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SIMONE PEREIRA HIND - CASTING DIRECTOR

Simone Pereira Hind (formerly Simone Ireland) became a casting assistant at the age of 19, working in commercials, The Bill and on iconic children’s’ TV series . As a newly fledged casting director she was fortunate to cast the play The Ride Down Mount Morgan for Arthur Miller. Simone later moved into television working on Spender and then co-cast her first film with Mary Selway, Circle of Friends. Subsequently Simone and her sister, Vanessa Pereira, cast films such as Jude (Kate Winslet), Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett), Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh) and Spiceworld the Movie! Having taken a career break she now works with her associate, Anna Dawson, from her office in Edinburgh whilst maintaining a base in London. The majority of her work is still in features, but she has also done the casting in for 6 series of Outlander for Starz and Sony.

Selected Films Director/Producer 2021 Man and Witch Man and Witch Ltd Michael Hines/Angela Murray 2020 Munich ’38 Turbine Studios/Netflix Christian Schwochow/ 2019 Falling for Figaro Black Camel/Such Much Ben Lewin/Judi Levine, Arabella Page Croft Nobody Has to Know Barry Crerar/Versus Prods Bouli Lanners/Jacques-Henri Bronckart 2018 The Toll Western Edge Pictures Ryan Hooper/Mark Hopkins/Matt Redd Marionette Accento Films/Black Camel Elbert van Strien/Claudia Brandt 2016 Moon Dogs Up Helly Aa Philip John/Kathy Speirs 1998 Elizabeth Working Title Films Shekhar Kapur /Alison Owen Hilary & Jackie Oxford Films Anand Tucker/ Andy Paterson I Want You /Polygram /Andrew Eaton 1997 Spice World Fragile Films/Polygram Bob Spiers/Barnaby Thompson Heart Granada Films Charles McDougall/Nicola Shindler Resurrection Man Revolution Films/Polygram Marc Evans/Andrew Eaton The James Gang Revolution Films Mike Barker/Andrew Eaton My Son the Fanatic Zephyr Films Udayan Prasad/Chris Curling Under the Skin BFI/Strange Dog Carine Adler/Kate Ogborn Speed 2 Fox Jan De Bont/Steve Perry Welcome to Sarajevo Miramax/C4 Michael Winterbottom/Graham Broadbent Dark City New Line/Mystery Alex Proyas/Andrew Mason (UK Casting) 1996 Stella Does Tricks BFI/Compulsive Viewing Coky Giedroyc/Adam Barker Hamlet Castlerock/Fishmonger Kenneth Branagh/ David Barron Jude Revolution Films Michael Winterbottom/Andrew Eaton 1995 The Innocent Sleep Timedial Films Scott Michell/Mathew Vaughn Madagascar Skin BFI/Dan Films Chris Newby/Julie Baines Circle of Friends Price Entertainment Pat O’Connor/ Terry Clegg (co-cast with Mary Selway)

Restoration Oxford Films/Miramax Mike Hoffman/ Andy Paterson (as assistant to Mary Selway)

Selected Television Credits 2014-21 Outlander (S1 – 6) Starz/Sony/Left Bank Various/ Maril Davis, Andy Harries (Casting Director Scotland) 2018 Logan High Chalkboard Television Annie Griffin/Mike Benson 2017 The Replacement Left Bank Pictures Joe Ahearne/Nicole Cauverien, Andy Harries (Casting Director Scotland) 1995 Go Now BBC Films/Revolution films Michael Winterbottom/Andrew Eaton 1993 Spender BBC Ian Knox, Suri Krishnamma/Eric Fellner 1989 Press Gang Richmond Television Bob Spiers/Sandra Hastie/ Steven Mofatt (as Casting Assistant)

Selected Theatre Credits 2020 Life is a Dream Royal Lyceum Theatre Wils Wilson/ David Greig 1996 Twelve Angry Men Bristol Old Vic Harold Pinter 1995 Our Boys Donmar Warehouse Jonathan Lewis 1991 The Ride Down Mount Wyndham’s Theatre Michael Blakemore Morgan (world premiere) W. Arthur Miller Sod Edinburgh Fringe Festival W. Arthur Smith Desire Almeida Theatre, London W/D David Lan

FULL MEMBER CASTING DIRECTORS’ GUILD and ICDN BAFTA LIFE MEMBER Co-producer Smashing Pictures Writer of short film Consumed funded by the Scottish Talent Film Network which premiered in 2021 at Short Film Festival. IMDB

Updated May 2021.