Valerie McCaffrey is an independent casting director, producer, writer and director. She recently completed casting the feature film “Running with the Devil” which starred Nicholas Cage, Laurence Fishburne, Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg, Cole Hauser, Leslie Bibb and Clifton Collin, Jr.  Some of her career highlights include casting Ellen Page in Hard Candy which was her first film in America.  From April 1994-2000, Valerie held the position of Vice President of Feature Film Casting for New Line/Fine Line Films. She cast Edward Norton and Eddie Furlong in AMERICAN HISTORY X.  Ed Norton received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and his performance was heralded as the best of his career.  From 1985-94 se was a casting executive at Universal Studios, where she cast James Cromwell in BABE, earning him an Oscar Nomination.  To date she has cast over 100 films.   Valerie recently directed the short film “Dirty Bomb” which premiered at both the Cannes Film Festival and Madrid, and has its N. American Premiere at Dances With Films.