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LISA ESSARY, CSA 323.610.1345 [email protected] CASTING HISTORY 06/-20/- Ongoing DAFT STATE Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Chad Bishoff 01/-20/-02-20 SIMONE Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir: Betty Kaplan CAST: Esai Morales, Kunjue Li, Catarina Murino 09/19-11/19 BIG AMERICA Casting Director (Feature) Dir: David Moreton CAST: Robert Kazinsky, Joshua De Jesus, Willow Geer, Cody Longo, Martin Martinez, Margarita Reyes, Jake Jacobson, 05/19-09/19 THE GIFT Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Anna Chi CAST: Lisa Lu, Michelle Krusiec, Adrian Pasdar, Michelle Arthur, and Joely Fisher 02/19- 04/19 LA FLAMME ROUGE Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir: The Maze Brothers CAST: Balthazar Getty, Todd Lowe, and Clint Howard 12/18- 01/19 THE LAST VICTIM Casting Consultant (Feature) Dir: Naveen A. Chathapuram CAST: Ali Larter, Ralph Ineson, and Ron Perlman 10/18- 12/18 SOVIET SLEEP STUDY Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Barry Andersson CAST: Eva De Dominici and Rafal Zawierucha 07/18- 10/18 SAM HU’S LAST DAY Casting Director (Short) Dir: Guy Malim CAST: James Kyson and Mike Doyle 05/18-07/18 DOWN TO NOTHING Casting Director (Short) Dir: Rory Kelly CAST: Sheryl Lee and Michael Traynor 01/18- 05/18 THE WRETCHED Casting Director (Feature) Dir: The Pierce Brothers CAST: John-Paul Howard, Piper Curda, Azie Tesfai, Kevin Bigley, Zarah Mahler 09/17-12/17 THE THINNING: NEW WORLD ORDER Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Michael Gallagher CAST: Peyton List, Logan Paul, Matthew Glave, Calum Worthy Charles Melton, Flynn. 04/17-09/17 PURSUED Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir: Jeffrey Obrow CAST: Sam Trammell, , Angus Macfadyen and Paul Sorvino 01/17-/03/17 HEX Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Rudolf Buitendach CAST: Jenny Boyd, Kelly Blatz, and Ross McCall 09/16-12/16 ANOTHER KIND OF WEDDING Casting Director US with Heidi Levitt Dir: Pat Kiely CAST: Kathleen Turner, Frances Fisher, Jessica Paré, and Wallace Shawn 08/16-09/16 BEEN TAKEN Producer and Casting (Script Reading) Dir: Rory Kelly CAST: Jeff Torres, Ruty Rutenberg, Franklin Grace 03/16-07/16 COLLISIONS- Casting Associate with Heidi Levitt ( Feature) Dir: Richard Levien (Arizona Film Festival Won, Best Dramatic Feature) CAST: Jesse Garcia, Ana de la Reguera, Izabella Alvarez, Jason Garcia 01/16-03/16 SPECIAL UNIT- Casting Associate with Jeff Gerrard (Feature) Dir: Christopher Titus CAST: Christopher Titus, Cynthia Watros, Billy Gardell 11/15-01/16 UNTITLED JONATHAN SEGAL THRILLER-Casting (Script Reading) Dir: Jonathan Segal CAST: Malin Ackerman, Randall Batinkoff, Austin Abrams 09/15-11/15 THE FOURTH REICH-Casting Associate US with Jeff Gerrard (Feature) Dir: Claudio Faeh CAST: Sean Patrick Flanery, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Lang 08/15-09/15 CHOKESLAM-Casting Consultant US (Feature) Dir: Robert Cuffley CAST: Agam Darshi, Barry Flatman 07/15-08/15 10,000 MILES-Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Simon Hung CAST: Jack Noseworthy 05/15-06/15 GOLDEN VANITY-Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Max Abram CAST: Melora Harden, Gildart Jackson 09/14-04/15 SOY NERO-Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir: Rafi Pitts CAST: Johnny Ortiz, Rory Cochrane, Aml Ameen, Darrell Britt-Gibson With Richard Portnow, And Michael Harney 07/14-08/14 ZELOS-Casting Director (Short) Dir: Thoranna Sigurdardottir CAST: Erica Piccininni, Michael Ornstein, Brooke Nevin 06/14-07/14 SUCKER-Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Ben Chessell CAST: Timothy Spall 02/14-05/14 MEDICINE MEN-Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Guy Malim CAST: James Le Gros, Allan Corduner, Chris Mulkey, Darby Stanchfield, With Shawn Hatosy, And Nestor Carbonell 09/13-01/14 THE SPHERE AND THE LABYRINTH Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Michael Robertson Moore CAST: Joanna Going, William Sage, and 06/13-Current THE POLITICS OF DATING- Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Paul Robert Lingas CAST: Utkarsh Ambudkar, Alan Ruck 07/13-09/13 APARTMENT 407- Casting Director with Alex Christopoulos (Feature) Dir: Rudolf Buitendach (Raindance Film Festival Won, Indie Award) (11wins) CAST: Frida Farrell, Gabriel Olds, Matthew Marsden, Alyson Stone, and Amber Benson 05/13- 07/13 A HELPING HAND- Casting Director (Short) Dir: Todd Smith and Michael Stone CAST: , Michelle Krusiec, and Howard Hesseman 07-13 -08-13 FEAR, FORCE, FIVE – Casting Director with Alex Christopoulos Dir. Jack Perez CAST: Keene McCrae, Michael Hudson, Verona Blue, and Allan Havey 02/13-5/13 STORYTELLERS Casting Director with Alex Christopoulos (Web Series) Dir. Michael Gallagher CAST: Joey Graceffa, Jessica Lu, Jake Thomas, Devyn Smith 11/12-02/13 IN EMBRYO Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Ulrich Thomsen CAST: Ross McCall, Kristen Hager, Ulrich Thomsen and Tom Bower 07/12-10/12 GINGER & ROSA- Casting Associate with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir: CAST: , Alice Englert, , Alessandro Nivola with Oliver Platt and 07/12-09/12 RECORD- Casting Director (Short) Dir: David Lyons CAST: Darrien Skylar, Damon Herriman, Claire van der Boom 04/12-06/12 THE ODD WAY HOME- Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Rajeev Nirmalakhandan CAST: Rumer Willis, Chris Marquette, Brendan Sexton III, Bruce Altman, and Angela Cartwright 01/12-3/12 WHERE THE ROAD RUNS OUT- Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Rudolf Buitendach (San Diego Film Festival Won, Best Feature) CAST: Isaach De Bankole`, Juliet Landau, and Stelio Savante 9/11-11/11 COFFE, KILL BOSS: Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Nathan Marshall CAST: Eddie Jemison, Noureen DeWulf, Chris Wylde, and Robert Forster 5/11-08/11 SMILEY- Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Michael Gallagher CAST: Liza Weil, Roger Bart, Keith David 2/11-5/11 DARK HEARTS- Casting Director with Heidi Levitt ( Feature) Dir: Rudolf Buitendach CAST: Kyle Schmidt, Sonja Kinski, Lucas Till, Rachel Blanchard with Juliet Landau, and Goran Visnjic 10/10-01/11 IN THEIR SKIN- Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Jeremy Regembul CAST: Selma Blair, Josh Close, James D’Arcy, Rachel Miner 08/10-10/10 RIGHT ANGLE- Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Michael Uppendahl CAST: , , Tom Berenger, CeliaWeston ,Tom Sizemore and Jeff Daniels 05/10-07/10 QUEENS OF COUNTRY-Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Ryan Page & Chris Pomerenke CAST: Lizzy Caplan, Ron Livingston, Maynard James Keenan 04/10-05/10 TINU-Casting Director (AFI Short) Dir. Zoe Wittock CAST: Gildart Jackson, Molly Leland, and Mickey Sumner 01/10-03/10 SOME GUY WHO KILLS PEOPLE- Casting Director (Feature) Dir: Jack Perez CAST: Kevin Corrigan, Lucy Davis, Barry Bostwick, 09/09-12/09 LONGFELLOW- Casting Consultant (Feature) Dir: Martin Donovan CAST: Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams 06/09-08/09 CHATEAU BELVEDERE- Casting Director (AFI Short) Dir: Patryck Chlawastawa 03/09/-05/09 THE MISADVENTURES OF DAVID ATKINS –Casting Director (Series) Dir: David Atkins CAST: French Stewart, Janeane Garofalo, Thomas Lennon 10/08-01/09 MOTHER AND CHILD-Casting Associate with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Rodrigo Garcia CAST: Annette Bening, , Samuel Jackson, 08/08-01/09 SYMPATHY FOR DELICIOUS-Casting Associate with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Mark Ruffalo CAST: Christopher Thornton, Orlando Bloom, , 05/08-07/08 ST. JOHN OF LAS VEGAS-Casting Associate with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Hue Rhodes CAST: , Romany Malco, Sarah Silverman 02/08-04/08 BEER FOR MY HORSES-Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Michael Salomon CAST: Toby Keith, Ted Nugent, Rodney Carrington 09/07-01/08 NOT FORGOTTEN-Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. CAST: Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Claire Forlani, and Chloe Moretz 05/07-08/07 LAKEVIEW TERRACE- Casting Associate with Heidi Levitt Dir. Neil Labute CAST: Samuel Jackson, Kerry Washington, Patrick Wilson 01/07-05/07 THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL-Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Steve Milburn Anderson CAST: Sean Bean, Chris Hemsworth 08/06-11/06 JULIA- Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. Erick Zonca CAST: , Saul Rubinek, Kate Del Castillo 04/06-06/06 OLD LOVES- Casting Associate with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. by Jan Schuette CAST: Barbara Hershey, Rhea Perlman, Elizabeth Pena 01/06-03/06 SENSELESS– Casting Director (Feature) Dir. by Simon Hynds CAST: Jason Behr 10/05-11/05 SHADOW PUPPETS – Casting Director (Feature) Dir. by Michael Winnick CAST: , Jolene Blalock, Tony Todd 07/05-09/05 THE FIFTH PATIENT – Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Feature) Dir. by Amir Mann CAST: Nick Chinlund, Isaach De Bankole, Brendan Fehr, Marley Shelton, , and Peter Bogdanovich 05/05-07/05 DARK CORNERS – Casting Director (Feature) Dir. by Ray Gower CAST: Thora Birch, Toby Stephens 05/05-06/05 THE FORCE – Casting Director with Heidi Levitt (Script Reading) Dir. by Greg Kinnear CAST: Donal Logue, , Cuba Gooding Jr., Ed O’Neill, Jesse Bradford, Marley Shelton 02/05-04/05 THE LAST MIRACLE – Casting Director (Feature) Dir. by Karen Eachus 08/04-11/04 HOLLYWOOD ENDINGS – Casting Director (Reality Show) Various Directors 04/04-06/04 PHARCYDE – Casting Director (Music Video) Dir. Bruce Delcastillo 02/04-04/04 BOO – Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Anthony C. Ferrante 05/02-12/03 DANNY GOLDMAN CASTING – Casting Associate DUTIES: Running sessions, casting commercials, casting short films 04/02-05/02 PENELOPE – Casting Director (Short) Dir. John Herrera 12/01-03/02 THE GREAT JOHN REXX – Casting Director (Feature) Dir- Ted Crittenden 11/01-02/02 LOVE – Casting Director (Feature) Dir- Radha Bharadwaj 05/01-08/01 DARK CRIMES – Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Dominique Luchart ATTACHED: Jason Priestley, Joe Pantoliano, and Jonathan Schaech 09/00-03/01 FREE – Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Andrew Avery CAST: Randall Batinkoff, Corin Nemic, and Ione Skye. 05/00-08/00 REALITY CHECK – Co-Casting Director (Pilot) Various Directors Hosted by Henry Winkler 12/99-04/00 THE PROFESSOR’S WIFE – Co-Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Victor Nunez CAST: , Sam Neill attached. 10/99-12/99 THE SONS OF LINCOLN – Co-Casting Director (Stage) Dir. Valerie Landsburg 06/99-07/99 THE POLITICS OF FUR – Co-Casting Director (Feature) Dir. Laura Nix Winner, Best Picture (Outfest 2002), and Best Actress, Katy Selverstone 06/97-03/99 LIFETIME TELEVSION – Casting Associate DUTIES: Rick Jacobs, Head of Talent; Liason between Casting and Production 03/97-06/97 HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK – Casting Associate Dir. Kevin Williamson CAST: and Taye Diggs 12/96-03/97 SOUL MATES – Casting Director (Pilot) Fox Pilot, Starring Kim Raver and Rob Knepper 09/96-12/96 WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION – Casting Associate (Feature) Dir. Stephen Surjik CAST: Gabriel Byrne, , and 04/96-08/96 INK – Casting Associate (Series) Casting by Judy Courtney for CBS series, starring Ted Danson 02/96-04/96 ULEE’S GOLD – Casting Associate (Feature) Dir. Victor Nunez Casting by Judy Courtney, Produced by Jonathan Demme, starring 11/95-02/96 THICKER THAN WATER – Casting Associate (Pilot) Worked with Judy Courtney on Pilot for Dreamworks 04/92-11/95 GREY ADVERTISING – In-House Casting Director DUTIES: On-Camera Casting, Commercials, Demos, Voiceovers 07/95-09/95 FAR HARBOR – Casting Director (Feature) Dir. John Huddles CAST: , , Dan Futterman, 02/93-03/93 LITTLE GIANTS – Casting Director (Feature) Cast additional characters in New York for Janet Hirshensen 12/92-03/93 CUSTOMS OF THE COUNTRY – Casting Director (Feature) Cast film based on Madison Smart Bell short story 09/92-12/92 MY SO -CALLED LIFE – Casting Assistant (Pilot) DUTIES: Worked for Mikie Heilbrun for New York casting 02/92-06/92 DEBORAH AQUILA CASTING – Casting Assistant DUTIES: Intense scheduling, help running sessions and phones 01/91-02/92 JOHN S. LYONS, LTD. – Casting Assistant DUTIES: Running camera for Producers and Directors sessions 02/91-12/91 AVY KAUFMAN CASTING, INC. – Casting Assistant DUTIES: Responsible for contacting agencies and schools

EDUCATION & TRAINING 1996-Current Acting and Vocal coach for last 25 years 1982-1983 Syracuse Musical Theatre Department 1983-1984 NYU, Film Major 1989 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The New School For Social Research 1990-1991 Masters Work in Social Work, Fordham University 1968-1982 Worked as professional Singer and Actor on Broadway, Film, Television, REFERENCES (Written references available upon request) PROFESSIONAL RAFI PITTS, Director (323) 702-7906 RUDOLPH BUITENDACH, Director (323) 409-9193 GUY MALIM, Director (323) 362-3163 AEYSHA WALSH, Producer (323) 779-6760 STEVEN BAKOS, Producer (818) 448-2995 MICHAEL ROBERSTON MOORE, Director (310) 993-0272 TOM BOWER, Producer (213) 359-7338 VICTOR NUNEZ, Director (850) 212-4458 DROR SOREF, Director (310) 420-0039 MICHEAL WINNICK, Director (818) 774-1099 DONALD ZUCKERMAN, Producer (323).692.0131 PETER GIBSON, Producer (323) 791-2711 HEIDI LEVITT, Casting Director (323) 525-0800 MARSHA MCMANUS, Manager (310) 446-1466 BOBBY MYEROW, Agent (310) 205-5824 DEBORAH DION, Casting Director (323) 660-0797 RICK JACOBS, Casting Director (310) 556- 7564 PERSONAL MARK SENDROFF, Entertainment Lawyer (212) 840-6400 DAN GUERRERO, Producer, Writer, Actor (323) 822-1278 STEVEN KAMPMANN, Producer, Director, Actor (908) 625-8303 ALAN KAMINSKY, Casting Director (818) 399-4637