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Michelle Jones
Brilliant Casting
Casting Director
Michelle, with over 20 years experience in the entertainment industry, started Brilliant Casting in 2012 and casts actors, character voice artists, children and star talent for pilots, TV shows and feature films such as ‘Thomas & Friends’ and ‘Bob The Builder’ for HIT Entertainment, ‘Henry Hugglemonster’ for Disney and ‘Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter’ for Studio Ghibli.
Michelle has cast and also produces the voice recordings for CBBC’s ‘Kazoops!’ (Cheeky Little Media) and Disney’s ‘Furry Wheels’ TV shows.
Michelle's Sessions
Report - Focus On Chinese Kids and Family
Takeaway: Chinese parents are young and want to educate their children. Chinese children are under pressure to achieve. Content makers want to strike the balance between fun, play and education. “Family”, “Food” and “Sharing” are really important. Western animation is well known to Chinese children and parents. Content for China…
Report - Sneak Preview: 'Stardog and Turbocat'
Jan and Ben started Red Star in 2004 creating TV ads and theme park attraction videos but they also wanted to make animated films... Royalties from the attraction sector videos gave them the opportunity to monetise short-form projects and ten years later Red Star has grown from a team of…
