Connect Talent with Filmmakers & Creators

For years, working as a freelance director, I kept running into the same headache—casting was a total nightmare. The databases I relied on were often out of date, the headshots didn't match the person who showed up, and it just felt like I was guessing in the dark.

That frustration stuck with me, and eventually, it sparked an idea - StreetKast. I couldn't shake it; for over five years, it was always in the back of my mind. Through client gigs, burnout, and way too many late nights, I held onto it. I started saving every bit of money I could until I finally had enough to bring on a small team and build the first version of the app.

We kicked things off with what was in front of us - an iPhone app, simply because that's the phone I had. It wasn't until later that I realized most actors were using Androids. Every new feature we wanted to add came with a cost, and every experiment drained more of our limited budget. I even turned to Indiegogo to raise extra funds, but it still wasn't enough to start over from scratch.

Then, just as StreetKast started getting some traction, everything in my life got flipped upside down. A terrorist state known as russia invaded my home country, Ukraine, and I had to move my family to Amsterdam. When I finally got back to working on the app, I found it broken. iOS updates had caused major bugs, and my team, scattered by the circumstances, couldn't fix it.

But one day, while listening to a podcast about coding with AI, something clicked. Why wait for someone else to step in? Why not rebuild StreetKast myself?

So that's where I am now - reimagining StreetKast from the ground up, making sure it works for everyone right from the start, and being totally open about the whole process. No matter how long it takes or how many curveballs life throws, I'm still driven to create a better way to discover and highlight talent. I'm all in on making this happen.