casting director

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noun

the person responsible for selecting the cast of a theatrical production, motion picture, etc.

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Origin of casting director

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby casting director

Castilla la Nueva, Castilla la Vieja, Castillo, casting, casting couch, casting director, casting rod, casting vote, casting wheel, cast in one's lot, cast in stone

How to use casting director in a sentence

I would have hated to be the casting director watching Ben Platt pretend-hunch his shoulders while his father Marc Platt, the producer of the film, stood silently behind a glass panel.
Why So Many Movie Musical Adaptations Just Don't Work|Annabel Gutterman|September 23, 2021|Time
I was a struggling actor desperate to get jobs, so I got a call to do this audition from Johanna Ray, who was this casting director who was always trying to cast me in stuff and a big supporter of mine, and somehow, I got it.
David Duchovny Turned Down Scientology, Doesn’t Care About UFOs, and Loves Making Sweet Music|Marlow Stern|August 26, 2021|The Daily Beast
Seventeen-year-old high school senior Julia Khoroshilov spent the past two weeks working for runway casting director Zan Casting.
Does Fashion Week Exploit Teen Models?|Jennifer Sky|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It really is a struggle [to cast ethnically and racially accurate roles],” says the casting director.
White Guys Still Get The Best Bible Roles in Hollywood|Lewis Beale|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I know Rene Haynes, the casting director, and I hooked up Alex and Andrew with Rene.
Sherman Alexie on His New Film, the Redskins, and Why It's OK to Laugh at His Work|William O’Connor|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sarah Finn, who was our casting director, kept saying, “What about this guy, Chris Pratt?”
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Filmmaker James Gunn on His Glorious Space Opera and Rise to the A-List|Marlow Stern|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, we hired a casting director to find Tony Revolori, which took months and months.
Wes Anderson Takes Us Inside ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel,’ His Most Exquisite Film|Marlow Stern|March 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Genial, peppery, he not only talked like a Hollywood Englishman, he was a casting director's dream.
The Five Arrows|Allan Chase
He wondered if his friend the casting director were subject to them.
Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson
In a partition opposite the entrance was a small window and over it the words "Casting Director."
Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson
Some of them greeted the casting director as an old friend and were still gay when told that there was nothing to-day.
Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson
Another door led to the office of the casting director, glimpses of which could be obtained through the little window.
Merton of the Movies|Harry Leon Wilson