Casting Directors

Here is how this works in practice. Our team places casting directors who handle each tier of a Moroccan production's casting, from principal and supporting roles through to the large background units that period and action films demand. We brief candidates on the practical workflow: arranging auditions and self-tapes across Casablanca, Rabat and Marrakech, liaising with talent agents, setting up chaperones and work eligibility for performers, and scaling background numbers up or down as the schedule changes.

Here is what we have to work with. On the ground, the Ouarzazate region is worldwide known for supplying skilled extras in volume — including Berber extras and the horse and camel handlers that historical epics rely on — and the casting directors we place have direct relationships with that pool. They work in Arabic, French and often English, and they know how to brief crowds, manage scene matching across many shoot days, and keep payroll and release forms clean under the production-services firm's oversight.

Here is the short of it. Morocco has a deep and growing acting community. With worldwide recognised Moroccan and Moroccan-heritage performers such as Said Taghmaoui ('La Haine', 'Wonder Woman'), Lubna Azabal ('The Blue Caftan', 'Incendies', 'Paradise Now') and Marwan Kenzari raising the profile of local talent. Domestic cinema under directors like Nabil Ayouch and Maryam Touzani has built a steady pipeline of trained screen actors. The ISMAC in Rabat develops performers and casting pros.

Here is the layout. On the ground, Decades of global shoots — from 'Black Hawk Down' in Rabat to 'Game of Thrones' at Ait Benhaddou and Essaouira — have made Moroccan extras planning a recognised specialty. Casting work runs within the CCM framework, with foreign shoots partnered to a CCM-licensed local firm. The casting directors we place set up with that firm on contracts, minors, and the authorisations that govern large crowd days at provincial level.