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Casting Director

Carmen Cuba

Bio

Carmen Cuba casts scripted, experimental, documentary and generally uniquely innovative projects. Having started as a journalist working in Spanish-language television and then as an associate with directors Frank Oz (BOWFINGER), Ted Demme (LIFE), Terry Gilliam (FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS), Richard LeGravenese (LIVING OUT LOUD) and Steven Soderbergh (ERIN BROCKOVICH), her perspective as a Casting Director is a combination of curiosity in the truth about people, her respect for actors, and a love of the storytelling through the use of both. She has found non-actors to portray fictionalized characters in fictionalized stories (Steven Soderbergh’s BUBBLE and THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE, Larry Clark’s KEN PARK, little-known talent to play leading roles in studio and independent features (Steven Soderbergh’s THE INFORMANT, Larry Clark’s BULLY), and ordinary people to participate in socially challenging documentary programming (Morgan Spurlock’s “30 Days,” “ What Would Jesus Buy?” and the upcoming HBO’s “Youth Knows No Pain”), and in all situations is simply an interpreter with an objective and fully invested point of view.

Casting Director- Job Description

The person who auditions and helps to select all of the speaking role actors in film, television shows or plays. The CD must possess a vast knowledge of the actor pool and be able to match a variety of actors with just the right role. Directors and producers rely on the Casting Director to assist them with assembling the perfect cast for their production. Casting Directors are also responsible for serving as the liason between the director, and the actors and their agents. CDs negotiate the deals with agents once the actors have been cast and are also responsible for the contracts and SAG of each actor