Casting Directors
Screentest makes member profiles available to our top casting pros for future projects. Check out their past credits here and on IMDB.
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John Papsidera, C.S.A.
The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins, Oz the Great and Powerful, House at the End of the Street...
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Bernie Telsey, C.S.A.
Sex and the City, Smash, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Finding Forrester, Carlito’s Way, The Bone Collector...
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Libby Goldstein, C.S.A.
True Blood, Six Feet Under, Gia, The Killing, Big Love, Homeland, Deadwood...
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Laura Rosenthal, C.S.A.
Chicago, The Kids Are All Right, Analyze This, Far From Heaven, Won’t Back Down, Arbitrage, Mildred Pierce, Meek's Cutoff...
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Junie Lowry-Johnson, C.S.A.
Star Trek: Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, True Blood, The Killing, Defiance (TV Series)...
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Julie Tucker, C.S.A.
Dexter, Rescue Me, White Collar, The Americans, The Following, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Damages, Nurse Jackie...
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Ross Meyerson, C.S.A.
Man on a Ledge, White Collar, Rescue Me, Damages, The Following, The Americans, Deception, Made in Jersey, NYC22...
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Donna Deseta, C.S.A.
Live Free or Die Hard, Wanted, Enchanted, Knight and Day, What Doesn't Kill You, The Confession (TV Series)
John Papsidera, C.S.A.
The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, Batman Begins, Oz the Great and Powerful, House at the End of the Street, Memento, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Columbiana, Source Code, Enchanted, Secret Window, Scary Movie 3, Dumb and Dumberer, Agent Cody Banks, The Longest Yard.
John Papsidera started his professional career as a trained actor graduating from Florida State University with a BFA degree and attending post-Graduate studies at Circle in the Square in New York City.
Starting as a casting assistant at The Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, John moved into feature film casting and worked on such big budget action films as Clear and Present Danger, The Net, Anaconda and Cutthroat Island.
Starting in 1997, Papsidera embarked on forming his own casting company and over the past 14 years has been the Casting Director for over 90 films and television projects. His film credits include, the original Austin Powers, Boiler Room, Memento, Batman: Begins, The Longest Yard, The Prestige, Enchanted, The Dark Knight, Zombieland, Inception The Grey and soon to be released, The Dark Knight Rises, Oz: The Great and Powerful, and Gangster Squad. Television credits include, HBO's If These Walls Could Talk, Live From Baghdad, Carnivale, Lackawanna Blues and Prison Break. His achievements in the field of casting include 12 nominations and two prestigious Artios Awards for outstanding casting and four nominations and two Emmys for his work in television.
Papsidera formed his entertainment company, automatic sweat, in the fall of 2000. He opened with friend and Producer, Gavin Polone, a Hollywood restaurant, The Waffle in the Winter of 2007. He resides in Los Angeles, still casts feature films and television, is in the process of producing two films and is still looking forward to new horizons of opportunity.
Laura Rosenthal, C.S.A.
Chicago, The Kids Are All Right, Analyze This, Far From Heaven, Won’t Back Down, Arbitrage, Mildred Pierce, Meek's Cutoff, The Messenger, The Manchurian Candidate, The Stepford Wives, Mildred Pierce, Judy Berlin, Definitely Maybe, Motherhood.
Laura Rosenthal has collaborated with some of today's most respected directors, producers and visual artists. In 2011 she received the Emmy Award for Best Casting of a Mini-Series for HBO's "Mildred Pierce." In 2008, she received Film Independent Spirit's inaugural Robert Altman Award (Best Ensemble Cast) for Todd Haynes' I'm Not There. Subsequently, she was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Her other feature credits include The Kids Are All Right,Sweet & Lowdown, Chicago, Wendy & Lucy, Jesus' Son, Analyze This and Far From Heaven, as well as HBO's mini-series Mildred Pierce, starring Kate Winslet and the pilot for FX Television'sRescue Me. She cast Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be The Place, starring Sean Penn, Oren Movermen'sRampart starring Woody Harrelson. Recent features include Adult Children of Divorce, Kill Your Darlings & Plus One.
Libby Goldstein, C.S.A.
True Blood, Six Feet Under, Gia, The Killing, Big Love, Homeland, Deadwood, Ugly Betty.
Bernie Telsey, C.S.A.
Sex and the City, Smash, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Finding Forrester, Carlito’s Way, The Bone Collector, Dan in Real Life, Margin Call, Annie, Wicked, SpiderMan Turn Off The Dark, Kinky Boots, Motown, Jekyll & Hyde, Newsies, Evita, Elf, Chaplin, Porgy & Bess, Sister Act, Godspell, The Addams Family, The Color Purple, Sweeney Todd, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Glengarry Glen Ross, Streetcar Named Desire, Talk Radio, Speed The Plow, , Ugly Betty, the big C, A Gifted Man.
Julie Tucker, C.S.A.
Dexter, Rescue Me, White Collar, The Americans, The Following, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Damages, Nurse Jackie, The Big C.
Ross Meyerson, C.S.A.
Man on a Ledge, White Collar, Rescue Me, Damages, The Following, The Americans, Deception, Made in Jersey, NYC22, Americana, Nurse Jackie, In Treatment, Army Wives, The Big C, Fringe, Warehouse 13.
Junie Lowry Johnson, C.S.A.
Star Trek: Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, True Blood, The Killing, Defiance (TV Series), Homeland, Desperate Housewives, Big Love, In Treatment, Prison Break, Dirty Sexy Money, Ugly Betty, Deadwood, Six Feet Under.
Donna Deseta, C.S.A.
Live Free or Die Hard, Wanted, Enchanted, Knight and Day, What Doesn't Kill You, The Confession (TV Series).