Lynn Stalmaster
Lynn Stalmaster (November 17, 1927 – February 12, 2021) was an American casting director born in Omaha, Nebraska. Over a career of more than five decades he cast films and television productions including Superman, The Right Stuff, Tootsie, First Blood, Spaceballs and The Bonfire of the Vanities, as well as Brian De Palma's Blow Out and Casualties of War. In 2016 he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first casting director to be honored with an Oscar.
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- 1927-11-17 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Died
- 2021-02-12
Known for
- First Blood (1982) — Casting Director
- Superman (1978) — Casting
- The Graduate (1967) — Casting Consultant
- Spaceballs (1987) — Casting
- Superman II (1980) — Casting
- West Side Story (1961) — Casting
- Tootsie (1982) — Casting
- Deliverance (1972) — Casting
- Blow Out (1981) — Casting
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) — Casting
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) — Casting
- Harold and Maude (1971) — Casting
- Weekend at Bernie's (1989) — Casting
- Being There (1979) — Casting
- Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986) — Casting
- See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) — Casting