Casting Director extraordinaire, Robi Reed-Humes has cast films that range from “Antwone Fisher” to “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”.  Robi started her career working with Spike Lee and went on to cast many of his films including, “School Daze”, “Do The Right Thing”, “Jungle Fever”, “Clockers” and “Malcolm X” for which she was honored with an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America in 1993.

Robi discovered her passion for casting at a very early age, and with the support of her parents forged a career and a reputation for having a keen eye for talent. Robi’s film casting credits include “Poetic Justice”, “Soul Food”, “Set It Off”, “Love Jones”, and “Gridlock’d”.

Robi’s television credits include many successful projects such as “In Living Color”,  “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, “The PJs”, “Carmen: A Hip Hopera”, and “The Tuskegee Airmen”, for which she won an Emmy in 1996.  She was nominated for another Emmy in 1998 for “Don King: Only In America” and again in 1999 for the mini-series “A Lesson Before Dying”.

One of the key things Robi looks for in an Actor is preparation. "Preparation is so important. It's almost inexcusable not to be prepared these days.” She knows you often get one shot and you have to put your best foot forward!

 Robi has several current projects coming up in the next year that are in production which include, “Burning Sands”, “My Name is Khan”, and “Mama, I Want To Sing”.