Get Notified About
Casting Director Activity
Never miss your shot again
SKILL
Zero
TIME
15 mins
SETUP
One-time
- A free, automatic watch on every casting director you care about
- An email the moment their name shows up in the news anywhere online
- Early sight of new projects, casting calls, workshops and interviews — before most actors even know to look (only catches calls that are publicly posted online, not private breakdowns sent through agents or casting platforms).
- One 15-minute setup, done once, working for you forever
- When an alert lands: check your tape actually reflects what they cast for — if it doesn't yet, that's your sign to start working towards it
Open Google Alerts
Tap the button below — it opens Google Alerts in a new tab. Make sure you're signed into your Gmail accountDon't have one? It's worth setting up a free Gmail account first — it only takes a couple of minutes at accounts.google.com. first — top right corner should show your profile photo.
Type the casting director's name in quotes
In the search box, type their full name inside quotation marks, then add casting director after it. Example: "Nina Gold" casting director. The quotes stop Google Alerts from getting confused by other people who share the name.
Click "Show options" and set How often
This dropdown controls how quickly you find out. Pick based on how many alerts you're running:
Not sure? Start with As-it-happens for your top 3–5 priority names, and once-a-day for everyone else.
Set Sources
This decides where Google looks. It defaults to Automatic — Google decides the mix (news, blogs, web pages, video, and more) based on what it's actually finding for that name. This is genuinely fine to leave as-is for most people — it's the broadest net and won't cause you to miss anything.
If you want to change it, opening the dropdown lets you pick individual sources instead (like just News, or News + Blogs) — this gives tighter, less cluttered results, but risks missing a mention if it shows up somewhere outside those categories. When in doubt, leave it on Automatic.
Set Region
For region, choose whichever fits this specific casting director — not just wherever you live:
Not sure which applies? Check where their last few projects were made or aired. Worldwide streaming credits (Netflix, Apple TV+, big franchises) → Any region. Mostly UK broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4) → United Kingdom.
Hit "Create Alert"
Done. That casting director is now being watched for you, 24/7, for free, forever — until you delete it.
If your screen looks roughly like this — name in quotes, options filled in, blue "Update alert" button visible — you've done it right.
Go back to Google Alerts and do the exact same 5 steps for every other casting director you want to track. One alert per person — don't lump names together, it makes the results messy and impossible to skim.
That's it. You're set.
The internet is now working the graveyard shift for you. Go rehearse, go tape, go live your life — Google's got the watch.
