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RISA BRAMON GARCIA 818-755-9500 office CASTING RESUME 818-903-2182 cell [email protected]

FEATURE & TELEVISON HISTORY (starting with TV)

GILMORE GIRLS (4 movies) /WB TV Producers: Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dan Palladino

MASTERS OF SEX (series, all 4 seasons) Showtime/ TV Producers: Michelle Ashford, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Amy Lippman

FOUR STARS ( 2016) CBS/CBS Studios Director: R.J. Cutler Producers: Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, , Becky Mode, R.J. Cutler

LFE (pilot 2015) CBS/CBS Studios Director: David Slade Producers: Dan Jinks, Paul Downs Colaizzo, David Marshall Grant

THE UNTITLED MIAMI aka COCAINE PROJECT (pilot 2014) TNT/WB TV Director: Mark Pellington Producers: Michelle Ashford, , , Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed

MEMBERS ONLY (pilot 2014) ABC/ABC Studios/CBS Studios Director: R.J. Cutler Producers: , Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, R.J. Cutler

THE ORDAINED (pilot 2013) CBS/CBS Studios Director: R.J. Cutler Producers: Frank Marshall, Robert Zotnowski, Larry Shuman, A.B. Fischer

REWIND (pilot 2012) Syfy Director: Jack Bender Producers: , Lloyd Braun, Gene Stein, Jack Bender, Tom Spezialy

1 A GIFTED MAN (pilot and series 2011-12) CBS/CBS Studios Director: Producers: Susannah Grant, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Jonathan Demme,

THE CAPE (pilot and series 2010-11) NBC/Universal, Berman Braun Directors: , Deran Serafian Producers: Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Gene Stein, Tom Wheeler, John Wirth

NY-LON (pilot 2008) CBS, ABC Studios Director: Larry Shaw Producers: Armyan Bernstein, Laurie Zaks

SKIP TRACER (pilot 2007) CBS, Paramount TV Director: Producers: & , Tucker Tooley, Stephen Dorff

3 LBS (pilot 2006) (show picked up and shot in NYC) CBS, Paramount TV Director: Davis Guggenheim Producer: Peter Ocko

CSI:NY (pilot and series – seasons 1 & 2) CBS, Bruckheimer Producers: Anthony Zuiker, Ann Donahue, Carol Mendelson, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman

UNTITLED DIAMOND WEISSMAN (pilot) CBS, Fox Director: Brett Ratner Producers: Brett Ratner, David Diamond, David Weissman, Vahan Moosekian

THE BROTHERHOOD OF POLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE (pilot) CBS, 20th Century Fox Television, David E. Kelley Productions Director: Michael Pressman Producers: David E. Kelley, Alice West, Michael Pressman

MDs aka THE OATH aka MEDS (pilot) ABC/ Director: Michael Hoffman Producers: Marc Platt, Gary Tieche, Abby Wolf-Weiss

2 GARFIELD 20th Century Fox, John Davis Productions Director: Peter Hewitt Producer: John Davis

LIKE MIKE 20th Century Fox Director: John Schultz Producers: Barry Josephson, Peter Heller

A GUY THING MGM Director: Chris Koch Producer: David Ladd

JOE SOMEBODY 20th Century Fox/New Regency Pictures Director: John Pasquin Producers: Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Matthew Gross, Brian Reilly

SWEET NOVEMBER Warner Brother/Bel Air Entertainment/ Director: Pat O’Connor Producers: Erwin Stoff, Deborah Stoff, Steve Reuther,

INVENTING THE ABBOTTS /Fox 2000 Director: Pat O’Connor Producers: , , Karen Kehela, Janet Meyers

CLAY PIGEONS //PolyGram Director: Producers: , , Guy East, , Chris Zarpas

S.L.C. PUNK! Blue Tulip/ Classics Director: James Meredino Producers: , Michael Peyser, Sam Maydew, Peter Ward

PAULIE Dreamworks SKG/ Director: John Roberts Producers: , , Allison Segan, Ginny Nugent

3 TWISTER ,//Warner Brothers Director: Jan de Bont Producers: Kathy Kennedy, , Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, ,

HARD RAIN /Mutual Film Company Director: Producers: Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn, Ian Bryce

THE PEACEMAKER Dreamworks/SKG Director: Producers: Steven Spielberg, Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Branko Lustig,

SPEED 2 Twentieth Century Fox Director: Jan de Bont Producers: Jan de Bont, Michael Peyser, Mark Gordon

FLIRTING WITH DISASTER Films Director: David O. Russell Producers: Dean Silvers, ,

HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT Amblin Entertainment/Universal Pictures Director: Joceyln Moorehouse Producers: Midge Sanford, Sarah Pillsbury, Laurie MacDonald, Walter Parkes, Deborah Newmyer

DEAD PRESIDENTS Pictures/ Directors: Allen & Albert Hughes Producers: Allen & Albert Hughes, Darryl Porter, Michael Bennett

* Warner Brothers, Ixtlan Productions, New Regency Pictures Director: Producers: , Thom Mount, , , Clayton Townsend Also: Associate Producer: Risa Bramon Garcia

4 SPEED 20th Century Fox Director: Jan de Bont Producers: Mark Gordon, Ian Bryce

* Morgan Creek Director: Tony Scott Producers: Bill Unger, Steve Perry

*HEAVEN AND EARTH Warner Brothers Director: Oliver Stone Producers: Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho Also Associate Producer: Risa Bramon Garcia

*MEN OF WAR Miramax Films, Grandview Avenue Pictures, MDP Director: Perry Lang Producers: Arthur Goldblatt, Andy Pfeffer, Moshe Diamant

GOLDEN GATE Company Director: John Madden Producers: Michael Brandman, Stan Wlodowski

THE VANISHING 20th Century Fox Director: George Sluizer Producers: , Larry Brezner

FLESH AND BONE Warner Brothers Director: Steve Kloves Producers: Mark Rosenberg, Paula Weinstein,

THE JOY LUCK CLUB /Ixtlan Director: Producers: , Oliver Stone, Janet Yang, Patrick Markey, Ron Bass

BENNY AND JOON MGM Director: Jeremiah Chechik Producers: , Donna Roth, Bill Badalato

5 SNEAKERS Universal Pictures Director: Producers: Walter Parkes. Larry Lasker

*JFK Warner Brothers/Ixtlan Director: Oliver Stone Producers: Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho, Arnon Milchan

*ONE GOOD COP Hollywood Pictures Director: Heywood (Woody) Gould Producer: Larry Mark

*THE DOORS /Imagine Entertainment Director: Oliver Stone Producers: A. Kitman Ho, Bill Graham, Brian Grazer, Sasha Harari

*CHRISTMAS VACATION Warner Brothers Director: Jeremiah Chechik Producers: , Tom Jacobson

*JACOB’S LADDER Carolco Pictures Director: Producer:

*BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Universal Pictures/Ixtlan Director: Oliver Stone Producers: Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho

MR. DESTINY Director: James Orr Producers: Larry Mark, James Orr, Jim Cruickshank, Susan Landau

*BRIGHT ANGEL Hemdale Film Corp. Director: Michael Fields Producers: Robby MacLean, Sue Baden-Powell, Paige Simpson, Derek Gibson, John Daly

6 * MCA/Universal Pictures/ Director: John Hughes Producers: Tom Jacobson, John Hughes

*THE JANUARY MAN MGM Director: Pat O’Connor Producers: , Ezra Swerdlow

*BLUE STEEL MGM/Lightning Pictures Director: Producers: Ed Pressman, Oliver Stone

*PARENTS Director: Bob Balaban Producers: Bonnie Palef, Steve Reuther, Mitchell Cannold

*TALK RADIO Cineplex Odeon Films/Universal Pictures Director: Oliver Stone Producers: Ed Pressman, A. Kitman Ho

*MR. NORTH Samuel Goldwyn Company/Heritage Entertainment Director: Producers: Steven Haft,

*CANDY MOUNTAIN Xanadu Productions/ Directors: Robert Frank, Rudy Wurlitzer Producer: Ruth Waldburger, Philippe Diaz

HEAVY PETTING Skouras Pictures/Fossil Films Director/Producer: Obie Benz

*STARS AND BARS Director: Pat O’Connor Producer: Sandy Lieberson

7 *FATAL ATTRACTION Paramount Pictures Director: Adrian Lyne Producers: Stanley Jaffe, Sherry Lansing

*WALL STREET 20th Century Fox Director: Oliver Stone Producers: A. Kitman Ho, Ed Pressman

MAKING MR. RIGHT Director: Susan Seidelman Producers: Joel Tuber, Mike Wise

*PROMISED LAND Wildwood Productions/Vestron Pictures Director: Michael Hoffman Producers: Rick Stevenson,

* Carolco Entertainment Director: Producers: Alan Marshall, Elliott Kastner

*SOMETHING WILD Orion Pictures Director: Jonathan Demme Producers: Joanathan Demme, Kenneth Utt, Ed Saxon

*AT CLOSE RANGE Hemdale Film Corp. Director: Producers: Elliott Lewitt, Don Guest

*DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN Orion Pictures Director: Susan Seidelman Producers: Midge Sanford, Sarah Pillsbury, Michael Peyser

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8 ADDITIONAL TELEVISION (selected credits)

BIRDLAND (pilot and series) ABC/Columbia Director: Peter Horton Producers: Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Scott Frank

GRAND (pilot and series) NBC/Carsey Werner Producers: /, , Michael Leeson, Risa Bramon Garcia

* (pilot) ABC/The Carsey Werner Company, Wind Dancer Productions Producers: Tom Werner/Marcy Carsey, Matt Williams

THE HEART OF JUSTICE, TV movie TNT/Amblin TV Director: Bruno Barreto Producers: Michael Brandman, Leanne Moore

COOPERSTOWN, TV movie TNT/Amblin TV Director: Producers: Michael Brandman, Leanne Moore

THE WATER ENGINE, TV movie TNT/Amblin TV Director: Producer: Michael Brandman, Leanne Moore

THEATRE (selected credits)

LINCOLN CENTER THEATRE, NY:

*HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES

*ANYTHING GOES

*SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION

*SPEED THE PLOW

9 *ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE, NY Seasons 1978-1988 (also Producer, Director)

ACT ONE, 1994-1995 (also Producer, Director)

* ALL PROJECTS CAST WITH BILLY HOPKINS

FEATURE FILM DIRECTING:

200 cigarettes Paramount Pictures/MTV Films/Dogstar Films/Lakeshore Films Producers: , David Gale, Van Toffler, , , Alan Greenspan

THE CON ARTIST aka THE LOVE CHILD , Myriad Pictures, Telefilm (starring Rossif Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Romijn, Sarah Roemer, Russell Peters)

TV DIRECTING:

The Hidden Room (aka: The Hidden Room: The Rogue in the Bathroom), Lifetime, Director and executive creative consultant

Between Cars,

Life Stories: A Deadly Secret, HBO

FILM/TV Awards and Honors: • Casting Society of America Award nomination • Artios award, best casting for feature film--comedy, 1985, for Desperately Seeking Susan(with Billy Hopkins); • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1986, for At Close Range (with Billy Hopkins);

10 • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--comedy, 1986, for Something Wild (with Billy Hopkins); • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1987, for Fatal Attraction (with Billy Hopkins); • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for TV-- comedy episodic, 1988, for Roseanne (pilot; with Billy Hopkins); • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for TV-- comedy episodic, 1990, for Grand; • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1989, for Born on the Fourth of July (with Billy Hopkins); • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1991, for JFK (with Billy Hopkins and Heidi Levitt); • Casting Society of America Award, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1993, for The Joy Luck Club (with Heidi Levitt); • Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting forTV-- dramatic episodic, 1994, for Birdland (with Juel Bestrop); • CastingSociety of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--comedy, 1996, for Flirting with Disaster (with Ellen Parks); • CableACE Award nomination, for Life Stories: A Deadly Secret (Director).

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