ABOUT
Vicky Boone Casting is a full-service casting company based in Austin, TX, specializing in principal casting for feature films, television, commercials, and podcasts and working in Texas and the Southeast.
Founded in 2004, we cut our teeth on indie features and have developed a reputation for collaborating with top auteur directors like Terrence Malick, Richard Linklater, Spike Jonze, and Julie Andem. We have extensive experience in searches and are known for discovering breakthrough young talent.
Our team is well versed in the TV and streaming worlds as well; we’ve cast TV shows for networks such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO, Adult Swim, and Facebook Watch in both lead and location casting capacities. We also run a thriving commercial casting business, with over 500 commercials for top agencies, production companies, and directors under our belt!
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
Vicky Boone, CSA
Casting Director
A native Texan, Vicky Boone has over twenty years experience working in casting. She is the casting director behind Where’d You Go, Bernadette, The Tree of Life, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, and Bull. Other film credits include the indie hits Little Woods, The Lost Husband, and the animated documentary Tower. For TV, her credits include Love and Death, Untitled Mo Amer Project, Panic, Special, and SKAM Austin.
Prior to her career in casting, Vicky worked for ten years as the Artistic Director of Austin’s ground-breaking Frontera @ Hyde Park Theatre, where she specialized in premiering new American plays. Vicky has an MFA in Directing from Boston University School for the Arts.
Vicky’s background in directing actors and working with writers makes her a strong communicator and quick to intuit a filmmaker’s vision. She creates a relaxed and nurturing casting space where actors and directors have fun and feel comfortable taking risks. A fan of innovation and unique voices, Vicky loves to collaborate with artists who create in bold new ways.
Vicky enjoys all things outdoors including native plants, people watching, urban hiking, and street art.
Hannah Smith
Casting Associate
Hannah has been a member of the Vicky Boone Casting team since 2013 and has worked alongside Vicky running sessions for projects like Everybody Wants Some!, Mr. Roosevelt, and Special. She holds a degree in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas with a focus in writing/directing.
Hannah has a soft spot for doglike cats, murder mysteries, and French clichés.
Liz Kelley, CSA
Casting Associate
Liz joined the Vicky Boone Casting team in 2016 shortly after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with her degree in Radio-Television-Film. A trained actor herself, Liz often reads in the room with actors during their auditions, and runs sessions for film and television projects.
Liz loves anything chocolate, a good joke, and her pug, Benny.
Chantél Johnson, CSA
Casting Associate
Hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, Chantél teamed up with VBC in 2018 after four years as a Casting Associate in Oklahoma where she assisted with films like Wildlife (dir. Paul Dano) and Andrea Arnold’s American Honey. Specializing in background and real people casting, Chantél shares the Casting Director credit on the Cannes hit Bull.
Chantel adores British crime shows, her pups Charlie and Sweet Dee, and pasta (especially lasagna!).
