Risa Bramon Garcia she/her

casting director


Casts for Film, TV, Theatre
California

About Risa Bramon Garcia

  1.  Download Resume



  2. Risa has cast over 65 feature films including Desperately Seeking Susan, Wall Street, Something Wild, Angel Heart, Fatal Attraction, Born on the Fourth of July, Talk Radio, JFK, Sneakers, The Joy Luck Club, True Romance, Speed, How To Make An American Quilt, Dead Presidents, Twister, Benny and Joon, and Flirting With Disaster. In her long and successful collaboration with Oliver Stone, Risa served as a Producer on Heaven and Earth and Natural Born Killers, movies she also cast. She has cast numerous television shows and pilots, including shows such as Roseanne, CSI:NY, The Cape, for NBC/Universal, A Gifted Man for CBS and Timberman-Beverly, CSI:NY, Roseanne, and recently Masters of Sex for Showtime/Sony TV and Timberman-Beverly and Seal Team for CBS. Risa started casting in the NY theatre, working for over 10 years at the Ensemble Studio Theatre as a casting director, producer and director. From her expertise in this arena she and her partner, Billy Hopkins, took their first step into feature film casting with Desperately Seeking Susan. They made an instant name for themselves as the team who tapped the hottest up and coming talent. They worked together for several years casting such classics as Something Wild, Angel Heart, Fatal Attraction, At Close Range and True Romance. They worked closely with Oliver Stone on numerous films, including Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Talk Radio, JFK, The Doors, Heaven and Earth, and Natural Born Killers. Risa’s worked with a host of renowned directors and producers, including Steven Frears, Jonathan Demme, Adrian Lyne, Alan Parker, Tony Scott, Phil Robinson, The Hughes Brothers, Kathryn Bigelow, Steve Kloves, Jan de Bont, David O. Russell, John Madden, Norman Jewison, John Huston, Robert Redford, Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike Newell, Ridley Scott, Walter Parkes, Kathy Kennedy, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Sherry Lansing, Stanley Jaffe, Harvey Weinstein, Sydney Pollack and Steven Spielberg, to name a few. As a director herself, Risa’s feature films include casting Ben Affleck, Kate Hudson, Paul Rudd, Dave Chappelle, Courtney Love, Casey Affleck, Christina Ricci, Janeane Garofalo, Martha Plimpton, Guillermo Diaz and Jay Mohr in 200 cigarettes. Recently she directed The Con Artist (aka The Love Child) in Canada, working with Donald Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Roemer, Russell Peters, and a host of great Canadian actors. Risa also runs The BGB Studio, a training space for actors.

Contact Info

  1. Email Address: risa@risabg.com
  2. Website:  http://bramongarciabraun.com
  3. IMDB:  http://www.imdb.me/risabramongarcia
  4. Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/thebgbstudio/
  5. Twitter:  https://twitter.com/BGBStudio
  6. Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/risabg/
  7. Business:  818-755-9500
  8. c/o The BGB Studio
    10950 Burbank Blvd
    North Hollywood, California 91601
    United States

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