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Blackbird Studios 3583 Butler Street Pittsburgh, PA 15201 412-621-1160 Mossercasting.Com Blackbird Studios 3583 Butler Street Pittsburgh, PA 15201 412-621-1160 mossercasting.com _____________________________________________________________________ FILM AND TELEVISION RESUME/Nancy Mosser, C.S.A. SUPAH NINJAS – Nickelodeon/Varsity Pictures OUT OF THE FURNACE – Relativity Media JACK REACHER – Paramount ELIXIR – ABC Family/Disney THE DARK KNIGHT RISES – Warner Brothers PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER – Summit Entertainment/Mr. Mudd LOCKE AND KEY “Pilot” – 20th Century Fox ONE FOR THE MONEY – Lakeshore Entertainment MAFIA – Levine Pictures THE SIBLING – Levine Pictures RIDDLE – The Weinstein Company LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS – 20th Century Fox THE NEXT THREE DAYS - Lionsgate JUSTIFIED “Pilot” - Sony Pictures/FX SORORITY ROW – Summit Entertainment SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE - Dreamworks HOLLYWOOD AND WINE – Smithfield Street Productions MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Lionsgate SHELTER – Nala Films THE ROAD – 2929 Productions/Dimension Films ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO – The Weinstein Company ADVENTURELAND - This Is That Productions/Miramax/SKE Films THE KILL POINT (Series) – Lionsgate Productions THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE – Smithfield Street Productions SMART PEOPLE – Groundswell Productions THE HAUNTING HOURS – TH Productions THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH – Groundswell Productions CHLOE (Series) – MTV CHLOE “Pilot” - MTV SMITH “Pilot” – Warner Brothers GRADUATION - Graduation Productions THE WAR THAT MADE AMERICA – PBS/WQED Multimedia THE CLEARING – Fox Searchlight Productions THE GUARDIAN – Rosecrans Productions, Inc./CBS PENNSYLVANIA MINER’S STORY – Touchstone Television, Inc. THE WEST WING – Warner Bros. Television MOTHMAN PROPHECIES – Lakeshore Entertainment WONDERBOYS – Paramount THE TITANIC I AND II – The Discovery Channel INSPECTOR GADGET – Disney TEMPTATIONS – Hallmark/DePasse/NBC DOGMA – Miramax (Oh, and I played the Governor of New Jersey) THE CHRISTMAS TREE – Disney Television DESPERATE MEASURES – Mandalay Entertainment KINGPIN – Motion Picture Corporation of America THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS – CBS DIABOLIQUE – Morgan Creek SUDDEN DEATH – Universal Pictures HOUSEGUEST – Caravan Pictures THE PIANO LESSON – Signboard Hill/Hallmark Hall of Fame A PROMISE KEPT – Signboard Hill Productions ROOMMATES – Interscope Communications THE STAND – Laurel Entertainment BREATHING LESSONS – Signboard Hill/Hallmark Hall of Fame MONEY FOR NOTHING – Buena Vista CEMETERY CLUB – Buena Vista THE JACKSONS: AN AMERICAN DREAM – ABC CITIZEN COHN – HBO (Emmy for Local Casting) LORENZO’S OIL – Kennedy/Miller Films BOB ROBERTS – Bevan/Webster – PASSED AWAY – Buena Vista PRESUMED GUILTY – Cosgrove/Meurer DARROW – American Playhouse THE DARK HALF – Orion CRIMINAL JUSTICE – HBO NANCY MOSSER, C.S.A. 1978 — Bachelor of Arts, Communications/Minor Theatre Arts – The Pennsylvania State University 1978–1989 — Television and Film Production – Boston and Pittsburgh 1989–1991 — Freelance Casting Director 1991–1993 — Co-Owner – Actors’ Casting Network 1993–Present — Owner and Casting Director of Nancy Mosser Casting - Board Member Pennsylvania Film Industry Association - Winner of the Women in Film and Media 2011 Opal Award - Winner of the Canadian Advertising Award for Best Casting of a Commercial (Tylenol Canada/McNeil Corporation). KATIE SHENOT 2003 — Bachelor of Arts, Musical Theater – Point Park University 2003–Present — Casting Director at Nancy Mosser Casting REFERENCES____________________________________ ______ STEVE CHBOSKY – Director – [email protected] LAURA GREENLEE – Producer – 213.999.6234 SCOTT MOSIER – Producer – [email protected] BLAIR UNDERWOOD – Director/Actor – 818-652-5989 ANN CAREY – Producer – 646.732.3514 GREG MOTTOLA – Director – [email protected] VICKIE THOMAS – Casting Director – 310-458-0722 KEVIN SMITH – Director – 323.969.9423 JOHN HILLCOAT – Director – 310.309.5200 DAVID HARTLEY – Producer – 901.367.2943 MICHAEL KARZ – Producer – 310.251.0483 BRIAN HARTMAN – Producer – 412.921.2666 BILL BANNERMAN – Producer – 310-600-1460 KEVIN FARLEY – Director/Actor - [email protected] .
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