as a political journalist based in Ottawa. He started his career in political journalism at The Toronto Star when Pierre Trudeau was prime minister. He taught journalism at Carleton University for seven years until he retired in 2014.

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Casting Director

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Matt Western is a highly respected Casting Director with more than 20 years of experience in film and television.

Matt studied Law at Cambridge University (Jesus College), gaining a BA (Hons). He then spent several years qualifying to be an solicitor, and was admitted as an honourable member of the Law Society in 1995.

Further to qualifying, Matt switched professions and spent several years working as a Casting Assistant. He worked on many high-end television dramas including the last ever Inspector Morse (John Thaw), The Sins (Pete Postlethwaite), Gormenghast (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and My Uncle Silas (Albert Finney)

After starting to work for himself in 2000, Matt continued to work in high-end television drama and also British Indie features. He worked on 55 Degrees North (Don Gilet), Class of