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created on: 8/05/2019
by: Lo55o (12487)
 
 

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Nancy Foy is a Casting Director.
She began her career in 1980 at Francis Ford Coppola's Los Angeles based Zoetrope Studios, where she assisted in the casting of numerous films including "The Outsiders," Reds," and "Frances."
In 1982 she joined Michael McLean and Associates and in 1984 she established her own company, Nancy Foy Casting.
Nancy has cast for both motion pictures and for television.
She was EMMY Award-nominated for Excellence in Casting for the HBO films "The Late Shift" and "The Rat Pack," and for the TNT film "James Dean: An Invented Life," for which she is credited with casting actor James Franco in the title role. Nancy was twice honored with the prestigious Casting Society of America's ARTIOS Award for "The Rat Pack" and "James Dean: An Invented Life." She was also ARTIOS Award nominated for "October Sky," in which she cast 17 year-old Jake Gyllenhaal in his first leading role. From 1990 to 1993, Nancy served as Vice President, Motion Picture Casting, for Paramount Pictures, where she oversaw and supervised the casting of such films as "Forrest Gump," "A Clear and Present Danger," "Wayne's World," "Indecent Proposal," "School Ties," and "The Firm," among numerous others. In 2007, Nancy joined Twentieth Century Fox as Vice President, Feature Casting, where she has supervised the casting of "The Three Stooges," "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Predators," "Bride Wars," and all three "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films, among others.
Over the course of her 30-year career, Nancy has cast for such distinguished directors as Robert Redford, Warren Beatty, Richard Benjamin, Joe Johnston, Sam Peckinpah, Hugh Hudson, Arthur Hiller, Mike Newell, Roland Joffe, Harold Ramis, Betty Thomas, Mike Figgis, Les Mayfield, Rob Cohen, Bryan Gordon, Barry Blaustein, Guillermo Del Toro, Jay Russell, John Pasquin, Ron Underwood, Antoine Fuqua, Andy and Larry Wachowski, Rob Minkoff and Mark Rydell.
Nancy graduated from Professional Children's School in New York, attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie-Mellon University.
She served on the Casting Society of America Board of Directors from 1998 to 2000, was re-elected to the CSA Board in 2010, and again in 2012.
She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
She resides in California, USA.
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Submitted by : Lo55o (12487)
on : 08/05/2019