The Open Slate Series - Lev Watach (Cast Assistant/Cast Co-ordinator)

Welcome to The Open Slate! Ever sat through the credits and wondered what a stand-in stands on? Or whether the Base PA plays baseball? In this series, we sit down with working film industry professionals from across the departments for unvarnished, honest, practical conversations about how and why they joined the movie business, how they contribute day-to-day to the creation of cinema, and how they maintain their careers in a high-pressure, highly sought after field.

Episode 5 explores someone who didn’t attend Leeds Met University, but is, as chance would have it, from Leeds (Leeds Leeds) - Lev Watach , a Cast Assistant, Cast Coordinator, and Assistant Director whose credits list boasts adventures with Indiana Jones and Han Solo among major productions for some of the biggest studios in the world. Patrick accompanies Lev on a tour through his career, from the early days cooped up in a cinema projection room, a brave move to Vancouver in search of a big break, via hand doubling Benedict Cumberbatch, on his way to becoming one of the most trusted cast assistants in the country.

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