Chaos Casting

My name is Chloë Curran, and I’ve helped cast projects for ABC, NBC, HULU, HBO, FX, & the CW. I’ve learned from the best, a long string of Emmy & Artios award-winning casting directors who lead by example and demonstrate what it truly means to love your job. Starting as an unpaid intern, I worked my way up at some of the top casting offices in Hollywood. After six years, I started noticing a gap in the entertainment industry. 

Gifted emerging filmmakers can’t afford prestigious casting directors, like my bosses. Seasoned associate casting directors rarely connect with filmmakers who aren’t already collaborating with more established casting directors (who also tend to be… Well, our bosses and mentors).

This disconnect is at a crucial point in both groups’ careers We’ve paid our dues and are ready for more responsibility. We need each other but don't know each other. And we're too busy working twelve-hour production days to go on a wild goose chase for our professional soulmates. There should be a solution that doesn’t involve indie filmmakers breaking their tight budget, or up-and-coming casting directors risking biting the (supportive, brilliant) boss hands that feed. A deeper pond to grow in without starving or being eaten.

Hollywood is often a 0 sum game. Chaos Casting is inspired by the wild idea that the next generation of great directors, producers, writers, and casting directors can rise through uplifting each other.

Thus, on a dark night of the soul, Chaos Casting was born. 

I took countless meetings with producers, directors, writers, agents, managers, executives, and casting directors, and distilled them into market research.

Chaos Casting offers casting packages at a sliding scale for every tier of low-budget feature, short, and student film. I’ve clearly outlined processes and options so clients make informed choices. All that information is transparently laid out here on our website, along with an easy contact form to schedule a complimentary Zoom consultation if your project is a fit for our casting services.

Yes, the entertainment industry has never been more chaotic. But in times of chaos, there is also opportunity.

We’re pre-production ready for all scripted media, including commercials, new media, documentaries, and (please let me cast one) video games. I hope to eventually spread the good vibes by sharing projects with other emerging casting directors.

Ordo ab Chao. Order from Chaos.

“Casting people are not bad people; some people think of them as good.”

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William Shatner

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“Casting people are not bad people; some people think of them as good.” 〰️ William Shatner 〰️

Projects in Pre-Production & Production

Don’t Lean Back (Feature Film, shooting Spring 2025) - currently casting

DIRECTOR
Mitchell deQuilettes is a mixed-race American director whose work focuses on social commentary music videos and films. His music videos for artists like Childish Gambino, Frank Ocean & Flume have garnered millions of views.

A group of disillusioned couples compete in an obscure sport to obtain money and status.
HILLHIKERS short film

PRODUCER
John Dunne is a literary manager and producer at Independent Artists Media where he leads the feature film division and, alongside Dave Rath, produced the 2022 SXSW Grand Jury & Audience Award-winning film I LOVE MY DAD starring Patton Oswalt. He also had a hand in realizing the final project from the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U Know, MARS, which premiered this year at Tribeca. In addition to packaging and producing, John represents a list of emerging writers and filmmakers with projects set up at Imagine Entertainment, Maximum Effort, Semi-Formal Productions, Spyglass Media, Bazelevs, Intrepid Pictures, Amazon Deutschland, CAA Media Finance & Signature Entertainment.

Still Life (Short Film, shooting Fall 2024) - casting completed

Dadness (Short Film, shooting Fall 2024) - casting completed

Into Dust (Short Film, shot Spring 2024) - casting completed

Casting Credits

Station 19 (ABC/Shondaland)

Role: Associate Casting Director

Season 7 (10 episodes)

Series Regulars:

Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George, Boris Kodjoe, Danielle Savre, Barrett Doss, Jay Hayden, Stefania Spampinato, Carlos Miranda, Merle Dandridge, Josh Randall, Grey Damon

Select Guest Cast:

Emerson Brooks, Rob Heaps, Kiele Sanchez, Johnny Sibilly, Yunjin Kim, Riley Smith, Tara Karsian, Deirdre Lovejoy, Spencer Garrett, George Wyner, Spencer Treat Clark, Jay Jay Warren, Cameron Esposito, Christina Moses, Kevin Daniels, Kat Cunning, Bianca Norwood, Brent Sexton, Erinn Westbrook, Marwan Salama, Jackson Kelly, Tyler Lofton, Scotty Tovar, Kimberly Guerrero, Cinthya Carmona, Benito Martinez, Natasha Elias, Gregory Cruz, Azie Tesfai, John Shartzer, Kapil Talwalkar, Francis Capra, Isidoro Perez

Team: Shonda Rhimes, Krista Vernoff, Betsy Beers, Peter Paige, Zoanne Clack, Alexandre Schmitt, Stacey K. Black, Tessa Blake, Ellen Pompeo, Rochelle Zimmerman

Season 6 (18 episodes)

Series Regulars:

Danielle Savre, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George, Boris Kodjoe, Barrett Doss, Jay Hayden, Stefania Spampinato, Carlos Miranda, Merle Dandridge, Josh Randall, Grey Damon

Select Guest Cast: Dale Dickey, Brigid Brannagh, Joel Mckinnon Miller, Jenny O’Hara, John Ross Bowie, Sharon Gless, Robert Gant, Thalia Tran, James Read, Geoffrey Rivas, Emma Hunton, Jonathan Slavin, Tricia O’Kelley, Antonio Jaramillo, Steve Wilcox, Shari Belafonte, Ben Browder, Patrick Cage, Maxwell Donovan, Onahoua Rodriguez, Ely Henry, Shelby Rabara, Randy Vasquez, Lulu Antariksa, Ritesh Rajan, West Montez, Holly J. Barrett, Chandra Wilson, Tracie Thomas, Lidia Porto

Season 5 (18 episodes)

Series Regulars:

Okieriete Onaodowan, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George, Boris Kodjoe, Barrett Doss, Danielle Savre, Jay Hayden, Stefania Spampinato, Carlos Miranda, Merle Dandridge, Josh Randall, Grey Damon.

Into Dust (USC)

Role: Casting Director

MFA Thesis Short Film

Cast: Juliet Rusche, Jasmin Tatyana Brown, Ashley St. George

Team: Luna de Buretel, Jeffrey Carr, Adam Bloodgood, Oceane Bouhier

Washington Black (Hulu)

Role: Casting Assistant

Season 1

Cast: Tom Ellis, Sterling K. Brown, Rupert Graves, Iola Evans, Ernest Kingsley Junior, Billy Boyd, Rick Worthy, Eddie Karanja, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Naika Toussaint, Tattiawna Jones, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Edward Bluemel

The Border (FX)

Role: Casting Assistant

Pilot

Cast: E.J. Bonilla, Frank Blake, Annie Shapero, Sebastián Buitrón, Josue Guerra, Max Mattern, Everardo Arzate, Max Madsen, Jeffrey Doornbos, Luis Bordonada, Nina Bloomgarden, Patrick Brennan, James McMenamin, Leo Ramsey

Quantum Leap (NBC)

Role: Casting Assistant

Pilot

Cast: Raymond Lee, Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee, Ernie Hudson, Georgina Reilly, Michael Malarkey, Michael Welch

The Endgame (NBC)

Role: Casting Assistant

Pilot

Cast: Morena Baccarin, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Costa Ronin, Jordan Johnson-Hinds, Mark D. Espinoza, Noah Bean, Kamal Bolden, Karl Josef Co, Massiel Mordan, Ryan Czerwonko

Winning Time (HBO)

Role: Casting Assistant

Season 1

Cast: John C. Reilly, Sally Field, Quincy Isaiah, Jason Clarke, Gaby Hoffman, Hadley Robinson, Michael Chiklis, Solomon Hughes, Tamera Tomakili, Brett Cullen, Spencer Garrett, Jason Segel, Adrien Brody, Lola Kirke

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate)

Role: Casting Assistant

Kids Casting

Cast: Amari Price, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Aidan Wojtak-Hissong, Landon Baxter, Simms May, Isol Young, Jecobi Swain, Elle Graham, Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie

The Republic Of Sarah (CW)

Role: Casting Assistant

Pilot

Cast: Stella Baker, Luke Mitchell, Forrest Goodluck, Ian Duff, Landry Bender, Izabella Alvarez, Hope Lauren, Nia Holloway, Megan Follows, Noam Jenkins