen career in ' Hollyoaks '. More recently she has she has been a pivotal part of HBO's Hugely successful ' Game of Thrones ', 'T he Maze Runner ' Trilogy and Netflix's ' Army of Thieves ' but you will probably know her best for playing Ramse...

Kevin McNally is a veteran of the stage and screen, he has appeared in dozen of TV shows over the years from ' Doctor Who ', ' Bottom ', ' The Crown ' and ' Downton Abby ' to  ' Supernatural ' and ' 24 ' One of his first films was ' The Long Good Friday ', later on in his career he hit his stride and was in a string of successful films including ' Sliding Doors ', ' Entrapment ', 'Jonny Engli...

Tracy is a British actress who's based state side, she's appeared in several shows including ' Legends of Tomorrow ', ' Quantico ' and  ' Treadstone ', she is currently filming ' Wonka ' along side Timothee Chalmet and Olivia Colman . Today she is here to talk about new BBC drama ' Showtria l', which is on iPlayer now. Host - Elliot James Langridge

MyAnna has had a long and varied career in film, TV and theatre. She was in Neil Marshall's 'The Decent ', Ben Weatley's 'kill list' and she's part of the Twilights saga to name just a few. Her tv credits include 'Ripper street' opposite Mathew MacFadyen,  'Downton Abby' and most recently Netflix's 'The Witcher' along slide Henry Cavill. The new season of the 'Witcher' premiers on Netflix on...

Born in London, Elliot Edusah attended The BRIT School for Performing Arts and graduated in the class of 2018 at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before making his professional debut starring as part of the American/Canadian tour of the National Theatre Production, Barbershop Chronicles . He has gone on to star as ‘Valentine Golding’ in Steve McQueen’s multi-award winning ' Small Axe' seri...

Joanna got her first job while still at drama school, Martina Cole's ' The Runaway ' alongside Jack O'Connel, since then she has been apart of some incredible productions, on stage, tv and film. ' What Maisie Knew ' alongside Julianne Moore and Alexander Skarsgard, Richard III at the Almeida Theatre along side Ralph Fiennes, but you may know her best for her villainous turn in ' Legends of tomorro...

A familiar face in the acting world with over 130 credits to his name, he has been in many Hollywood movies such as , ' From Hell  ' alongside Jonny Depp (2001) , he worked with Sean Connery in ' The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen '  (2003),  he was in ' Stardust ' (2007), ' Rob Roy  '(1995), ' Clash of the Titans ', ' X-Men first class ' and David Finche...

Ryan McKen is a young actor on the rise, over the years he's has racked up some impress credits including BBC's 'Line of Duty', HBO's 'Game of Thrones' and Sky Atlantic's 'Save Me' to name just a few. Next he will be see reprising his role of D.I. Rob Moloney in the second season of 'Temple' alongside Mark Strong and Daniel Mays on Sky MAX. Host - Elliot James Langridge Watch the new season of 'Te...

Phil Dunster is a young up and coming actor who's going from strength to strength,  his career so far has consisted of a mixture of film, TV and theatre but he's best none for playing Jamie Tartt in the Emmy award winning Ted Lasso (Apple TV). Having had Kenneth Branagh take him under his wing he has worked on several projects with him, including "Murder on the Orient Express" .  Other c...

Sam Spruel l is here to talk about taking centre stage along side Jack O'connel and Colin Farrell in fantastic mini series " The North Water " (BBC). Sam Has been a character actor for many years, he worked with Tom Hardy in "Legend" , Daniel Craig in "Defiance" ,  Chris Hemsworth in "Snow White and the Huntsman" and along the way worked with some of the biggest directors on the planet includ...