Isabelle is making the documentary: A Cast of Thousands: The Life of Mary Selway, as a tribute to Mary Selway, chronicling the 35 years of film of the "Great Dame of British Casting."
Mary Selway's career is modern cinema. Among many other films, she cast Gosford Park, Alien, Nottinghill, Master and Commander, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Victor/Victoria.
Mary worked extensively on both sides of the Pond and in Europe, helping to realise the vision of some of the most celebrated directors of Western cinema, including Clint Eastwood, Roger Michell, Bertrand Tavernier, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Blake Edwards, Sydney Pollack and Robert Altman, to name a few.
Mary didn't just weave her magic on blockbusters and established talent, she also collaborated on Indie films and was a tireless champion of new acting talent, whom she discovered and nurtured.
A Cast of Thousands: The Life of Mary Selway hopes in its own small way to give those who didn't have the pleasure of knowing her a taste for her enormous contribution to Cinema through the eyes and words of those who knew and loved her.
Mary Selway's career is modern cinema. Among many other films, she cast Gosford Park, Alien, Nottinghill, Master and Commander, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Victor/Victoria.
Mary worked extensively on both sides of the Pond and in Europe, helping to realise the vision of some of the most celebrated directors of Western cinema, including Clint Eastwood, Roger Michell, Bertrand Tavernier, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, Blake Edwards, Sydney Pollack and Robert Altman, to name a few.
Mary didn't just weave her magic on blockbusters and established talent, she also collaborated on Indie films and was a tireless champion of new acting talent, whom she discovered and nurtured.
A Cast of Thousands: The Life of Mary Selway hopes in its own small way to give those who didn't have the pleasure of knowing her a taste for her enormous contribution to Cinema through the eyes and words of those who knew and loved her.
