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Christa Schamberger

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Christa Schamberger
Christa Schamberger is known for 10,000 BC (2008), African Queens: Njinga (2023) and An Act of Defiance (2017).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    10,000 BC (2008)
    10,000 BC
    5.1
    Movie
    • Casting Department(South Africa)
    • 2008
    African Queens: Njinga (2023)
    African Queens: Njinga
    3.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Casting Director
    An Act of Defiance (2017)
    An Act of Defiance
    7.2
    Movie
    • Casting Director
    • 2017
    Toby Stephens in Black Sails (2014)
    Black Sails
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Casting Director

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    Casting Director

    • Moya Afrika
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
    • Classified (2023)
      Classified
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Casting Director (sa casting by)
      • 2023–2024
    • Devil's Peak (2023)
      Devil's Peak
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (2023)
      Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • African Queens: Njinga (2023)
      African Queens: Njinga
      3.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Professionals (2020)
      Professionals
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2020–2022
    • Ettienne Gertse, Amrain Ismail-Essop, Keenan Arrison, Maurice Carpede, Chumani Pan, and Bronté Snell in Atlantis (2021)
      Atlantis
      6.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2021
    • How to Ruin Christmas (2020)
      How to Ruin Christmas
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • The Empty Man (2020)
      The Empty Man
      6.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • Tim Rozon, Paul du Toit, Alex McGregor, and Adriyan Rae in Vagrant Queen (2020)
      Vagrant Queen
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • Löwenzahn - Abenteuer in Südafrika (2020)
      Löwenzahn - Abenteuer in Südafrika
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • Commandos: The Mission (2020)
      Commandos: The Mission
      6.4
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • Noughts + Crosses (2020)
      Noughts + Crosses
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2020
    • Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis in Holiday in the Wild (2019)
      Holiday in the Wild
      6.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2019
    • Clementine Mosimane, Nomsa Nene, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Rolanda Marais, and Chris Gxalaba in Poppie Nongena (2019)
      Poppie Nongena
      6.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2019
    • Ben Kingsley, Greg Kinnear, Chris Evans, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Haley Bennett in The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
      The Red Sea Diving Resort
      6.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2019

    Casting Department

    • Children of Blood and Bone
      • casting director
      • In Production
      • 2027
    • Club Las Piranjas (2023)
      Club Las Piranjas
      4.8
      TV Series
      • casting: Mauritius
      • 2023
    • Invasion (2021)
      Invasion
      6.2
      TV Series
      • south africa casting by
      • 2023
    • Professionals (2020)
      Professionals
      5.6
      TV Series
      • casting
      • 2020–2022
    • Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, Sheila Atim, and Thuso Mbedu in The Woman King (2022)
      The Woman King
      6.9
      • casting: South Africa
      • 2022
    • Justice Served (2022)
      Justice Served
      5.2
      TV Series
      • casting
      • 2022
    • Abigail Cowen and Tom Lewis in Redeeming Love (2022)
      Redeeming Love
      6.7
      • casting: South Africa
      • 2022
    • Richard Dormer, Ralph Ineson, Marama Corlett, Lara Rossi, Craig Macrae, Adam Hugill, and Joni Ayton-Kent in The Watch (2020)
      The Watch
      5.5
      TV Series
      • casting director: South Africa
      • 2020–2021
    • Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian (2021)
      The Mauritanian
      7.5
      • location casting
      • 2021
    • Milla Jovovich and Tony Jaa in Monster Hunter (2020)
      Monster Hunter
      5.2
      • casting: South Africa
      • 2020
    • Aml Ameen and Roxanne McKee in Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019)
      Inside Man: Most Wanted
      5.7
      • casting: South Africa
      • 2019
    • Ben Kingsley, Greg Kinnear, Chris Evans, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Haley Bennett in The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
      The Red Sea Diving Resort
      6.6
      • casting
      • 2019
    • The Adventures of Supermama (2019)
      The Adventures of Supermama
      • additional casting
      • 2019
    • Kate Beckinsale in The Widow (2019)
      The Widow
      6.9
      TV Series
      • casting: South Africa
      • casting south africa
      • 2019
    • 3 Way Junction (2018)
      3 Way Junction
      5.4
      • casting director: south africa
      • 2018
    • Outlander (2014)
      Outlander
      8.3
      TV Series
      • casting director: South Africa
      • 2017

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Sex Drive (2001)
      Sex Drive
      5.3
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2001
    • Kwagga Strikes Back (1990)
      Kwagga Strikes Back
      6.3
      • second assistant director
      • 1990
    • Ernest Borgnine and Robert Vaughn in Skeleton Coast (1988)
      Skeleton Coast
      4.4
      • third assistant director
      • 1988
    • Steel Dawn (1987)
      Steel Dawn
      5.1
      • third assistant director
      • 1987

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      • Christa Schambeger-Young

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