Which casting director known as a specialist in casting European talent is credited with casting Hellboy?
Nancy Bishop Nancy Bishop, originally from New England, is an Emmy Award nominated casting director, who works internationally from offices in London, United Kingdom and Prague, Czech Republic. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University, she worked as a theatre director in Chicago before moving to Prague in the 1990s to direct a play with the Black Box Theatre company and later became the artistic director of the company. When large scale film productions started to shoot in Prague, Nancy developed a casting career and is known as a specialist in European and especially Slavic talent. Studio credits include European casting on (2011), "Bourne Identity" (2002), "Hellboy" (2004) and "Snowpiercer" (2013), and she has also worked with directors such as Roman Polanski, Peter Greenaway, Neil Burger, and Michael Apted. TV credits include SyFy’s "Dune" (2000), "12 Monkeys" (2015-) and "Blood Drive" (2017-). She is a national board member at the Casting Society of America, as well as president of the London branch of CSA. Also a recognized acting coach, she founded the Acting for Film program at the Prague Film School, and teaches classes internationally. She has penned two books about acting for Bloomsbury Press: "Secrets from the Casting Couch" and "Auditioning for Film and TV". She is a member of BAFTA, the International Casting Directors Network, and The European Film Academy.
Brian Trenchard-Smith Brian Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian film and television director, producer, writer, consultant and actor who is notable for his contributions to the horror and action genre during the 1970s and 1980s in Australia. Most of his work has been in television, and the majority of his films have been direct-to-video releases. His 1970s and 1980s Aussie films were theatrically released. He generally works in the drama, action and horror genres. He has directed 42 films and television series including "Turkey Shoot", "StuntRock", "Dead End Drive-In", "The Man from Hong Kong", and "Leprechaun 3".