Biography
Howard Feuer (November 30, 1948 – December 20, 2004) was an American casting director known for casting theatrical productions and hit movies.
His casting career began on Broadway as an assistant to producer Jerry Schlossberg on the 1971 revival of On the Town. From then until 1986, he cast another 29 productions, often in conjunction with Jeremy Ritzer. His credits include: Noises Off, Benefactors, Wild Honey, 42nd Street, Barnum and Oh! Calcutta!
He also cast over 75 films, beginning with The Warriors (1979). He won the Casting Society of America's Artios Award for Feature Film Casting - Comedy three times, for Moonstruck (1988), The Fisher King (1991), and That Thing You Do! (1996), and twice for Drama, Mississippi Burning (1988, shared with Juliet Taylor) and Dead Poets Society (1989). He was also nominated for Married to the Mob (1988), Reversal of Fortune (1990), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993), The Ref (1994) and What Women Want (2000, shared with Deborah Aquila). During casting for That Thing You Do!, he yelled that "I've got a young Kim Novak in the room!" when then-unknown Charlize Theron auditioned for (and landed) a part. He also received a nomination for the miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan.He died of colon cancer on December 20, 2004, at Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey, aged 56.
Filmography
all 95
Movies 93
Director 90
TV Shows 2
The Dreamers (2003)
The Life of David Gale (2003)
Murder by Numbers (2002)
Made (2001)
What Women Want (2000)
Hollow Man (2000)
The Ninth Gate (1999)
Psycho (1998)
Beloved (1998)
The Truman Show (1998)
Desperate Measures (1998)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Bogus (1996)
Multiplicity (1996)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
Before and After (1996)
To Die For (1995)
Speechless (1994)
The Road to Wellville (1994)
The Ref (1994)
Only You (1994)
Philadelphia (1993)
Little Buddha (1993)
Fearless (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hero (1992)
Single White Female (1992)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Billy Bathgate (1991)
Other People's Money (1991)
The Fisher King (1991)
Married to It (1991)
Company Business (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Miami Blues (1990)
Stella (1990)
An Innocent Man (1989)
In Country (1989)
The Abyss (1989)
Slaves of New York (1989)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Married to the Mob (1988)
Dracula's Widow (1988)
Big Business (1988)
Moonstruck (1987)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Nadine (1987)
Ishtar (1987)
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
No Mercy (1986)
Legal Eagles (1986)
Off Beat (1986)
The Money Pit (1986)
Compromising Positions (1985)
Perfect (1985)
Cat's Eye (1985)
The Last Dragon (1985)
Heaven Help Us (1985)
The Baron and the Kid (1984)
Places in the Heart (1984)
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Kennedy (1983)
Star 80 (1983)
Bad Boys (1983)
Rage of Angels (1983)
Rage of Angels (1983)
Murder in Coweta County (1983)
Annie (1982)
A Little Sex (1982)
The Shady Hill Kidnapping (1982)
Bill (1981)
Dream House (1981)
So Fine (1981)
Arthur (1981)
The Four Seasons (1981)
We're Fighting Back (1981)
Eyewitness (1981)
Altered States (1980)
Big Blonde (1980)
Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980)
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Fame (1980)
Going in Style (1979)
All That Jazz (1979)
The Five Forty-Eight (1979)
O Youth and Beauty! (1979)
Something Short of Paradise (1979)
Manhattan (1979)
Hair (1979)
The Warriors (1979)
On the Yard (1978)
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GenderMale
Birthday1948-11-30
Deathday2004-12-20 (56 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Jersey, USA
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