Full-service casting agency - NYC
Real faces. Street found.
Camera ready.
We scout real people on the streets of New York, test them on camera, and direct them on set — so your campaign gets faces audiences actually believe.
What we cast
Breakdown / servicesStreet casting
Real people, scouted in the wild — subways, markets, boardwalks, block parties. Faces with lived-in character that no model database can deliver. Every scout is logged, released, and tested before you ever see them.
Principal casting
Trained professional actors for speaking roles in commercials, film, and TV. We run sessions, callbacks, and self-tape rounds — and present only choices, never filler.
Kids, bilingual & VO
Multilingual roles, kids casting, voice-over for games and animation, and faces with rare, specific skills. The harder the brief, the better we work — delivered for features, theater, and AAA games.
Talent direction
Our edge: we're acting coaches. We prep non-actors before the shoot and direct them on set, so "real people" deliver real performances — on schedule, in one or two takes.
How it works
Brief to bookingBrief
We take your boards, references, and budget — and turn them into a precise casting breakdown.
Scout
Our scouts hit the streets and our network. Every candidate is logged with location, look, and contact release.
Test
Short on-camera tests with direction. We check presence, movement, and how a face holds a frame.
Present
You get a tight, curated selects deck — tests, profiles, availability — ready to share with your client.
Book
We handle confirmations, paperwork, and call details — and stay on set to direct the talent if you want us there.
Selected projects
Casting credits / 2022–2026
From a Palme d'Or–winning feature to graduate shorts, theater, commercials, and AAA games — we cast at every scale, in English and Russian, union and non-union.
Both sides
of the table
Artem Lyskov / Founder & casting director
Streetcasting is led by Artem Lyskov — a Russian-American casting director, actor, and acting educator based in New York City, who has spent his career on both sides of the casting table.
Trained at the legendary Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute of the Vakhtangov Theatre and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York, Artem taught acting at the Shchukin Institute, sat on its admission panels reviewing thousands of applicants, and now teaches at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As a performer, he appears on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera and carries over 30 lead credits in film, TV, and musical theater.
His casting work runs from Sean Baker's Palme d'Or–winning Anora (additional Russian casting) to Ubisoft voice-over sessions, kids casting for musical film, and theater productions — in English and Russian, across union and non-union worlds.
A trained eye, not a database
Years on admission and audition panels taught him to read presence, truthfulness, and camera potential in seconds — including in people who've never acted before.
A director in the room
As a working acting coach, he doesn't just find faces — he prepares and directs them, so first-timers deliver like professionals when the camera rolls.
A bridge between markets
Bilingual and bicultural, he gives US productions direct access to Russian-speaking and international talent — and international productions access to New York.
- Casting director, Streetcasting.us, New York
- Additional casting, "Anora" (Palme d'Or, Cannes)
- Faculty, American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Performer, the Metropolitan Opera
- SAG-AFTRA & Actors' Equity member
- BFA & former faculty, Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
- Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, NY
- 30+ lead credits in film, TV & musical theater
Have a brief?
Let's cast it.
Tell us about your project — timeline, looks, budget range — and we'll come back within one business day with an approach and a quote.
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Real faces. Street found. Camera ready.