Gilbert and Covell
In 2026, Ollie and Katy received an Emmy Award nomination for 'Outstanding Casting' for their work on the BBC Studios television feature The Primrose Railway Children.
Ollie and Katy are currently casting A Visit to Grandpa’s, the feature adaptation of Dylan Thomas' much-loved short story. Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to star as ‘Grandpa' with DJ Caruso directing (Mary, Disturbia, I Am Number Four) and Hannah Leader, Amory Leader, and Huw Penallt Jones producing (Gosford Park, The Covenant, Freud’s Last Session, The Edge of Love).
Prior to this, they completed casting on In Starland, the directorial feature debut from BAFTA Breakthrough Ray Panthaki, starring Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing) and 2025 Screen Star of Tomorrow Bella McLean (Disney+ series Rivals).
Other recent film credits include: European feature Dust which has been selected to premiere in main competition at the 2026 Berlinale directed by Anke Blonde (The Best of Dorien B) and produced by Dries Phylpo of A Private View (Dirty God) and James Watson; independent feature film Sebastian, produced by Screen Star of Tomorrow James Watson & executive produced by Mike Goodridge (Triangle of Sadness) and starring Ruaridh Mollica who received BIFA and BAFTA nominations for his lead performance. Sebastian premiered at Sundance 2024, where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema; urban thriller Odyssey, directed by award-winning filmmaker Gerard Johnson (Muscle, Hyena) and produced by Matthew James Wilkinson for Stigma Films and John Jencks for The Electric Shadow Company (The Crow), premiered at SXSW 2025 and was selected to selected to screen at EIFF 2025.
Ollie and Katy cast the British smart horror feature Raging Grace, directed by BIFA nominated Paris Zarcilla and produced by BIFA nominated, Screen International Star of Tomorrow Chi Thai. The film went on to win the Grand Jury Prize & Best Debut Feature at SXSW 2024 and was long listed for x3 BIFA awards. In the same year, Canadian director Kourtney Roy’s psychological thriller Kryptic, in which Ollie and Katy cast BIFA Winner Chloe Pirrie in the lead, premiered in the SXSW ‘Midnights’ programme.
Their work on the Amazon Prime feature Gassed Up (from the producers of Boiling Point) saw the film debut at the BFI London Film Festival 2023, where it won the LFF Audience Award; and feature O Horizon, directed by Emmy Award-winner Madeline Rotzler, won Best Film at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2025, with Academy Award, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominee Maria Bakalova in the lead.
Their debut feature Obey, directed by Welsh BAFTA winner Jamie Jones, launched the career of Marcus Rutherford, earning him a BIFA nomination for Best Newcomer; he now stars in the Amazon Prime series The Wheel of Time opposite Rosamund Pike.
Ollie & Katy cast the BBC Studios television special The Primrose Railway Children, which was nominated for five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Casting and Outstanding Young Performer. They also cast Seasons 3 & 4 of the BBC/PBC Emmy Award–winning children’s series Odd Squad which also received a 2025 Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Children’s Series.
Earlier credits include casting Seasons 1 & 2 of the BBC young-adult series Phoenix Rise, which earned Alex Draper an RTS Midlands Award nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance; as well as Seasons 3 & 4 of the AcornTV/BBC London crime thriller London Kills, starring Sharon Small and Hugo Speer.
Additional television casting includes 2024 Outnumbered Christmas special for Hatrick Productions; the Legendary Television TV pilot Crocodile, starring Malin Åkerman and David Morrissey; Disney series Penny on M.A.R.S and Season 2 of Netflix’s The Investigator.
Ollie & Katy have several development projects on their slate, including collaborations with American Zoetrope(Priscilla, The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, Lost in Translation), producer Liz Destro (NEON’S Longlegs, TheMonkey) and Helen Simmons and Stephanie Aspin of Erebus Pictures (Hoard, Last Swim, 100 Nights of Hero).
