Mixing Networks Industry Panel

Explore the perspective of the industry with a distinguished panel of agents and casting directors. MIxing Networks provide this exclusive event which offers a professional platform to absorb valuable insights, including personal experiences, expert advice, and constructive feedback. Unlock essential industry insights at the must-attend seminar at the exhibition.

OLISSA ROGERS
Olissa Rogers is a Casting Director working on a freelance basis. She began working in the industry back in Germany in 2008. She worked there until 2016 mainly on TV Series.

In 2016 she met casting director, Jeremy Zimmermann, and went to be casting assistant for him on several films until 2018. She then moved on to become casting assistant to Kharmel Cochrane for commercials and TV/Film projects. In March 2019, Olissa was approached by Theo Park and was working on big TV projects (e.g Ted Lasso) as her associate where she was until October 2019.

From November 2019 until February 2020 Olissa was one of the casting associates to Amy Hubbard. Olissa has also worked for Fiona Weir as one of her associates from June 2020 – April 2022. Since April 2022 Olissa now works on her on projects such as Royal Mob, African Queens, My Friend Misty etc..


AMY JACKSON
Amy Jackson is a freelance Casting Director working across TV and Film. Most recently she worked as Casting Associate at Amy Hubbard Casting, where she co-cast BEST INTERESTS (BBC) THE GIRL BEFORE (Ch4 / HBO Max), THE OUTLAWS S1 & S2 (BBC/Amazon) and SUSPICION (Apple TV).

Amy has worked with some hugely respected Casting Directors, such as Kate Rhodes James, Rachel Freck, Julie Harkin, Jina Jay, Kate Dowd, Gemma Sykes, Rachel Sheridan, Robert Sterne, amongst others. Her casting associate/assistant credits include, IN MY SKIN (BBC), THE OTHER ONE (BBC), FLACK S2 (Pop and UKTV) TRYING S1 (Apple TV) Amy prides herself on her ability to connect and work with an understanding of actors, having come from an acting background and family.

Amy most recently completed casting comedy series, WE MIGHT REGRET THIS (BBC).

She is represented by Cordelia Keaney and Jill Giffard at Curtis Brown.

She is a CDG member and BAFTA connect member.


SAM DAY
Sam is an senior actors & creatives agent. He leads InterTalent’s creatives division.

Sam holds a 1st class BA History from the University of Leeds, a lucky result given he spent all of his time at school & university directing, producing & performing musical theatre.

He started out as a floor runner on ITV’s Coronation Street before going into TV casting assisting Faye Styring at Emmerdale. Moving to London, he became casting assistant for James Orange, where he helped cast several musicals including Strictly Ballroom (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Toronto) and An American In Paris (Dominion Theatre).

Sam began agent life as an assistant for Bronia Buchanan, then moved to Cole Kitchenn to assist director & senior agent Oliver Thomson for two years.
He became lead creatives agent of the rebranded InterTalent in February 2018, and also represents an exciting list of actors.


LINDSAY KUTNER
Lindsay graduated from Dublin City University completing a BA in Media Production & Management.

She started her career as a production runner on a television talk show in RTE (Ireland). Following her time in production she moved into casting, working on feature films such as; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Bel Amie, Pirates of the Caribbean to name but a few.

After a few years of working in various other roles within the production side of industry, Lindsay found her niche and secured a position as an agent’s assistant at a top London talent agency, where she worked for 5 years. Here she was able to grow her skillset, and work with some of the biggest names in the business.

Following this, Lindsay worked at Stevenson Withers as a Senior Talent Agent for 7 years before joining the Revolution Talent team in 2022.