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Peter Howitt

Director · Known for Laws of Attraction

Peter Howitt (born 5 May 1957) is an English actor and film director. He grew up in Eltham, London and Bromley, Kent, Peter used to be a part of the Priory Players in the Priory behind Christ Church, Eltham. He has two children, Luke (born 1990) and Amy (born 2008). He currently resides in Vancouver, Canada. He first found success playing Joey Boswell in the British TV series Bread. In 1998 he wrote and directed his first film, Sliding Doors (1998). Since then he has directed several films, including AntiTrust (2001), Johnny English (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004) and Dangerous Parking (2008) which he adapted from the novel by Stuart Browne, produced and directed as well as playing the lead role.

Johnny Myers

Cast · Known for Laws of Attraction, Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Johnny Myers is an American-born actor and singer based in the United Kingdom. Originally working as a jazz vocalist, he moved to London in 1970 and transitioned into acting through West End and National Theatre stage productions. Myers' screen credits include feature films such as Hackers (1995), Laws of Attraction (2004), The Marksman (2005), and Kon-Tiki (2012), along with television projects like Hiroshima (2005) and Sexy Beast (2024). He also portrayed a building manager in the superhero feature Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026).

Annika Pergament

Cast · Known for Laws of Attraction, The Punisher: One Last Kill, Mr. Robot

Annika Pergament is the Senior Business Anchor for NY1 and Time Warner Cable's other newschannels across the United States. In her role, Pergament leads the business news coverage from the New York Stock Exchange. As a reporter for NY1 in 1994, Pergament covered politics and later City Hall and the Manhattan beat. In 2001, she joined WCBS-TV as the consumer reporter for the station’s Troubleshooter segment and was a regular contributor to the Early Show. Pergament rejoined NY1 in 2002 as Business Anchor and producer of the Fortune Business Report. From 2002-2009, she also worked as a guest anchor on Court TV, and later TruTV’s In Session, hosting Newsbreaks and live trial coverage. She has also had recurring role as a news anchor on HBO’s The Sopranos and has appeared in Gossip Girl, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Laws of Attraction, Head of State, Maid in Manhattan, Analyze That, and The Yards.

Annie Ryan

Cast · Known for Laws of Attraction

Anne Ryan (born 1969), also known as Annie Ryan, is an American film, television and theatre actress. She is known for such films and television series as Three O'Clock High, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Lucas, Bachelors Walk and Laws of Attraction.

David Wilmot

Cast · Known for Hokum, Hamnet

David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor. Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End. He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Center in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance. Wilmot portrayed Dr. Ed Costello in sixteen episopdes of The Clinic on RTÉ. He was nominated for the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actor in a TV Drama. Wilmot's screen credits include Michael Collins (1996), I Went Down (1997), The Devil's Own (1997), The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998), Intermission (2003), Laws of Attraction (2004), King Arthur (2004), and Six Shooter (2006). He was named Best Supporting Actor in Film and nominated Best New Talent for Intermission at the 2003 Irish Film and Television Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Wilmot, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Frances Fisher

Cast · Known for Laws of Attraction, Titanic, Unforgiven

Frances Fisher (born 11 May 1952) is a British-born American actress. She is best known for her roles as Strawberry Alice, the madame prostitute in Unforgiven (1992), directed by Clint Eastwood; and Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic (1997), directed by James Cameron. Both films won the Academy Award for Best Picture. She is also known for her roles as Jane Crawford on the HBO series Watchmen, Mary Windsor in The Lincoln Lawyer, Evelyn Nolan (John Nolan's mother) on CBS's The Rookie, Barbara Schoenberg in Woman in Gold, Gwen in You're Not You, Lucille Langston on ABC's scifi drama Resurrection, Maggie Stryder in The Host (2013), Nicole Farmington on ABC's scifi drama Touch, Blanche Tipton on CBS's A Gifted Man, Elaine Flowers in The Kingdom (2007), The Mother on BBC's Torchwood, Eva Thorne on Syfy's Eureka, Connie Walsh in House of Sand and Fog, Sara Miller in Laws of Attraction, Junie in Gone in 60 Seconds, Donna Garcia in Striptease, Angie in FOX's Strange Luck, June in L.A. Story, and Rochelle Bossetti in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael.

Arthur Cohn

Producer · Known for The Chorus

Arthur Cohn (born February 4, 1927) is a film producer and a multiple Academy Award winner. Cohn was born to a Jewish family, the son of Marcus Cohn, a lawyer and leader of the Swiss Zionist movement who moved to Israel in 1949 where he helped to write many of the basic laws of the new state and served as Israel’s assistant attorney-general. Cohn's mother, Rose Cohn-Galewski, was a Jewish-German poet from Berlin. Cohn's grandfather, Arthur Cohn, was the first chief rabbi of Basel. After completing high school, Cohn became a journalist and a reporter for Swiss Radio, covering the Middle East as well as soccer and ice hockey games. He shifted from journalist writing to script writing, but soon found his passion in film production. Six of his films have won the Academy Award, three in the category of Best Foreign Language Film and three in the category of Best Documentary Feature. Cohn was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture in 1995, the Humanitarian Award by the National Board of Review in 2001, the Guardian of Zion Award in 2004 as well as the UNESCO Award in 2005. He is a multiple honorary degree recipient from Boston University (1998), Yeshiva University (2001) and the University of Basel (2006) and Bar-Ilan University (2021). Cohn has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Chicago International Film Festival (1992), the Shanghai International Film Festival (1999), as well as from the International Film Festivals in Jerusalem (1995) and Haifa (2016). In 2019 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cinema for Peace-Foundation in Berlin. Cohn divides his time between Basel and Los Angeles and is regarded as a hands-on producer who is strongly involved with the development of the script until the final touches of the editing process. For decades he was assisted by Lillian Birnbaum (Paris) and Pierre Rothschild (Zurich). Arthur Cohn's films have been shown at many retrospectives around the world. His best-known fictional film is The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970, directed by Vittorio De Sica). He also produced films by Kevin Macdonald (One Day in September) and Walter Salles (Central Station, Behind the Sun). Source: Article "Arthur Cohn" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Edie Falco

Cast · Known for Nurse Jackie, Independent Lens, The Sopranos

Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Carmela Soprano on the HBO series The Sopranos (1999–2007), and as Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie (2009–2015). She is also known for her role as Diane Whittlesey in HBO's prison drama Oz (1997–2000). In 2016, she played Sylvia Wittel on the web series Horace and Pete. In 2017, she portrayed defense attorney Leslie Abramson in the first season of the true crime anthology series Law & Order True Crime. Falco's film work includes lead roles in Laws of Gravity (1992), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and Judy Berlin (1999), and supporting roles in films including Sunshine State (2002), Freedomland (2006), and The Comedian (2016). For her role in the 2011 Broadway revival of The House of Blue Leaves, she earned a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Falco's work has been widely acclaimed - among other recognitions, she has won two Golden Globe awards (from eleven nominations) and four Emmy awards (from fourteen nominations), all for individual performances. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edie Falco, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Brian Smyj

Brian Smyj (pronounced Smy) is a highly trained Stunt Coordinator and Stunt man with over 20 years in the business. From Gladiator (2000) to The Pink Panther (2006) he's crashed and burned his way across the big screen time and time again. When he's not launching someone off a building or lighting them on fire, he's designing and fabricating one-of-a-kind rigs, machines, and safety systems to make his stunts the best and safest in the business. Brian is one of the most creative, accomplished stunt rigger in the United States. Brian knows how to flex the rules of physics to defy the laws of gravity.

Doug Murray

Cast · Known for Spotlight

Doug Murray is a Canadian entertainment and media lawyer as well as film and television actor. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Steve Hay

Steve Hay is a boat-dwelling Oxford-based Scottish actor and voice artist. He is currently the 360 degree virtual reality guide to Glenfiddich distillery, and the voice of Alton Towers’ new £16M wooden spectacular The Wickerman. Recent television includes hit series Outlander, and as a voice artist on feature films Mary Queen of Scots, directed by Josie Rourke, MacBeth, directed by Justin Kurzel and Jason Connery's Tommy's Honour, and television series In Plain Sight. Recent theatre includes Macbeth in a bi-lingual international co-production at Kyrgyzstan’s national theatre, Tomorrow Never Knows in Lodz, Poland and Too Long The Heart for Siege Perilous in Edinburgh. He plays lead roles in forthcoming films The Book of Laws for Dan Lowenstein, The Burkin' Hoose for Nicci Thompson of Crow House Productions and The Hanging Branch, directed by Shaun Hughes for Chris Robb's Tripswitch Productions. As a voice artist he has worked with clients including Jura whisky, Glenlivet whisky, Tesco, Lloyds Bank and Cadburys. Steve is also a regular reader and helps cast and direct Short Stories Aloud, curated by Sarah Franklin, and for John Retallack's Ruskin Theatre Platforms. He played JM Barrie in The Mythmakers in London's West End and in New York. He has appeared in several music videos for lo-fi band Candy Says, and surf-a-billy rockers The Long Insiders. Steve is a founding member of the Oxford Actors Network, Oxfordshire Theatre Makers and Inspires networking group for the Film, Television, Voiceover and Mocap Industries. He also works for homeless charity Crisis, and used to be a journalist. Occasionally he still is.

Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist. Nelson was one of the main figures of the Outlaw Movement, a subgenre of Country music that developed between the end of 1960s and early 1980s. The critical success of the albums Shotgun Willie, Phases and Stages, and the commercial success of Red Headed Stranger made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. Nelson is also recognized for his contributions to charity, he is the president and one of the founding members of Farm Aid charity concert, and his activism for the legalization of marijuana and for the use of bio-fuels. Nelson started studying music from mail order material that his grandparents gave him. He wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at nine. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Fiddlers as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the Air Force. However, he was discharged due to back problems. After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music. During this time, he worked as a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky tonks. Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he wrote "Family Bible" and recorded the song "Lumberjack" in 1956. In 1960, he signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Hello Walls", "Pretty Paper", and "Crazy". In 1962, he recorded his first album, And Then I Wrote. Due to this success, Nelson signed in 1965 with RCA Victor and joined the Grand Ole Opry. Nelson is a major liberal activist and the co-chair of the advisory board of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, which is in favor of marijuana legalization. On the environmental front, Nelson owns the bio-diesel brand Willie Nelson Biodiesel, which is made from vegetable oil. He is the co-founder and president of Farm Aid, and has been contributing to the benefit concert series since the first event in 1985, organizing concerts and performing with other prominent artists. Nelson is also the Honorary Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Texas Music Project, the official music charity of the state of Texas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willie Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Jeremy Scott Glenn

Jeremy Scott Glenn has been living and working in Los Angeles and its entertainment industry since 2003. His experience expands all stages of production, many departments, and all categories of media and formats. He has supported productions in reality (Bachelorette 2), scripted series (House MD), features (Should've Been Romeo), web (Disney's Take 180 Studios) and even commercials with Promax BDA award winners Big Picture Group (BPG Interactive). Jeremy has been employed on staff with the cable network Ovation TV, the only network dedicated to the arts, managing and producing all of their original content (Celebrity Conversations, The Art Of, The Method, etc.). With Ovation TV, he was their Production Manager and also operated as their Line Producer by generating their show budgets as well as executing them (over $3.5M budgeted, scheduled, spent and tracked in 2015 alone). His direct reports/indirect reports would always include all freelance hires which would vary from project to project. Shoots would also vary in length and location and would often include international production and travel (Destination: Versailles, The Art Of: Pure Leaf, American Canvas). He has owned and operated his own Production Company, Bell The Cat [us], since February of 2017. With his company, he has worked as a Production Consultant for other production entities, both large and small. He has helped large scale companies become more nimble in their production dealings along with helping smaller companies maneuver through the complexities of labor laws, unions, and insurance requirements. As of October 2018, Jeremy is under NDA and employed as VP of Production for a media company working with YouTube. Since August of 2019, he has been working as a consultant with Vision Films operating as their Director of Accounting and Finance. In addition to Jeremy's film and television experience, he also works as the Finance Director for the non-profit "British-American Project" (also known as BAP) and is the Assistant Coach for Brentwood High School's Debate team. He enjoys Freediving in the waters of Leo Carrillo. Jeremy was born in central California and raised in a family that was involved in foster care and adoption. In 2003, there were 15 people living under one roof with children ranging in ages from 5 to 23; consideration and communication are key elements of his personal and professional life.

Ian Kezsbom

Editor · Known for Gen V, The Boys

Ian Kezsbom is known for The Out-Laws (2023), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) and The Boys (2019).

Cory Doctorow

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Cory Doctorow (  born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the blog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and post-scarcity economics Description above from the Wikipedia article Cory Doctorow licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

John T. Kretchmer

Director · Known for Burn Notice, Charmed, Veronica Mars

John T. Kretchmer is an American film and television director. Throughout his career he has amassed a number of television credits namely Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, The Twilight Zone, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Special Unit 2 (also a producer), Dark Angel, Psych, Burn Notice, Veronica Mars, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Moonlight and other series. Prior to a career in television, Kretchmer worked as a assistant director on number of films such as The In-Laws (1979), Baby Boom (1987), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). Description above from the Wikipedia article John T. Kretchmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Zen Gesner

Cast · Known for Dumb and Dumber

Zen Brant Gesner (born June 23, 1970) is an American television and movie actor. He is perhaps most recognized for his roles as Sinbad in the syndicated television series The Adventures of Sinbad, and was a regular cast member on the ABC daytime drama All My Children as bad boy and rapist Braden Lavery. More recently he's appeared in Miller Lite's "Man Laws" commercials as one of the "Men Of The Square Table". Gesner also appeared on an episode of the popular sitcom Friends in which he played Rachel Green's date. A graduate of the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Gesner has appeared in several movies since his cinematic debut as "Dale's Man #1" in the 1994 comedy Dumb & Dumber, including Osmosis Jones (as Emergency Room Doctor #1), Me, Myself & Irene (Agent Peterson), Shallow Hal (Ralph), and There's Something About Mary (as a bartender). In 2005, he had a small part in the romantic comedy Fever Pitch starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon.

Sahba Keihani

Sahba Keihani was born and raised in Tehran-Iran. Daughter to a lawyer father and her late professor mother, she has three younger brothers. Sahba found the love for acting at the age of five. At 16, she was acting, producing and writing for the children's theater at 'Tehran Cultural Center for Children'. In the same year she won the the second place of acting in a national theater competition. After graduating from high school, she decided to leave Iran for Europe to pursue her dream of becoming a free international artist. In 2012, in Belgium, Sahba directed and acted in the short film 'Shadow of the Stone', the story of which, condemns stoning to death of women in Islamic laws. The film won an award in WVN Film Festival in Los Angeles in 2014. In the same year, she moved to the US and was introduced to the work of Lee Strasberg. After completing the two year conservatory program at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, Sahba wrote and directed 'Station Mythah', which she believes was an opportunity to create an image of a part of her curiosity on the idea of multiverse. During her residence in Europe Sahba studied Commercial Sciences at ICHEC Brussels Management School. She is fluent in French and German, as well as English.

Adrienne Ballenger

Adrienne Ballenger is an American stunt performer and actress. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, she is a registered member of SAG-AFTRA, standing at 5 feet 6 inches and weighing 118 pounds. Her training includes advanced tactical instruction under military advisor Jared Shaw for the series Special Ops: Lioness, as well as stunt driving courses with Kevin Waterman and Bobby Ore Motorsports. She is also certified in open-water scuba diving, further expanding her capabilities on set. Ballenger's filmography features contributions to major action and superhero franchises. She performed stunts in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Black Adam, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Suicide Squad, and Do Revenge. In The Out-Laws, she served as a stunt double for Nina Dobrev, and in You're Cordially Invited, she doubled for Geraldine Viswanathan. Her television credits are equally impressive, including work on Special Ops: Lioness, where she doubled for both Laysla De Oliveira and Zoe Saldaña, as well as The Winchesters, National Treasure: Edge of History, and Deli Boys. Throughout her career, Ballenger has doubled for a diverse array of actresses, including Brittany O'Grady, Chloe Bennet, Shawnee Pourier, Chelle Ramos, Christian Serratos, Nida Khurshid, Kelly Hu, Geraldine Viswanathan, Poorna Jagannathan, and Zoe Saldaña.  In recognition of her contributions to the field, Ballenger has been part of stunt ensembles nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture in 2018, 2019, and 2023.

John Dingell

John David Dingell Jr. (July 8, 1926 – February 7, 2019) was an American politician from the state of Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Dingell holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in American history. Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dingell attended Georgetown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry in 1949 and a Juris Doctor in 1952. Dingell began his congressional career by succeeding his father, John Dingell Sr., as representative for Michigan's 16th congressional district on December 13, 1955. A longtime member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Dingell chaired the committee from 1981 to 1995 and from 2007 to 2009. He was Dean of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2015. Dingell was instrumental in the passage of the Medicare Act, the Water Quality Act of 1965, the Clean Water Act of 1972, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Clean Air Act of 1990, and the Affordable Care Act, among other laws. He also helped to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dingell was one of the final two World War II veterans to have served in Congress; the other was Texas Representative Ralph Hall. Dingell announced on February 24, 2014 that he would not seek reelection to a 31st term in Congress. His wife, Debbie Dingell, successfully ran to succeed him in the 2014 election. President Barack Obama awarded Dingell the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. Dingell left office on January 3, 2015.

Robin Tunney

Cast · Known for The Mentalist, Prison Break

Robin Tunney (born June 19, 1972) is an American actress. Tunney made her film debut in the comedy Encino Man (1992) and rose to prominence with leading roles in the cult films Empire Records (1995) and The Craft (1996). Her performance in Niagara, Niagara (1997) won her acclaim and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She had leading roles in the films End of Days (1999), Supernova and Vertical Limit (both 2000). Tunney earned critical acclaim for playing Veronica Donovan on Prison Break (2005–2006) and Teresa Lisbon on the television series The Mentalist (2008–2015). Tunney was praised for her portrayal of a victim of sexual assault in the independent drama Open Window (2006). Her subsequent film roles across the 2000s include Cherish and The Secret Lives of Dentists (both 2002), The In-Laws (2003), Hollywoodland (2006), August and The Burning Plain (both 2008), and Passenger Side (2009). She led the thriller film Looking Glass (2018), and starred in the short-lived legal drama series The Fix (2019).

Paul Telfer

Paul Telfer (born 30 October 1979 in Paisley, Scotland) is a British actor, who has lived and worked in both his native United Kingdom and the United States. Telfer graduated with First Class honours in Film Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury in 1999. He has appeared in episodes of two Sky One series: Is Harry on the Boat? (2002) (as Matt, a handsome airline ground crew member who is tragically untalented on the dancefloor) and Mile High (2003) (as Rory, a male stripper). Telfer has also appeared in a series of ancient history and mythological epics: as Gannicus in the 2004 TV movie Spartacus, Hephaestion in the 2007 movie Young Alexander the Great and the title role in the 2005 TV miniseries Hercules.[1][2] In 2007, Telfer appeared in five episodes of the second series of the BBC drama Hotel Babylon (as Luke, a less-than-trustworthy concierge), and also in the TV series NCIS, in which he played Marine Corporal Damon Werth, a psychotic Marine recently returned from an Iraq tour of duty. The episode, "Corporal Punishment", was broadcast on CBS in the United States. He also appeared in 2 episodes in season 7, "Outlaws and In-laws" and "Jack Knife" as Damon Werth. Telfer has also lived in New Zealand during the past few years, and has co-written theatre work. Away from acting, he posed nude in the women's magazine Cosmopolitan in support of the testicular and prostate cancer charity Everyman. He appeared in the 2011 movie Son of Morning.

Arthur Hiller

Director · Known for Matinee Theater, Thriller

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Arthur Hiller, OC, was a Canadian-American television and film director, having directed over 33 films during his 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By the late 1950s he began directing films, most often comedies. He also directed dramas and romantic subjects, such as Love Story (1970), which was nominated for seven Oscars. Hiller collaborated on a number of films with screenwriters Paddy Chayefsky and Neil Simon. Among his other notable films were The Americanization of Emily (1964), Tobruk (1967), The Hospital (1971), The Out-of-Towners (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), The Man in the Glass Booth (1975), Silver Streak (1976), The In-Laws (1979) and Outrageous Fortune (1987). Hiller served as president of the Directors Guild of America from 1989 to 1993 and president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1993 to 1997. He was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2002. An annual film festival in Hiller's honor was held from 2006 until 2009 at his alma mater, Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Hiller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Dianne Crittenden

Casting · Known for Pretty Woman, Star Wars

Dianne Crittenden (August 6, 1941–March 20, 2024) was an American casting director. Crittenden was born in Jamaica, Queens, on August 6, 1941. She graduated from Baldwin High School and Hofstra University. She started her career as an elementary school teacher. Collaborating with Howard Zieff, Crittenden ventured into film and television. She was his casting director for Hearts of the West (1975) and The Main Event (1979). Her casting career lasted more than forty years. Crittenden served as head of casting at Marble Arch Productions and Warner Bros. Crittenden's film credits include The In-Laws, Lucky Lady (1975), Going in Style (1979), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Monkey Shines (1988), Murphy’s Romance (1985), Stanley & Iris (1990), Thirteen Days (2000), and The World’s Fastest Indian (2005); The Mosquito Coast (1986); Green Card (1990); [2] The Thin Red Line; On Golden Pond; Witness; Badlands; Oh! God; Howard the Duck; Wise Guys; and Spiderman 2; along with Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, Days of Heaven, and Pretty Woman. Her television credits include The Awakening Land, Sybil, and The New Dick Van Dyke Show. She was nominated for a CSA Artios Award for Witness.[3] Crittenden also worked in casting in Harry and Tonto (1974), The Day of the Locust (1975), and A Star Is Born (1976). She also had bit roles in three films, including Crocodile Dundee II. Crittenden's final film credit as casting director was The Little Boy (2015). Crittenden was married to George Drabek, who died in 2023. She had one stepdaughter. Crittenden died at her home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, on March 20, 2024, at age 82. She had suffered from cancer prior to her death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dianne Crittenden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.