
About
Susie Figgis
Overview
Susie Figgis was born in Kenya and lived the early part of her childhood there. She has lived the majority of her life in England. She has become successful for finding child actors. She began her career for working for an assistant.
She is thought of as one of the most experienced and highly respected casting directors in the UK. Her filmography as a casting director is highly impressive. Her first film was "The Dollar Bill". She has worked many successful movies, such as: "Sleepy hollow" (1999), "The full Monty" (1997), "Interview with a vampire" (1994), Cry Freedom (1987), "The Mission" (1986) "Gandhi" (1982) and "Killing fields" (1984). She also worked with many great directors, such as her cousin Mike Figgis, Ken Loach, Steven Soderbergh, Tim Burton and Richard Attenborough. She also worked as a casting director for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone", but she left because she was unhappy with her relationship with US director Chris Colombus.
Known for
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2024 | The Return | Production | Casting | 61 Fair |
2023 | Fast X | Production | Casting | 69 Fair |
2023 | Love Again | Production | Casting | 62 Fair |
2019 | Blinded by the Light | Production | Casting | 64 Fair |
2019 | Dumbo | Production | Casting | 65 Fair |
2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Production | Casting | 79 Good |
2018 | Colette | Production | Casting | 65 Fair |
2018 | The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society | Production | Casting | 69 Fair |
2018 | Tomb Raider | Production | Casting | 63 Fair |
2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | Production | Casting | 66 Fair |
2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Production | Casting | 67 Fair |
2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
2016 | War and Peace | Production | Casting | 74 Good |
2015 | Come What May | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
2013 | Still Life | Production | Casting | 65 Fair |
2013 | A Promise | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
2013 | Burton and Taylor | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
2013 | Byzantium | Production | Casting | 61 Fair |
2012 | Great Expectations | Production | Casting | 60 Fair |
2012 | Dark Shadows | Production | Casting | 60 Fair |
2012 | Bel Ami | Production | Casting | 55 Average |
2010 | The Tourist | Production | Casting | 61 Fair |
2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Production | Casting Director | 62 Fair |
2010 | Ondine | Production | Casting | 60 Fair |
2009 | Farewell | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
2009 | The Young Victoria | Production | Casting | 67 Fair |
2008 | Blindness | Production | Casting | 63 Fair |
2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Production | Casting | 70 Good |
2007 | Love in the Time of Cholera | Production | Casting | 61 Fair |
2007 | Silk | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
2007 | Son of Rambow | Production | Casting | 62 Fair |
2006 | The Omen | Production | Casting | 56 Average |
2006 | Penelope | Production | Casting | 65 Fair |
2005 | Stoned | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
2005 | Breakfast on Pluto | Production | Casting | 64 Fair |
2005 | Joyeux Noel | Production | Casting | 68 Fair |
2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Production | Casting | 70 Good |
2004 | Ella Enchanted | Production | Casting | 63 Fair |
2004 | Bride & Prejudice | Production | Casting | 61 Fair |
2003 | Touching the Void | Production | Casting | 66 Fair |
2003 | The Actors | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
2002 | Bear's Kiss | Production | Casting Director | 58 Average |
2002 | The Good Thief | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
2002 | Killing Me Softly | Production | Casting | 57 Average |
2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Production | Casting | 78 Good |
2000 | Purely Belter | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1999 | The End of the Affair | Production | Casting | 61 Fair |
1999 | Sleepy Hollow | Production | Casting | 70 Good |
1999 | Janice Beard 45 WPM | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1999 | Gregory's Two Girls | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1999 | Simon Magus | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1999 | Hideous Kinky | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1999 | The Last Yellow | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1998 | Velvet Goldmine | Production | Casting | 63 Fair |
1998 | The Avengers | Production | Casting | 49 Bad |
1998 | Left Luggage | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1998 | The Butcher Boy | Production | Casting | 60 Fair |
1997 | The Full Monty | Production | Casting | 67 Fair |
1997 | Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1996 | Michael Collins | Production | Casting | 63 Fair |
1995 | An Awfully Big Adventure | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1995 | Rob Roy | Production | Casting | 63 Fair |
1995 | Land and Freedom | Production | Casting | 63 Fair |
1994 | Interview with the Vampire | Production | Casting | 72 Good |
1994 | Second Best | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1994 | A Good Man in Africa | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1994 | Being Human | Production | Casting | 57 Average |
1993 | The Piano | Production | Casting | 70 Good |
1992 | Chaplin | Production | Casting | 69 Fair |
1992 | The Crying Game | Production | Casting | 64 Fair |
1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | Production | Casting | 71 Good |
1992 | Waterland | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1991 | Enchanted April | Production | Casting Associate | 59 Average |
1991 | Enchanted April | Production | Casting Consultant | 59 Average |
1991 | Kafka | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1991 | Mississippi Masala | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1991 | Robin Hood | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1991 | The Miracle | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1990 | Hidden Agenda | Production | Casting | 60 Fair |
1990 | The Big Man | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1990 | December Bride | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1989 | Scandal | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1989 | War Requiem | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1988 | A World Apart | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1987 | Cry Freedom | Production | Casting | 62 Fair |
1987 | Aria | Production | Casting Director | 58 Average |
1986 | The Mission | Production | Casting | 70 Good |
1986 | Mona Lisa | Production | Casting | 62 Fair |
1986 | Absolute Beginners | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1985 | Turtle Diary | Production | Casting Director | 58 Average |
1985 | Return to Oz | Production | Casting | 64 Fair |
1984 | The Killing Fields | Production | Casting | 68 Fair |
1984 | The Company of Wolves | Production | Casting | 60 Fair |
1984 | Laughterhouse | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1984 | Comfort and Joy | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1984 | Electric Dreams | Production | Casting | 59 Average |
1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1983 | The Ploughman's Lunch | Production | Casting Director | 58 Average |
1983 | Local Hero | Production | Casting | 62 Fair |
1983 | Heat and Dust | Production | Casting | 58 Average |
1982 | Gandhi | Production | Casting Director | 72 Good |
1980 | The Dogs of War | Production | Casting | 58 Average |