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HEATHER BASTEN is an English casting director, member of the CDG and CSA, and a Screen Star of Tomorrow. She has recently cast the sophomore feature from UK producer Oliver Kassman (Saint Maud) titled THE ORIGIN, the 6-episode musical TV series JUNGLE for Amazon Studios, and DREAMING WHILST BLACK for BBC. 

She was nominated for a Casting Society of America ‘Artios Award’ 2021 for outstanding achievement in casting.


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Film

Casting Director 

Birchanger Green
Director Moin Hussain
Film 4 & BFI
Sumotherhood
Director Adam Deacon
Pie Productions
Free
Director David Alexander
BFI
Struck
Director Nichola Wong
Disney + Hulu
The Origin
Director Andrew Cumming
BFI & Animal Kingdom
Dashcam
Director Rob Savage
Blumhouse
Phea
Director Rocky Palladino
Fade In & BFI
No More Wings
Tribeca Winner 2020
Director Abraham Adeyemi
Creative Blue Balls
Listen
Venice 2020 Winner
Director Ana Rocha
Pinball Films
Zero
Director Faye Gilbert
BBC Films & Film London
Salt
Director Rob Savage
Fox TV (USA)

Associate Casting Director 

The Lighthouse
Director Robert Eggers
A24
St Maud
Director Rose Glass
Film 4
Pin Cushion
Director Deborah Haywood
BFI & Quark Films
In Darkness
Director Anthony Bryne
42 Pictures
We Love Moses
Director Dionne Edwards
Teng Teng & Film London

Television

Casting Director 

Jungle
Director Junior Okoli
Amazon Studios
Dreaming Whilst Black
Director Sebastian Thiel
BBC

Associate Casting Director 

The End of the F***king World
Director Jonathan Entwistle
Channel 4, Netflix
Gomorrah (Series 4)
SKY Atlantic