CHRISTY FAISON
Casting Director, Teacher, Coach
Atlanta / Los Angeles
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Christy Faison is an acting coach and Casting Director with a passion for helping actors elevate their craft and grow in their careers.
​As a Casting Director, she co-cast series and pilots for NBC, CBS, and Showtime, including Jonathan Demme’s A Gifted Man, CBS’s SEAL Team, NBC’s The Cape, and Showtime’s The Affair. Her credits also include Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, Ash vs Evil Dead, The Spoils Before Dying, Boss, and Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups. She also cast the Emmy-nominated series Conversations In LA, The Walking Dead: Red Machete, Stargate Origins, and dozens of independent features. As an Associate, Christy collaborated with esteemed Casting Directors Jeanie Bacharach, Lauren Grey, and Gillian O’Neill.
Christy’s extensive casting experience has shaped her into a coach who knows exactly what it takes to succeed in the room. With a keen eye for performance nuances and an instinct for identifying areas that need refinement, she provides actors with precise, actionable feedback that transforms their work.
Christy teaches and coaches actors in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, New Zealand, and as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas. She offers both group classes and private coaching, specializing in audition prep, on-set coaching, and career consulting.
Jamal Henderson
"Christy's classes have given me a safe space to craft my own preparation process for auditions. She pushes me to explore, take risks and always be as authentic as possible no matter the role or how much time I have to prepare."
Erica Ibsen
"My consultation with Christy before my last headshot shoot was instrumental in its success. We reviewed my materials at the time and she gave me honest and actionable advice on how to elevate them. She helped clarify my casting and guided me with specifics on how best I could support it. After the shoot, she went above and beyond to help me select the final shots I now currently use, including where and how to use the different choices. Her selections were so spot on, all my reps wholeheartedly agreed... and let's just say I've never auditioned like I audition now. It's like night and day."
