JANE FRISBY
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"An award winning casting director possessing not only an encyclopaedic knowledge of artists but a sincere passion and a love for our industry.
Casting is a challenging experience for any director or producer but Jane makes that process as efficient, as enjoyable and as effortless as possible."
- Keith Merrill
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Jane has been a freelance Casting Director for over 30 years. initially casting many many TV commercials for Directors such as Graham Rose, Daniel Barber, Steve Lowe, Steve Reeves, Ronnie West, and numerous others!
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She has cast many Feature Films from Award Winning 'Hear My Song' (shot in Ireland) to most recently micro budget 'Jellyfish' for NFTS Grad James Gardner which attracted a fantastic cast. Jane's passion is for finding as yet undiscovered Talent and giving them a break into Short Films or Feature Films including Jude Law, Tara Fitzgerald, James Nesbitt, John Simm, Andrew Lincoln to name but a few. Jane has cast a lengthy list of Short Films and works on a regular basis with the National Film and Television School.
Jane also has a base in Dublin which she has had for over 20 years and has a vast knowledge of Irish Actors.
Over last 30 plus years she's cast TV commercials, covering comedy to serious drama, for Directors including:
Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, David Brown, Iain Cassie, Howard Guard, David Bailey, Peter Chelsom, Richard Phillips, Steve Lowe, Carl Prechezer, Sid Roberson, Steve Reeves, Damien O'Donnell, Philippa Lowthorpe, Ronnie West , Michael Tamman, John Gradwell Michael Wright, Tomasso Pitta, Steven Boyle, Matt McConaghy, Jack Price, Gregg Masuak, Lasse Hallström.