The Team
Meet the Casting Team
Anne's casting journey began over thirty years ago on Child's Play and Uncle Buck. She specializes in independent and small-scale film and television projects. Casting credits include Lincoln, Loving, Big Stone Gap, Harriet, Juanita, and scores of short films, commercials, PSAs and museum films. She holds a BA in Theatre & Film and a Masters in Cinema, was a 2018–2019 University of Cambridge visiting scholar, and is a member of the CSA, BAFTA, BIFA, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Carly Hough is a Virginia Commonwealth University alumna with a degree in Cinema & Literature Studies. She found a passion for casting while taking Anne Chapman's Cinema Casting course at VCUarts, and has since joined the team. Outside of her work she enjoys contemporary fiction, essays, and television.
Tracia Everton Austin has worked in the entertainment industry for over 30 years, serving as a casting assistant for Anne Chapman since 2014. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from VCU, and maintains a large private vocal studio in Richmond preparing students for classical and musical theater auditions.
Commercial Casting Director. Danny Caporaletti makes movies about life’s mysterious turning points and those magic moments that linger in dreams. His films have screened in Berlin, New Orleans, Toronto, Los Angeles, Venice (CA), DC, and Richmond. His most recent short, A Little Sun, won the best short prize at the Fine Arts Film Fest in Venice, California. Danny has taught at VCUarts Cinema since 2016. He has an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of New Orleans, and works as a director/producer/AD on a variety of commercial and narrative production in Virginia and beyond. He lives in Richmond with his wife and two amazing children. He is currently developing a feature film about a music shop to be shot in RVA.
