Sam Jones CDG
Casting Director
Sam has been Head of Casting for Royal Shakespeare Company, Almeida Theatre and National Theatre Wales.
Recent work includes: Hugo Blick’s The English and Black Earth Rising; The Long Call; The Trick; Ridley Road; Wanderlust; Life; NW; Don’t Forget the Driver; The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies; To Provide All People and The Hollow Crown.
Theatre work includes productions at the National Theatre, RSC, Royal Court, Hampstead Theatre, Old Vic and Young Vic and many West End theatres, including on Moira and Fiona Buffini’s DINNER, Polly Teale’s After Mrs Rochester, Ian Rickson’s Hamlet, MOJO, Electra, Betrayal, Old Times, The Children’s Hour, and 5 casts of Journey’s End.
Sam has also worked on installation art projects such as Isaac Julien’s Paradise Omeros, immersive theatre/film projects such as Bac’s The Way Out and cross-genre collaborations such as Manchester International Festival’s Invisible Cities, a co-production with 59 Productions and Ballet Rambert.
Sam Jones is an Honorary Fellow at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. A member of the Casting Directors’ Guild, the International Casting Directors Network, BAFTA and the European Film Academy.
www.samjonescasting.co.uk