Eyde Belasco has worked on the independent feature films MORRIS FROM AMERICA, BREATHE IN, THE WORDS, LIKE CRAZY, PARIAH, HERE, LYMELIFE, DON’T LET ME DROWN and HALF NELSON, all of which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Most recently she cast both TRANSPARENT and I LOVE DICK for Amazon Television, along with the films THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER, I.T., I AM THE PRETTY THING THAT LIVES IN THE HOUSE and WHEN WE FIRST MET.  Other films include 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, BEHIND ENEMY LINES and RESCUE DAWN.  For her work on HALF NELSON and TRANSPARENT, she won the Artios Award for Casting. She is currently in her 22nd year as the West Coast casting director for the Sundance Institute.

Lisa Beach began working as an assistant casting director under David Rubin. After two years with Rubin, Lisa went off on her own to cast the movies BAD INFLUENCE and SCHOOL TIES among others. From there, she took a Studio job as Director of Casting at Hollywood Pictures, which lead to her next role as Head of Casting at HBO. Among the pictures on which she oversaw the Casting was the critically acclaimed AND THE BAND PLAYED ON. Lisa has been an independent Casting Director, involved in both Features and TV. She and her business partner of the past 12 years, Sarah Katzman have cast over 50 projects, including the SCREAM series, GIRL, INTERRUPTED for which Angelina Jolie won an Oscar, WALK THE LINE for which Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar, WEDDING CRASHERS, Alexander Payne’s ABOUT SCHMIDT and HORRIBLE BOSSES, WOLVERINE and WE’RE THE MILLERS.

Valerie Mccaffrey is an independent casting director coming from the studio level; Valerie uses her knowledge to a producing capacity as well. She is in pre-production on a film “Men of Granite” which is a true story of bigotry, and basketball. She also produced a film LOST AND FOUND IN ARMENIA with Jamie Kennedy and Angela Sarafyan. From April 1994-2000, Valerie held the position of Vice President of Feature Film Casting for New Line/Fine Line Films. Among the many highlights of her career, she cast Edward Norton and Eddie Furlong in New Line Cinema’s AMERICAN HISTORY X, which Edward Norton was nominated for an Academy Award. She also cast BABE, which garnered James Cromwell an Oscar nomination. Along with producing, Valerie also cast the critically acclaimed HARD CANDY starring Ellen Page.

David Rubin began his career as a production assistant on “Saturday Night Live”. He began working in casting with Mary Goldberg on such films as RAGTIME and AMADEUS. David then moved to Los Angeles to team with veteran casting director Lynn Stalmaster on THE NAME OF THE ROSE, THE BIG EASY and many other films. Opening his own casting company, David was responsible for assembling the casts of such films as: THE FIRM, ROMEO + JULIET, THE ENGLISH PATIENT, MEN IN BLACK, and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. In partnership with Richard Hicks, David cast the films HAIRSPRAY, LARS AND THE REAL GIRL, RECOUNT, THE SMURFS and GAME CHANGE. Recently, David worked with director Jean-Marc Vallee, casting his film WILD for Fox Searchlight, and with Jay Roach on TRUMBO.