Tom Swacha
Casting Director
Tom is a London based Casting Director with a very strong background in music and linguistics. Having obtained a Master’s degree in linguistics in 2005, he can speak a several languages fluently and is well travelled. Although Tom grew up in a creative musical family, his true passion is working in film and television. After some time spent working in the events and corporate environment, Tom started out as a supporting artist on feature films, television shows and other media productions, he also tried his luck as an actor only to realise, that he felt he could achieve much more by working behind the camera.
Tom is a highly self-motivated individual with a deep, working knowledge of the film and television industry as well as a number of industry connections. With a combination of his education, artistic background and professional experience in the film industry with his strong interpersonal and organisational skills, Tom realised his own potential in the production side of filmmaking and made his debut as a casting director in 2014 on an ambitious short film called “Piranha”.
Since then, Tom has further developed his skills and experience as a casting director behind a number of successful short films and music videos. Furthermore, gaining experience and new contacts while working behind the camera, Tom went on to briefly work as a Second Assistant Director on a TV show, before becoming an in-house casting director within the MovieLux team, which took Tom’s skills and experience to a new, higher level. Working towards Tom’s ambition is to become a successful casting director working on feature films and bigger television shows, with an aim to work on Hollywood level productions.