With two nominations for this year’s Best Casting AACTA Nathan Lloyd has cemented his reputation as one of Australia’s preeminent casting directors. In addition to two previous ACCTA nominations, Nathan is a five-time winner of Best Casting from the Casting Guild of Australia.

Across two decades Nathan has brought together some of the industry’s most memorable ensemble casts. His commitment to putting new and diverse talent on screen has facilitated critically-acclaimed performances and career-defining roles. Among them, Sarah Snook, Milly Alcock, Keiynan Londalse, Charlotte Maggi.

Nathan’s most recent, award-winning credits include Werner Film Productions’ smash hit THE NEWSREADER, LOVE ME for Foxtel/Binge, starring Hugo Weaving, Bojana Novakovic and Shalom Brune-Franklin; Aisha Dee’s return to Australian screens in the compelling the SBS miniseries SAFE HOME, and Foxtel’s global phenomenon WENTWORTH, screened in over 200 territories.

In a busy 2023, Nathan completed work on HIGH COUNTRY (Curio/Binge) starring Leah Purcell, Ian McElhinney and Aaron Pedersen, FAKE (Kindling Pictures/Paramount+) featuring Asher Keddie and David Wenham and WINDCATCHER (Unless Pictures/Every Cloud/STAN) starring Jessica Mauboy, Kelton Pell and Pia Miranda- introducing newcomer Lennox Monaghan in the titular role.

Nathan has served on the Executive Committee of the Casting Guild of Australia, has been a member of the Casting Society of America since 2012 and holds a strong association with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.