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Nancy Bishop
The Casting Director of films like Mission Impossible, Nancy Bishop addressing a press conference, at the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2015), in Panaji, Goa on November 23, 2015.jpg
Nancy Bishop at IFFI 2015
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipU.S.
OccupationCasting director
Websitenancybishopcasting.com nancybishopcoaching.com

Nancy Bishop is an American casting director,[1] who works internationally from offices in London, United Kingdom and Prague, Czech Republic.[2]

Life and career

A graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, she worked as a theatre director in Chicago before moving to Prague in the 1990s to direct a play with the Black Box Theatre company[3] and later became the artistic director of the company. When large scale film productions started to shoot in Prague, Nancy developed a casting career and is known as a specialist in European and especially Slavic talent. Studio credits include European casting on Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Bourne Identity (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Snowpiercer (2013),[1] and she has also worked with directors such as Roman Polanski, Peter Greenaway, Neil Burger, and Michael Apted.[1] TV credits include SyFy’s Dune (2000), 12 Monkeys (2015-) and Blood Drive (2017-).[1] She is a national board member at the Casting Society of America,[4] as well as Chairman of the London branch of CSA. Also a recognized acting coach, she founded the Acting for Film program at the Prague Film School,[2] and teaches classes internationally.[5] She has penned two books about acting for Bloomsbury Press: Secrets from the Casting Couch and Auditioning for Film and TV.[6][7] She is a member of BAFTA, the International Casting Directors Network, and The European Film Academy.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Nancy Bishop". IMDb.
  2. ^ a b "Nancy Bishop Casting – Nancy Bishop Casting". Nancybishopcasting.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "Leadership".
  5. ^ "Nancy Bishop Coaching – Nancy Bishop". Nancybishopcoaching.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  6. ^ "Secrets from the Casting Couch: On Camera Strategies for Actors from a Casting Director: Nancy Bishop: Methuen Drama". www.bloomsbury.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05.
  7. ^ "Nancy Bishop Casting | Book".

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