Francine Maisler

Francine Maisler is an American casting director. At the 98th Academy Awards, she was nominated for the inaugural Academy Award for Achievement in Casting for the film Sinners.

In addition to her Academy Award nomination, she won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for five more in the category Outstanding Casting for her work on the television programs Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Succession, The Underground Railroad, True Detective, The Studio and DTF St. Louis.

In 2021, The Hollywood Reporter named Maisler as the Casting Director of the Year.

Selected filmography Film

Year Title Director 1994 Reality Bites Ben Stiller Bad Boys Michael Bay 1997 Gattaca Andrew Niccol As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks How Stella Got Her Groove Back Kevin Rodney Sullivan 2000 Duets Bruce Paltrow 2001 A Knight's Tale Brian Helgeland 2002 Simone Andrew Niccol Spider-Man Sam Raimi The New World Terrence Malick 2006 Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu Miami Vice Michael Mann Stranger than Fiction Marc Forster Into the Wild Sean Penn The Soloist Joe Wright How Do You Know James L. Brooks 2011 The Green Hornet Michel Gondry Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Rob Marshall Restless Gus Van Sant The Tree of Life Terrence Malick 50/50 Jonathan Levine Moneyball Bennett Miller2012 Mud Jeff Nichols Lawless John Hillcoat Promised Land Gus Van Sant 2013 This Is the End Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen Elysium Neill Blomkamp Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass Birdman Alejandro González Iñárritu The Interview Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Into the Woods Rob Marshall Ex Machina Alex Garland 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey Sam Taylor-Johnson Knight of Cups Terrence Malick Aloha Cameron Crowe Steve Jobs Danny Boyle The Big Short Adam McKay Midnight Special Jeff Nichols Sausage Party Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Nicholas Stoller The 5th Wave J Blakeson Loving Jeff Nichols Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford 2017 Baby Driver Edgar Wright The Meyerowitz Stories Noah Baumbach The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin Song to Song Terrence Malick Hostiles Scott Cooper Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve Annihilation Alex Garland First Man Damien Chazelle The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard Outlaw King David Mackenzie Beautiful Boy Felix van Groeningen Vice Adam McKay Marriage Story Noah Baumbach 2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin Greyhound Aaron Schneider News of the World Paul Greengrass 2021 Dune Denis Villeneuve She Said Maria Schrader 2023 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Kelly Fremon Craig The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols Foe Garth Davis 2024 Dune: Part Two Denis Villeneuve Mufasa: The Lion King Barry Jenkins A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Kogonada The Lost Bus Paul Greengrass The Running Man Edgar Wright Ella McCay James L. Brooks 2026 Alejandro González Iñárritu Aaron Sorkin 2027 Greta Gerwig TBA Tom Ford Michael Mann

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards Year Category Title Result 2025 Sinners Best Casting

British Academy Film Awards Year Category Title Result 2019 Marriage StoryBest Casting 2021 Dune 2025 Sinners