Nancy Bishop

Nancy Bishop is an American casting director, who works internationally from offices in London, United Kingdom and Prague, Czech Republic.

Life and career A graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, she worked as a theatre director in Chicago before moving to Prague in the 1990s to direct a play with the Black Box Theatre company and later became the artistic director of the company. When large scale film productions started to shoot in Prague, Nancy developed a casting career and is known as a specialist in European and especially Slavic talent. Studio credits include European casting on Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Bourne Identity (2002), Hellboy (2004) and Snowpiercer (2013), as well as Chairman of the London branch of CSA. Also a recognized acting coach, she founded the Acting for Film program at the Prague Film School, She has penned two books about acting for Bloomsbury Press: Secrets from the Casting Couch and Auditioning for Film and TV. She is a member of BAFTA, the International Casting Directors Network, and The European Film Academy.