Lynn Arlen Stalmaster was an American casting director.
14 Facts About Lynn Stalmaster
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Lynn Stalmaster was noted as the first casting director to be conferred an Academy Award, having received an Honorary Oscar in 2016.
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Lynn Stalmaster was the son of Estelle and Irvin A Stalmaster, a lawyer who became a judge.
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Lynn Stalmaster was active in the local Jewish community, serving as president of the Omaha B'nai B'rith.
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Lynn Stalmaster got his first job in show business as an actor, appearing in the war movies The Steel Helmet, The Flying Leathernecks, and the TV series Big Town.
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Lynn Stalmaster subsequently became casting director after the incumbent retired, and went on to cast five on-air series.
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Lynn Stalmaster established himself quickly as a solid casting director, finding steady work in both television and motion pictures.
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Lynn Stalmaster was credited with casting more than 60 movies of the decade, among them; Fiddler on the Roof, Harold and Maude, The Cowboys, Deliverance, Rollerball, Silver Streak, Black Sunday, Coming Home, Convoy, The Rose, Superman and Being There.
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Lynn Stalmaster was responsible for casting TV shows such as Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, and My Favorite Martian.
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Lynn Stalmaster was a part of Academy Award winning movies such as In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Right Stuff, and Brian De Palma's The Untouchables.
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Lynn Stalmaster was the first casting director to receive credit on a separate card in the main titles of a feature film, starting with The Thomas Crown Affair in 1968.
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Lynn Stalmaster was conferred the Career Achievement Award by the Casting Society of America in 2003.
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Lynn Stalmaster was the first casting director to receive an Academy Award.
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Lynn Stalmaster died on the morning of February 12,2021, at his home in Los Angeles.