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Denise Chamian
Producer, Additional Credits
Denise Chamian, a native of Los Angeles, began her career in the entertainment industry at a small theatrical agency. While there, she discovered her passion for casting and transitioned into the field through mentorships with renowned casting directors Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins.
Over nearly four decades, Chamian has forged a reputation as one of Hollywood's top casting directors. Her credits span a diverse range of major motion pictures, including Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, Big Fish, Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, and modern blockbusters such as Transformers, The Lone Ranger, Red Sparrow, the Maze Runner franchise, Bumblebee, Call of the Wild, Top Gun: Maverick, and Elvis. Her work in film has generated over $11.6 billion at the global box office, ranking her among the top ten highest-grossing casting directors worldwide.
She won the 1999 Artios Award for Best Casting in a Feature Film or Drama and has received numerous nominations since then. In 2023, she co-won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Casting for Elvis alongside Nikki Barrett. Her accolades also span Emmy nominations and nominations for the Casting Society of America (Artios Awards).
Chamian runs her own casting company in Los Angeles, where she balances large studio blockbusters with smaller, independent productions. Known for her openness to new talent, she began the global casting search for Elvis by sifting through hundreds of auditions, ultimately casting Austin Butler.
Although she did not attend college, Chamian thrives on the creative and business aspects of casting. She champions the importance of recognising casting's contribution to storytelling. She highlights how new technologies—such as self-taped auditions—have expanded access for actors. She advises actors to come prepared and grounded, emphasising the importance of being off-book and open to direction.
Over nearly four decades, Chamian has forged a reputation as one of Hollywood's top casting directors. Her credits span a diverse range of major motion pictures, including Saving Private Ryan, Minority Report, Big Fish, Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, and modern blockbusters such as Transformers, The Lone Ranger, Red Sparrow, the Maze Runner franchise, Bumblebee, Call of the Wild, Top Gun: Maverick, and Elvis. Her work in film has generated over $11.6 billion at the global box office, ranking her among the top ten highest-grossing casting directors worldwide.
She won the 1999 Artios Award for Best Casting in a Feature Film or Drama and has received numerous nominations since then. In 2023, she co-won the BAFTA Film Award for Best Casting for Elvis alongside Nikki Barrett. Her accolades also span Emmy nominations and nominations for the Casting Society of America (Artios Awards).
Chamian runs her own casting company in Los Angeles, where she balances large studio blockbusters with smaller, independent productions. Known for her openness to new talent, she began the global casting search for Elvis by sifting through hundreds of auditions, ultimately casting Austin Butler.
Although she did not attend college, Chamian thrives on the creative and business aspects of casting. She champions the importance of recognising casting's contribution to storytelling. She highlights how new technologies—such as self-taped auditions—have expanded access for actors. She advises actors to come prepared and grounded, emphasising the importance of being off-book and open to direction.
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Denise Chamian Filmography
| 2012 | Casting By · as Self |
| 2016 | Brave New Jersey · as Executive Producer |
| 2026 | Masters of the Universe · as Casting |
| 2025 | Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die · as Casting |
| 2025 | Chief of War (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2024 | Here Now · as Casting |
| 2024 | Atlas · as Casting |
| 2024 | The Spiderwick Chronicles (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2024 | Cabrini · as Casting |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2023 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial · as Casting |
| 2023 | True Spirit · as Casting |
| 2022 | Slumberland · as Casting Director |
| 2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2022 | The Old Man (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick · as Casting |
| 2022 | Ambulance · as Casting |
| 2022 | Uncharted · as Casting |
| 2021 | Sweet Girl · as Casting |
| 2021 | Sex/Life (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2021 | The Little Things · as Casting |
| 2020 | The Empty Man · as Casting Director |
| 2020 | The Call of the Wild · as Casting |
| 2019 | 6 Underground · as Casting |
| 2019 | Noelle · as Casting |
| 2019 | The Highwaymen · as Casting |
| 2018 | Bumblebee · as Casting |
| 2018 | Anon · as Casting |
| 2018 | Parallel · as Casting |
| 2018 | Love, Simon · as Casting |
| 2018 | Red Sparrow · as Casting |
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox · as Casting |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure · as Casting |
| 2017 | Transformers: The Last Knight · as Casting |
| 2016 | A Cure for Wellness · as Casting |
| 2016 | Frontier (2016) (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2016 | Summertime · as Casting |
| 2016 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi · as Casting |
| 2015 | I Saw the Light · as Casting |
| 2015 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials · as Casting |
| 2015 | Hitman: Agent 47 · as Casting |
| 2015 | Project Almanac · as Casting |
| 2015 | The Man in the High Castle (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2014 | Scorpion (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2014 | The Maze Runner · as Casting |
| 2014 | Deliver Us from Evil · as Casting |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction · as Casting |
| 2014 | The Last Ship (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2013 | 47 Ronin · as Casting |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger · as Casting |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain · as Casting |
| 2013 | Hemlock Grove (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2012 | Playing for Keeps · as Casting |
| 2012 | The Man with the Iron Fists · as Casting |
| 2012 | Abducted: The Carlina White Story · as Casting |
| 2012 | Barricade · as Casting |
| 2012 | People Like Us · as Casting |
| 2012 | Bending the Rules · as Casting |
| 2011 | About Fifty · as Casting |
| 2011 | In Time · as Casting |
| 2011 | The Reunion · as Casting |
| 2011 | The Rum Diary · as Casting |
| 2011 | The Thing · as Casting |
| 2011 | Killer Joe · as Casting |
| 2011 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon · as Casting |
| 2011 | That's What I Am · as Casting |
| 2011 | Water for Elephants · as Casting |
| 2011 | Rango · as Casting |
| 2011 | Ghost of New Orleans · as Casting |
| 2010 | Unstoppable · as Casting |
| 2010 | Knucklehead · as Casting |
| 2010 | Legendary · as Casting |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · as Casting |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 · as Casting |
| 2009 | The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler · as Casting |
| 2009 | Confessions of a Shopaholic · as Casting |
| 2009 | Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story · as Casting |
| 2009 | Four Single Fathers · as Casting |
| 2008 | Seven Pounds · as Casting |
| 2008 | Flash of Genius · as Casting |
| 2008 | Hancock · as Casting |
| 2008 | The Andromeda Strain (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2008 | The Ruins · as Casting |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters · as Casting |
| 2007 | The Company (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End · as Casting |
| 2007 | Next · as Casting |
| 2006 | The Pursuit of Happyness · as Casting |
| 2006 | Deja Vu · as Casting |
| 2006 | A Scanner Darkly · as Casting |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest · as Casting |
| 2005 | The Weather Man · as Casting |
| 2005 | Domino · as Casting |
| 2005 | The Island · as Casting |
| 2005 | Constantine · as Casting |
| 2004 | First Daughter · as Casting |
| 2004 | Summerland (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 2004 | Twisted · as Casting |
| 2003 | Big Fish · as Casting |
| 2003 | The Singing Detective · as Casting |
| 2003 | The Hunted · as Casting |
| 2002 | The Ring · as Casting |
| 2002 | Minority Report · as Casting |
| 2001 | Planet of the Apes · as Casting |
| 2001 | The Follow · as Casting |
| 2001 | Ambush · as Casting |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider · as Casting |
| 2001 | The Mexican · as Casting Director |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality · as Casting |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement · as Casting |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars · as Casting |
| 2000 | The David Cassidy Story · as Casting |
| 1999 | Dudley Do-Right · as Casting |
| 1999 | You Know My Name · as Casting |
| 1999 | Eyes Wide Shut · as Casting |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past · as Casting |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan · as Casting |
| 1998 | Small Soldiers · as Casting |
| 1998 | Outrage · as Casting |
| 1997 | Mousehunt · as Casting |
| 1996 | Kindred: The Embraced (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 1996 | High Incident (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 1996 | Widow's Kiss · as Casting |
| 1995 | Chameleon · as Casting |
| 1995 | Mixed Blessings · as Casting |
| 1995 | Perfect Alibi · as Casting |
| 1995 | Above Suspicion · as Casting |
| 1995 | Bodily Harm · as Casting |
| 1995 | Vanished · as Casting |
| 1995 | Automatic · as Casting |
| 1995 | University Hospital (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 1995 | Taking Liberty · as Casting |
| 1994 | A Passion to Kill · as Casting |
| 1994 | A Perfect Stranger · as Casting |
| 1993 | Under Investigation · as Casting |
| 1993 | The Secrets of Lake Success (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 1993 | Star · as Casting |
| 1993 | Just One of the Girls · as Casting |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Space Rangers (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 1992 | Revenge on the Highway · as Casting |
| 1992 | To Catch a Killer · as Casting |
| 1991 | Daddy · as Casting |
| 1991 | Changes · as Casting |
| 1989 | Survival Quest · as Casting |
| 1988 | Betrayal of Silence · as Casting |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 1987 | Back to the Beach · as Casting |
| 1987 | Walk Like a Man · as Casting |
| 1987 | The Kindred · as Casting |
| 1986 | A Smoky Mountain Christmas · as Casting |
| 1985 | Growing Pains (TV Series) · as Casting |
| 1981 | Dynasty (TV Series) · as Casting |