TV/Film Casting Workshop

Service Description

Ben Cogan has worked in casting for 25 years. He began as a casting assistant for many shows (including Eastenders, Holby City and Waking the Dead) before becoming the casting director for Doctors in 2002. 380 episodes later, Ben moved to Casualty, and, in his time there, 6 episodes that he worked on were recognised with BAFTA nominations. During this period he also worked on the Afternoon Play series, Kiss of Death and various short films - one of which (Wish 143) was nominated for an Oscar. Since going freelance in 2015 Ben has cast numerous films including the award winning, Just Charlie, Trendy, Evie, Old Windows, The Outing, Lady M, Bellmouth and TV shows such as BAFTA nominated Apple Tree House as well as the additional child casting of His Dark Materials. More recently Ben cast three new feature films: 'Love Without Walls','Hunted' and is awaiting the release of his first Rom Com: 'One Night In Bath' ... he also has a host host of new projects in development.