In this episode I sit down with my friend Claudie Layton.  Claudie Layton is an award-winning casting director and producer.

Claudie began her career in casting, working with photographic legends and fashion titans Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, Nick Knight, David Bailey, Tim Walker, Glen Luchford, Paolo Roversi and Bruce Weber.

She has collaborated with the world's most celebrated filmmakers on award winning commercials and music videos, working closely with Michel Gondry, Chris Cunningham, Jonathan Glazer, Hype Williams, Spike Jonze, Frank Budgen, Ivan Zaccharias, Chris Palmer, Joe Pytka and many, many more for major brands and Artistes including Madonna, The Rolling Stones, George Michael, The Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, Muse, Fatboy Slim and Nick Cave.

Working with both actors and models, in addition to a  specific focus on street casting, Claudie has discovered talent all over the world, fearlessly hitting the streets from Jamaica to Liverpool, via Beirut, Cape Town and Buenos Aires.
Among her accolades Claudie won the British Advertising Craft Awards best casting category several times and was voted the  BEST CASTING DIRECTOR IN THE WORLD by Campaign Magazine.

Claudie moved into production, motivated by a deep desire to be involved in all aspects of the Creative process  "Casting is amazing but it is largely pre-production.  I would find the cast and then off everyone would go and make magic. I would visit set, but my work was done. I wanted to be involved in everything and I have never got over the excitement of being on set, of bringing all these brilliant people together and enabling them to do their very best work.”

As a Creative Producer,  Claudie travels extensively,  and is recognised globally working both Editoriallly and  commercially. Claudie is Head of Production at CLOAKROOM Magazine and its film platform CLOAKROOM Studio.

To connect and learn more about Claudie, check out:
http://laytonincproductions.com
https://cloakroom-magazine.com

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