We were delighted to celebrate the sixth edition of our CDG Awards this year, recognising the outstanding contributions of our members. Huge congratulations to the winners of the ten prestigious casting awards, and also to all our wonderful nominees. A special mention to our Sponsors and Supporters – without whom the evening would not be possible.”
Rebecca Wright & Sam Jones Co-Chairs
Spotlight has been connecting performers with roles in theatre, television and film productions since 1927. It’s our role to keep stages and screens filled with talented performers, so we can continue to watch our favourite characters come to life.
With studios in London’s West End and a team of people across the world as part of the Talent Systems group, Spotlight is truly at the heart of the industry.
Spotlight would like to thank the CDG for their ongoing support and to the casting directors who have, over the years, cast thousands of professional roles using the Spotlight platform – here’s to many more years of partnership!
EON Productions Limited is the UK based production company that has produced the James Bond films since 1962. Led by Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, together they have produced nine 007 films including Skyfall, Spectre and No Time to Die. Wilson, Broccoli and EON have produced and executive produced independent film projects including, Radiator, Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool, Nancy and Till. They have also co-produced and co-financed theatrical productions that have played in London and on Broadway, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, A Steady Rain, Othello, Cyprus Avenue, Once, Ear For Eye and Macbeth. Their first television adventure series 007: Road To A Million is available on Amazon Prime
Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favourite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 392 wins and 1,579 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy Ted Lasso and historic Oscar Best Picture winner CODA.
CVGG is a leading Actors Agency. Established over 50 years ago, we continue to be at the forefront of the international entertainment industry, representing respected and successful talent from around the world.
In the last 5 years alone our clients have been nominated for (and in many cases won) Oscars, BAFTAs (English, Scottish and Welsh), Golden Globes, Emmys, Oliviers, Tonys, SAG Awards, BIFAs, National Film Awards, National Television Awards, RTS Awards and even the prestigious CDG Award itself!
As we move into our new home on the Strand in the heart of Theatreland and with views across to the National Theatre, CVGG embarks on a new chapter and we look forward to building on this illustrious history.
CVGG is proud to support the CDG Awards and to acknowledge the invaluable contribution that our colleagues, the Casting Directors, make to our industry.
Founded in 1899 by Albert Curtis Brown, the company has a long and distinguished history as a world-renowned literary agency representing many famous writers, including Daphne du Maurier, John le Carré and A. A. Milne.
Today, Curtis Brown also houses many other industry-leading divisions including a global Talent agency (representing actors, presenters, comedians, performers and below the line talent), as well as a prestigious Theatre, Film and Television department (representing leading screen writers, directors, producers, playwrights, and writer-performers) as well as a Media Rights department.
The Curtis Brown Group is now home to over 250 members of staff and a vibrant ecosystem of companies that span the arts and culture sector. The Curtis Brown Group includes boutique literary agencies C&W (formerly Conville & Walsh) and Ed Victor Ltd, our in-house writing school Curtis Brown Creative, talent agencies Tavistock Wood and Markham Froggatt & Irwin and production company Cuba Pictures.
In June 2022, United Talent Agency acquired The Curtis Brown Group.
Hamilton Hodell is an internationally recognised talent agency based in London, managing the careers of extraordinary actors in theatre, film and television. We are renowned for our dynamic team of agents, the manner in which do business and a superb list of clients who thrive in all facets of the entertainment industry.
Independent Talent Group is the pre-eminent talent and literary agency. Headquartered in London, ITG represents many of the most celebrated and emerging talent working in media today. Their client base includes actors, directors, writers, producers and casting directors; voice-over; presenters; digital talent and YouTubers; and below-the-line personnel, including directors of photography, costume designers, editors, and production designers.
JAG. (Jonathan Arun Group), are a dedicated personal management agency with a proven keen eye for finding true talent.
With global relationships in the areas of film, television, theatre, musical theatre, radio and commercials, we promote talent across the entire spectrum of performance media.
We understand that to be a successful artist, you must be surrounded by a positive and dedicated team. We pride ourselves on our personal approach, this is our commitment to our clients.
JAG. is about building trusting forever partnerships across the industry and empowering artists to flourish and fulfil their true potential.
THE PARTNERSHIP GROUP brings together talent and literary agencies, and production and development services under one banner. The group was formed by the coming together of agencies that share a similarly rich history, culture, and ethos of supporting artists in the creation of the highest quality of work.
The companies carry this ethos forward today as we continue to diversify the work we do and the areas we operate in.
The group includes:
1. The Artists Partnership
2. Sayle Screen
3. Sara Putt Associates
4. Be Heard Voices
5. Own It!
6. The Development Partnership
Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ: WBD) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content and brands across television, film and streaming.
Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, discovery+, CNN, DC, Eurosport, HBO, HBO Max, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Film Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
United Agents Ltd is London’s leading talent agency encompassing the worlds of film, TV, books, theatre and comedy. Founded in 2007, it has become the largest agency of its kind in the UK representing established and emerging artists.
United Agents is unparalleled in the industry and has been the driving force behind the careers of many award-winning names. Wholly owned by its founding partners, United Agents offers clients dedicated specialist representation, bringing together leading agents from each field.
Talent management for exceptional artists. Founded by Gary O’Sullivan in 2021, he’s joined by Sarah Hanna, Hermione Halpin, Ella Weston and Veronica Sesti.
Let us introduce ourselves. We’re Ed Currie and Andy Coxon, the founders of AKT (pronounced “act”). We met performing in London’s West End. When performing eight shows a week, under hot lights in the same costumes every night, mainstream deodorants just weren’t cutting it. So we decided to create one ourselves. After three years of researching and developing in our kitchen The Deodorant Balm was born – natural, gender free, plastic free, and 100% recyclable.
Since day one, the theatre community has put every AKT product through its paceson stage to ensure it lives up to our high performance standards. We know that if a product can handle a week in the West End or Broadway it can handle anything.
Theatre is in our DNA. It’s where we first met, and if it weren’t for the support of our beautiful and talented friends in the West End, AKT would still be a side hustle made in our kitchen. Three years on and we are now the UK’s most award deodorant with 11 industry awards (Harper’s BAZAAR, GQ, Marie Claire and more) – far more than we ever received as performers!
Gower Cottage Brownies produce award winning artisan Chocolate brownies available gift wrapped and delivered to your door. Described as “the best brownies we’ve ever tasted” by BBC Good Food Magazine. We’ve also added Brownie Butter to our collection: “An outrageous new product; Gower Cottage Brownies has launched a range of brownie ‘butters’; their extremely good brownies in spreadable/pourable form.” – Jay Rayner
Joe & Seph’s are a family business on a mission to produce the best tasting popcorn in the world! They have over 50 flavours of gourmet popcorn and are the proud winners of 84 Great Taste Awards! All of their flavours are handmade and air-popped popcorn using natural ingredients, providing a totally unique taste experience.
Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with over 247 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching, as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
Noble Isle is a luxury, fine fragrance, bath and body brand, inspired by the rich, cultural heritage of the British Isles. The collection is natural, vegan friendly, cruelty-free and made in the UK using extracts from celebrated producers around the British Isles including, Rhubarb from Yorkshire, Samphire from Ireland, Barley from Scotland, and Beetroot from Wales.
We are great believers in the power of fragrance to enhance mood, trigger memories and create a sense of place by using unique perfumes with distinctive top, heart and base notes that linger on the skin for hours after use. Our evocative fragrances have captured the essence of Britain in a Bottle.
Scott Free Productions was formed in 1995 and is the film and television production vehicle of acclaimed film directors, brothers Ridley and Tony Scott.
The company is responsible for some of the most successful films ever made, including Top Gun, Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien, American Gangster, Thelma and Louise and Black Hawk Down.
Recent releases include Napoleon, A Haunting in Venice, Boston Strangler, House of Gucci and The Last Duel.
Other past releases include Blade Runner 2049, Death on the Nile, Alien: Covenant, All the Money in the World, the Academy Award® nominated and critically-acclaimed box office phenomenon The Martian, The Man Who Brought Down the White House, Jake Scott’s The Burning Woman, The Aftermath, for Fox Searchlight; Boss Level and Netflix’s The Earthquake Bird. Upcoming films include the sequel to Gladiator, Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus and BOMB, an action thriller based on the Kevin McMullin short story.
Scott Free has offices in Los Angeles and London in conjunction with RSA Films, one of the world’s largest and most successful commercial production houses.
The Sylvia Young Agency represents child actors and young adults. The agency is open to both SYTS students and non-students. It specialises in Film, TV, Theatre and Radio Drama as well as commercials and voice-over work.
At Whitebox we open up the world of cocktails beyond the top cocktail bars to enable anyone to enjoy an exceptional cocktail without being a skilled bartender.
We provide everything that you need to recreate the perfect cocktail experience in the home, at a party, at a picnic or on a boat.
Fundamentally, Whitebox is about fully enjoying the experience of proper, well made, high quality cocktails.
Our team brings the quality and expertise of top cocktail bars to the ready to serve format by creating the first ever bartender-operated cocktail production site.
Throughout our company – from our in-house cocktail development experts, to our factory team and sales – we’re a team of world class bartenders who share an obsession with uncompromising quality.
The Whitebox ethos is that proper ready-to-serve cocktails can and should be truly excellent.
The Awards would not have been possible without a huge amount of hard work and time given by a number of people:
Event and Project Management – Spotlight’s Jamie Ramsay and CDG’s Sophie Hallett
The CDG Awards Committee – Lucy Bevan, David Grindrod, Sophie Hallett, Kate Rhodes James, Sam Jones and Robert Sterne
Presenter and Press Relations – Spotlight’s Emma Dyson and Emily Moran
Video Production/ Live Stream – Nicholas Peel
Social Media and Programme Design – Kelly Robinson
Event Assistance – Cameron Hooper, Elly Roberts and Sophie Doyle
Our Website and IT Team – Ric and Tom