Date: July 6th
Location: Soho, London (full address given 2 days beforehand)
Time: 10.00 - 13.30

"Carl put so much time and thought in to my individual career, giving me really insightful, honest advice and feedback. I couldn't recommend it highly enough."

Carl Proctor is not only a busy Casting Director and a member of The Casting Directors Guild, he is also one of London's most in demand headshot photographers. Carl trained as an actor at RADA and worked successfully for many years. He also runs a production company with Imogen Stubbs and Serena Gordon. All this combines to give Carl a unique slant on our industry and well placed to share his wealth of experience and offer advice and guidance on a one-to-one level.

"Carl Proctor's advice is sincere and measured. If anyone is considering doing 1-2-1 career advice with Carl, I cannot recommend it highly enough. When I left the session, I was beaming with motivation and optimism. His knowledge and professionalism are outstanding."

"My half an hour with Carl Proctor was the best 30 quid I've ever spent. What a lovely, insightful chap. I will definitely be booking more workshops if I can expect that calibre every time."

Carl is currently working on two films and a pilot for a sit-com. Commercials and one off TV projects are ongoing.

These half hour sessions offer a relaxed and supportive environment in which to get some honest answers. Topics include, but are not limited to, CVs and headshots, agents, showreels, voicereels, letter writing and marketing strategy as a whole. But these sessions are totally actor led so Carl will only focus on the areas you want to discuss.

Actors leave with a renewed determination, questions answered, with some misconceptions corrected, fears confirmed or quashed, with a clear idea of what changes might make a difference and a plan of action to take them forward. Where appropriate Carl is able to advise on which agents he thinks might be good for you at your stage of your career.

Carl recently cast 80 British actors in a ten part dramatisation THE BIBLE which was a huge success on American TV and has already became the biggest selling TV series on DVD in the last 5 years and the biggest miniseries of all time on Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD in its first week of release. It will be shown on Channel 5 this autumn.

Other credits include...

FEATURE FILMS - 23 to date including: BLOOD CREEK (dir: Joel Schumacher), THE WEDDING DATE with Deborah Messing (dir: Clare Kilner), SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe, which received 2 Oscar nominations (dir: Elias Merhige) TWELFTH NIGHT with an all star cast (dir: Trevor Nunn), ONE MORE KISS with Gerrad Butler (dir: Vadim Jean), BIGGA THAN BEN with Ben Barnes (dir: Susie Halewood), CLOCKWORK MICE (dir: Vadim Jean) and MRS PALFREY AT THE CLAREMONT with Joan Plowright and Rupert Friend (dir: Dan Ireland)

TELEVISION - over 70 individual programs plus several series to date including: THE IMPRESSIONISTS (dir: Tim Dunn & Mary Downes/3 part BBC Series), THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME (various directors/BBC TV series), GENIE IN THE HOUSE (2 series for Nikelodeon), RENFORD REJECTS (4 series for Nikelodeon), THE SECRETARY WHO STOLE 4 MILLION (dir: Colin Barr/BBC), CANOE MAN, BOLTON FORGER, THE THIEVING HEADMISTRESS (dir: Norman Hull. Dragonfly Production/BBC), BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (dir: Andrew William/BBC Series), NUCLEAR RACE (dir: Toby Sculthorp/BBC TV), SUPERVOLCANO (dir: Tony Mitchell/BBC TV), DESPERADOS (dir: David Jackson & Paul Wroblewski/BBC Series), THE SOMME (dir: Detlef Siebert/BBC TV), A SERPENT IN EDEN (dir: Matthew Wortman/Lion TV for Channel 4), GEORGE CARMEN (dir: Colin Barr/BBC)

THEATRE includes: BLITHE SPIRIT in Barbados (dir: Glen Walford), WE HAPPY FEW (dir: Stephen Rayne), WAY HOME (dir: Sue Dunderdale/Liverpool Everyman), THE GREATEST IS LOVE (dir: Sean Methias/Australia) and LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (dir: Tim Luscombe). 

Carl has also cast over 200 COMMERCIALS for leading brands.

Sessions are for half an hour each.

Please book online as usual and then email us to reserve your time slot with your first and second choice. Times are allocated on a first come first served basis.

10.00 - 10.30

10.30 - 11.00

11.00 - 11.30

12.00 - 12.30

12.30 - 13.00

13.00 - 13.30

PLEASE NOTE: Your Spotlight CV will be sent to Carl prior to your meeting, please make sure it is up-to-date. Please also ensure your showreel is live on your Spotlight page if you want Carl to discuss this with you. Although Carl will look through your Spotlight portfolio, please bring hard copies on any photos if you would prefer him to see these. You will also receive a 1-2-1 information sheet which will include full directions.