Mark Summers (Casting Director)

Mark Summers is a British casting director, working in both North America and Europe.

Mark Summers began his career life as an actor, training at the world-famous Barbara Speake Stage School, before moving into casting for adverts, music videos, film and world tours in both Britain and America.

He won the British Advertising Craft Award for Best Casting Director in 2003, and has been nominated on six other occasions, creating a new record. Additionally, Summers has been the chairman of the awards for Best Performance.

He has over 12,000 casting credits to his name. Performers he has cast can be seen in works such as East is East, The Boat That Rocked and Queer Eye, and in adverts for, among others, Aussie, Boots, Häagen-Dazs, Macy's and Virgin.

Summers has also cast music videos and tours for artists including 50 Cent, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Robert Plant and Metallica.

Summers is also the creative director of Mark Summers Dance, which is seen as the leading dance and choreography agency in Europe.

Summers passes on his extensive knowledge by running a class all over the world for models and actors, teaching them the "dos and don’ts" of casting.

He holds both American and British nationality. His hobbies include travel, scuba diving and cooking.

Mark Summers and his team (including Associate Director Louise Mason) have also been involved with numerous television shows, most notably joining Jermaine Jackson in December 2009 as a judge on the 6-part BBC show Move Like Michael Jackson. The show also went into production in Belgium and The Netherlands, aired on SBS 6, where Summers also served as a judge.

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