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Lisa Essary

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
  • Actress
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Lisa Essary
Lisa began her casting career working at Grey advertising where she won numerous awards for her commercial casting.

Having received her BFA from the New School in NY, and pursuing her Master's degree at Fordham University, she eventually left New York for Los Angeles.

One of her first Casting Associate roles was for Peter Fonda's "Ulee's Gold." Then in 2008 she was associate for Heidi Levitt on the Samuel L. Jackson film "Lakeview Terrace". Lisa continued to co-cast with Heidi on projects like "St. John of Las Vegas," "Ca$h," "Not Forgotten," "In Their Skin", "Dark Hearts" and the Lizzy Caplan / Ron Livingston film "Queens of Country".

By 2011 Lisa was head casting projects like "Some guy who Kills People", "Smiley", "Hex" and "The Wretched". Films which reflect her love of the horror/thriller genre with a very smart edge.
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  • Known for

    Zarah Mahler in The Wretched (2019)
    The Wretched
    5.8
    • Casting Director
    • 2019
    Mosquito (2022)
    Mosquito
    5.7
    • Casting Director
    • 2022
    Madison Lawlor in Pursued
    Pursued
    • Casting Director
      Calum Worthy, Michael Traynor, Peyton List, Lia Marie Johnson, Charles Melton, and Logan Paul in The Thinning: New World Order (2018)
      The Thinning: New World Order
      4.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2018

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      Casting Director



      • Life Coach
        • Casting Director
        • Pre-production
      • Pursued
        • Casting Director
        • Completed
      • Miss Lee & Mr. Jones
        • Casting Director
        • Pre-production
        • Short
      • Dime Detective
        • Casting Director
        • Post-production
      • I Have Always Lived Here
        • Casting Director
        • Pre-production
      • Bob's Best Friends
        • Casting Director
        • Post-production
      • 2 Hell and Back
        • Casting Director
        • In Development
      • The Leader
        • Casting Director
        • In Production



      • Juke Box Hero (2025)
        Juke Box Hero
        8.2
        • Casting Director
        • 2025
      • Christopher Backus in Daft State (2024)
        Daft State
        6.3
        • Casting Director
        • 2024
      • Robert Kazinsky, Cody Longo, and Joshua De Jesus in Do You Want to Die in Indio? (2024)
        Do You Want to Die in Indio?
        5.4
        • Casting Director
        • 2024
      • Golden Vanity (2023)
        Golden Vanity
        8.6
        • Casting Director
        • 2023
      • Douglas Smith in Exposure (2023)
        Exposure
        6.2
        • Casting Director
        • 2023
      • Infraction (2023)
        Infraction
        9.1
        Short
        • Casting Director
        • 2023
      • Mosquito (2022)
        Mosquito
        5.7
        • Casting Director
        • 2022
      • While Mortals Sleep (2022)
        While Mortals Sleep
        5.8
        Short
        • Casting Director
        • 2022
      • Danny Trejo, Victor Samuel Lopez, Kate Flannery, Pete Gardner, Brittany Furlan, Jacob Wysocki, Jessica Sarah Flaum, Emily Tosta, and Amy Letcher in PBC (2022)
        PBC
        8.1
        TV Series
        • Casting Director
        • 2022
      • The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu (2021)
        The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu
        6.7
        • Casting Director
        • 2021
      • Balthazar Getty and Clint Howard in La Flamme Rouge (2021)
        La Flamme Rouge
        3.8
        • Casting Director
        • 2021
      • Zachary Margulies and John Dellaporta in Endless Video (2020)
        Endless Video
        Short
        • Casting Director
        • 2020
      • Aaron Paul and Shannon Lucio in Quad (2020)
        Quad
        6.5
        • Casting Director
        • 2020
      • Zarah Mahler in The Wretched (2019)
        The Wretched
        5.8
        • Casting Director
        • 2019
      • Sheryl Lee in Down to Nothing (2019)
        Down to Nothing
        Short
        • Casting Director
        • 2019

      Casting Department



      • Danny Trejo and Vishy Ayyar in American Warrior (2024)
        American Warrior
        8.3
        • casting
        • 2024
      • Ron Perlman, Ali Larter, and Ralph Ineson in The Last Victim (2021)
        The Last Victim
        5.0
        • casting consultant
        • 2021
      • Paul Cram, Charles Hubbell, Chris Kattan, Michael Villar, Eva De Dominici, Evgeny Krutov, Rafal Zawierucha, and Barry Andersson in The Soviet Sleep Experiment (2019)
        The Soviet Sleep Experiment
        4.6
        • casting consultant
        • 2019
      • Collisions (2018)
        Collisions
        5.9
        • Casting Los Angeles
        • 2018
      • Another Kind of Wedding (2017)
        Another Kind of Wedding
        4.2
        • casting: u.s.
        • 2017
      • Mick Foley, Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Michael Eklund, Amanda Crew, and Chelsea Green in Chokeslam (2016)
        Chokeslam
        4.8
        • casting consultant
        • 2016
      • Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike (2012)
        Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike
        5.3
        • casting associate
        • 2012
      • Elle Fanning and Alice Englert in Ginger & Rosa (2012)
        Ginger & Rosa
        6.2
        • casting associate
        • 2012
      • Neve Campbell, Derek Jacobi, Chris Noth, and Kevin Zegers in Titanic: De sang et d'acier (2012)
        Titanic: De sang et d'acier
        7.2
        TV Mini Series
        • casting associate
        • 2012
      • S the D (2011)
        S the D
        Short
        • casting
        • 2011
      • Collaborator (2011)
        Collaborator
        6.0
        • casting consultant
        • 2011
      • Sympathy for Delicious (2010)
        Sympathy for Delicious
        5.6
        • casting associate
        • 2010
      • Samuel L. Jackson, Annette Bening, Jimmy Smits, Kerry Washington, and Naomi Watts in Mother and Child (2009)
        Mother and Child
        7.2
        • casting associate
        • 2009
      • Saint John of Las Vegas (2009)
        Saint John of Las Vegas
        5.6
        • casting associate
        • 2009
      • Samuel L. Jackson in Harcelés (2008)
        Harcelés
        6.2
        • casting associate
        • 2008

      Actress



      • Soldier's Home (1977)
        Soldier's Home
        6.1
        TV Movie
        • Marge
        • 1977
      • Go
        TV Series
        • Darcy
        • 1974

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