Debra Zane
An award-winning casting director known for her work in film and television. Directors such as Francis Lawrence, Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott, Steven Soderbergh and Steven Spielberg have called upon Debra to collaborate on the casting of their films. Her list of credits include: American Beauty, Traffic, Galaxy Quest, Ocean’s 11, 12 &13, Catch Me If You Can, Seabiscuit, Dreamgirls, The Hunger Games franchise, The Planet of the Apes franchise, Cocaine Bear and the upcoming Sony Pictures/Nintendo The Legend of Zelda.
Debra is a former Governor of the Casting Directors Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She is a member of AMPAS, the Television Academy and the Casting Society. She has been nominated for the Casting Society’s Artios Award for numerous projects over the years and has won four times. The Screen Actors Guild honored Debra as the casting director for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Motion Picture for both American Beauty and Traffic. This year she was nominated for a Children’s and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for an Animated Program.
Debra is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College.