Tracie Hunter Casting
“I love casting!!! And what I love most are the amazing characters I get to meet on a regular basis. Many of the castings I do involve ‘real casting’ or ‘street casting’. Clients might come to me when they need bikers for a commercial, or sex workers for a photographic project.”
(Tracie Hunter portrait by Billy Boyd Cape)
“In celebration of the centenary of Vogue magazine, I was commissioned to find someone who had also turned 100 years old in 2018. I found the wonderful Bo Gilbert. Bo still lived in her own house and hadn’t left it once without heels and makeup on – (a tall order!!) Bo was the perfect person – both in appearance and character –
to become the face of Harvey Nichols and Vogue in 2018, and the campaign (shot by Phil Poynter) won many awards.”
“When I was commissioned to find ‘Bikers’ for a commercial I found myself attending a biker chapter’s weekly gathering. I met glorious characters there, from schoolteachers to car mechanics. It’s utterly fascinating to me how sometimes society puts people into boxes. My experience has been that in reality humans can never be neatly boxed and categorised.” [Shot by Garry Simpson]
“I understand photographers and directors. They trust me to be their eyes and ears while casting.”
“I spent my earlier years in bands & touring the world as both a backing vocalist and a lead singer. My paternal family are musical. I grew up in the 70’s against a colourful Rock’n’Roll backdrop of creativity, flamboyance and unique characters, and came to understand and be fascinated by fashion, style and people.”
“There isn’t anyone I can’t find!!”
Photographers include:
Phil Poynter
Alan Powdrill
Alex Cretey Systermans
Sarah M Lee
Ilka and Franz
Wilson Hennessy
Morten Borgestad
Florian Geiss
Gary Salter
Rankin
Dylan Collard
Julia Fullerton Batten
Adam Hinton
Giles Revell
Matt Holyoak
Garry Simpson
Rick Guest
Sarah Cresswell
Nicky Hamilton
Vic Lentaigne
Charlotte Hadden
Kitty Gale
Shamil Tanna
Laura Pannack
Andy Lo Po
Directors include:
Oscar Carris
Ed St Giles
Michael Winterbottom
Dan Chase
Clients include:
Adidas
Vogue
Harvey Nichols
Castrol
Hampton Court
Rekorderlig Cider
Tower of London
Disneyland
NHS
Pringles
Heathrow Airport
Volkswagen
Which Magazine
Tanqueray Gin
Kellogg’s
Braun
Ford
Volvo
EasyJet
Bodyshop
Vauxhall
Mercedes
De Longhi
Chives
Sleek Make up
