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Apr 23, 2021 | 1
By Rich Lopez
Director Ira Storozhenko creates tension and tenderness in her short film Juliet all within the span of 15 minutes. The film follows Serena, a trans teen, backstage at auditions for the lead female role in a high school production of
Romeo and Juliet. Surrounding her are girls who judge and boys who are curious.
Storozhenko and producer Katherine D. May are seeing now what impact their twist on a classic story can make as Juliet is making the rounds in the film festival circuit.
The key players behind the camera were an all women team:
Casting directors call to be included in the Oscars “We work with human beings, not inanimate objects. The casting director brings the film to life,” says casting director Laray Mayfield, who cast David Fincher’s ensemble film “Mank,” featuring Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer and Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst, above.
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The Emmys, Spirits, Canada’s Geminis, Australia’s AACTAs and Britain’s BIFAs and BAFTAs each bestow an annual prize upon casting directors in recognition of the central role they play in show business. At the Oscars, no such accolade exists. Some say that’s odd.
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Academy Award-winning casting director Lynn Stalmaster, who helped launch the careers of John Travolta and Richard Dreyfuss, has died at the age of 93.