Casting

Passionate, meticulous, deeply connected to the Queenstown acting community, and genuinely great with people.

I am highly interested in developing myself as a casting director on the ground in Queenstown, New Zealand with a focus on small local projects, and assisting casting efforts for larger productions shooting in the region.

I currently work in tvc casting, assisting Jackie Gay at Still Vision, and bring a year of varied hands-on TVC casting experience alongside a wide range of skills developed through acting, teaching, self-tape coaching, and my previous work in the legal industry.

Queenstown and the wider region is home to passionate and skilled actors across screen and stage but productions often look to main centres. I am passionate about shifting that: training local actors through my classes to be camera-ready professionals, connecting local performers with opportunities, and giving productions access to a vibrant, underutilised talent pool.

My network spans my screen acting classes, established in late 2024, past self-taping clients and auditionees, the local theatre scene, the region's talent agents, and amateur filmmaking communities. I know the local acting community personally, and that makes a real difference when it comes to finding the right person for a role.

I am always thrilled to support non-professional passion projects. Short films, student productions, spec ads, and independent projects build our local talent in front and behind the cameras, and I am genuinely excited to be part of those projects, so please get in touch!

Casting session at Amalia Studio Queenstown
Commercial casting assistant at Still Vision, Queenstown
Professional screen acting experience and experienced audition reader
Extensive network across acting classes, theatre, and screen community
Professional venue with full lighting and camera equipment
Particularly experienced working with children and young performers
Proudly recommended by local talent agents for self-taping and coaching services
UoA Screen Production graduate with serious tech proficiency
Former lawyer bringing meticulousness and administrative skills
Coordinator of regional non-profit the Southern Filmmakers Collective
Services

The full package, or help wherever you need

In-room auditions

A professional studio with excellent natural light, clean backdrops, and top-quality camera and lighting equipment, efficiently edited. I am an experienced reader, bringing genuine acting presence that helps auditionees relax and perform at their best.

Coached and in-depth auditions

For more demanding performance-heavy projects seeking out new talent, I can offer coached auditions where candidates are worked through the material for a deeper, more nuanced performance.

What clients say

We worked with an amazing casting director Amalia who was able to get me just the most incredible cast. I gave her the brief and she just found the best cast for me ever, it was so good.

Elliott Sauvage, Australian Filmmaker.
The Dreams We Kept, Automotive Spec Ad 2026, featuring Chris Jones, Caleb Lindsay, Kim Mackenzie and Charlie Pagan.

Get in touch

I would love to hear about your project.

amaliaremuscreative@gmail.com

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