Fran Cattaneo
Casting Director Senior Casting AssistantFran Cattaneo is a London-based [Senior] Casting Assistant and Casting Director, working across screen and stage. Her screen credits as a Casting Assistant include; International Emmy-nominated Dreaming Whilst Black for BBC and A24, Luna Carmoon's debut feature Hoard, House of Spoils with leads Ariana DeBose and Barbie Ferreira for Blumhouse, and the BAFTA-winning short form programme How To Be A Person. Her first Casting Director credit was for the short film, Octopus, which screened at the 2022 BFI Flare Festival. Coming from a predominately theatre background, Fran has been lucky enough to assist on stage productions for The Bush, Young Vic, Lyric Hammersmith and Regent’s Park Open Air - along with musical theatre productions such as Jamie Lloyd's upcoming adaptation of Sunset Boulevard starring Nicole Scherzinger.
Credits
Casting Director Credits - Twine, Writ. by Selina Thompson | R&D at The YardSenior Casting Assistant Credits - Beneatha's Place, Dir. by Kwame Kwei-Armah | Young Vic, God of Carnage, Dir. by Nicholai LaBarrie | Lyric Hammersmith and Every Leaf a Hallelujah | Regent's Park Picnic Lawn
Casting Assistant Credits - Red Pitch, Writ. Tyrell Williams | Bush Theatre,
Fair Play - Writ. by Ella Road | Bush Theatre and House of Ife, Dir. Lynette Linton | Bush Theatre
Training
Location
LondonExperience
2-5 years
Art forms / Disciplines
- Film - feature
- Film - short
- Multi-disciplinary / cross art form
- Photography
- Theatre / Live perfomance
- TV - drama
What I do
- Devising
- Dramaturgy
- Prop Making
- Puppetry
- Site Responsive/Immersive
- Theatre making
Additional Languages
Beginners/Conversational Italian, Spanish and French
