Becoming... Artios-winning Casting Director Karlee Fomalont ("A Complete Unknown," "Friends From College")

About this episode

Karlee Fomalont shares her journey and insights as an Artios Award-winning casting director.

Karlee Fomalont, CSA is an Artios Award winning Casting Director, 4-time Artios Award Nominee, and graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, where her acting training made for a seamless transition into casting. She began her career at CBS Primetime NY and ABC Primetime NY before moving into independent casting. Karlee has worked with Rori Bergman for 10 years, film credits include: “ A Complete Unknown” (Artios Award, Best Casting BAFTA nominee), Steven Spielberg's "The Post" (Artios Nominee), “Empire Waist” (Artios Nominee), "Private Life" (Artios Nominee), "You Hurt My Feelings” (Sundance ‘23), "Eileen" (Sundance ‘23), "Shortcomings" (Sundance ‘23), “No Hard Feelings,” “Happiness for Beginners” (Netflix), “Darkest Miriam” (Tribeca ’24) “Turn Me On” (San Sebastian ’24) among many others. TV credits include: "The Get Down" (Netflix), "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" (Starz), “The Last Frontier” (Apple+), "Living with Yourself" (Netflix), "Yearly Departed" (Amazon), "Run the World" (Starz), "Love Life" (Netflix), "The Good Cop" (Netflix), "Friends from…

People in this episode

Host: Michelle Simone Miller

Guest: Karlee Fomalont

Topics covered

• casting
• film industry
• career insights
• collaboration
• acting

Keywords

• casting director
• Artios Award
• film credits
• TV credits
• career advice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBS Primetime NY, ABC Primetime NY, Netflix, Starz, Apple+, Amazon, Paramount+

Books & works: A Complete Unknown, The Post, Empire Waist, Private Life, You Hurt My Feelings, Eileen, Shortcomings, No Hard Feelings, Happiness for Beginners, Darkest Miriam

Places: Los Angeles, New York City

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