Nancy Foy

Casting Director Nancy Foy began her career in 1980 at Francis Ford Coppola's Hollywood based Zoetrope Studios. While employed as a member of Zoetrope Casting, she assisted in the casting of numerous films including "The Outsiders," "Reds," and "Frances." In 1982 she joined Michael McLean and Associates; and in 1984, she established her own company, Nancy Foy Casting. Nancy has cast for both motion pictures and television. She was EMMY Award-nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for the HBO films "The Late Shift" and "The Rat Pack," and for the TNT film "James Dean: An Invented Life," for which she is credited with casting actor James Franco in the title role. Nancy was twice honored with the prestigious Casting Society of America's ARTIOS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for "The Rat Pack" and "James Dean: An Invented Life." She was ARTIOS Award nominated for "October Sky," in which she cast 17 year-old Jake Gyllenhaal in his first leading role. In 1990, Nancy was recruited to serve as Vice President of Motion Picture Casting by Paramount Pictures Co-Presidents of Production, Gary Lucchesi and David Kirkpatrick; she continued in that capacity through 1994. In 2007, she again joined the executive ranks, this time at Twentieth Century Fox as Vice President Feature Casting. Nancy remained at Twentieth Century Fox through 2015, returning to independent casting in 2016. Over the course of her 35 year career, Nancy has cast for such distinguished directors as Robert Redford; Warren Beatty; Richard Benjamin; Joe Johnston; Sam Peckinpah; Hugh Hudson; Arthur Hiller; Mike Newell; Roland Joffe; Harold Ramis; Betty Thomas; Jeffrey Bleckner; Mike Figgis; Graeme Clifford; David Seltzer; Les Mayfield; Rob Cohen; Bryan Gordon; Rod Holcomb; Barry Blaustein; Guillermo Del Toro; Jay Russell; John Pasquin; Ron Underwood; Antoine Fuqua; Andy and Larry Wachowski; Rob Minkoff; John Dahl; Tim Fywell; Greg Yaitanes; Kevin Lima; Jim Fall; and Mark Rydell. Nancy is a graduate of Professional Children's School. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University, Class of 1972. She served on the Casting Society of America Board of Directors from 1998 to 2000, and was re- elected to the CSA Board in 2010. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.