Bramon Garcia Biography (1957-)

Born in 1957. Career: Casting director, producer, director, and executive creative consultant. Directed theater in New York City for 15 years, working with companies such as The Second Stage and the Manhattan Theatre Club. Ensemble Studio Theater, Los Angeles, founder, company member, producer, and artistic director. Awards, Honors: Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--comedy, 1985, for Desperately Seeking Susan(with Billy Hopkins); Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1986, for At Close Range(with Billy Hopkins); Casting Society of America Awardnomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--comedy, 1986, for Something Wild(with Billy Hopkins); Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1987, for Fatal Attraction(with Billy Hopkins); Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for TV--comedy episodic, 1988, for Roseanne(pilot; with Billy Hopkins); Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for TV--comedy episodic, 1990, for Grand; Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1989, for Born on the Fourth of July(with Billy Hopkins); Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1991, for JFK(with Billy Hopkins and Heidi Levitt); Casting Society of America Award, Artios award, best casting for feature film--drama, 1993, for The Joy Luck Club(with Heidi Levitt);Casting Society of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting forTV--dramatic episodic, 1994, for Birdland(with Juel Bestrop); CastingSociety of America Award nomination, Artios award, best casting for feature film--comedy, 1996, for Flirting with Disaster(with Ellen Parks); CableACE Award nomination, for Life Stories: A Deadly Secret..

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Casting director, producer, director, executive creative consultant

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Casting Director, Except Where Indicated
(As Risa Bramon) Desperately Seeking Susan, Orion, 1985
(As Risa Bramon) The Whoopee Boys, Paramount, 1986
At Close Range, Orion, 1986
(As Risa Bramon) Something Wild (also known as Dangereuse soustous rapports), United Artists, 1986
(As Risa Bramon) Wall Street, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
(As Risa Bramon) Fatal Attraction (also known as Diversion), Paramount, 1987
(As Risa Bramon) Angel Heart, TriStar, 1987
(As Risa Bramon) Candy Mountain, Metropolis, 1987
(As Risa Bramon) Making Mr. Right, Orion, 1987
(As Risa Bramon) Stars and Bars, Columbia, 1988
(As Risa Bramon) Promised Land (also known as Young Hearts), Vestron, 1988
(As Risa Bramon) Mr. North, Goldwyn, 1988
(As Risa Bramon) Heavy Petting, Academy Video, 1988
(As Risa Bramon) Talk Radio, Universal, 1988
(As Risa Bramon) Parents, Vestron, 1989
(As Risa Bramon) The January Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989
(As Risa Bramon) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (also knownas Christmas Vacation), Warner Bros., 1989
(As Risa Bramon) Born on the Fourth of July, Universal, 1989
(As Risa Bramon) Uncle Buck, Universal, 1989
(As Risa Bramon) Jacob's Ladder (also known as Dante's Inferno), TriStar, 1990
(As Risa Bramon) Blue Steel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1990
(As Risa Bramon) Mr. Destiny, Buena Vista, 1990
(As Risa Bramon) JFK, Warner Bros., 1991
(As Risa Bramon) Bright Angel, Hemdale Releasing, 1991
(As Risa Bramon) One Good Cop, Buena Vista, 1991
(As Risa Bramon) The Doors, TriStar, 1991

(As Risa Bramon) Sneakers, Universal, 1992
The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993
(As Risa Bramon) Benny & Joon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
(As Risa Bramon-Garcia) Flesh and Bone, Paramount, 1993
And associate producer, Heaven & Earth, Warner Bros., 1993
True Romance (also known as Breakaway), Warner Bros., 1993
The Vanishing, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1993
Men of War, Miramax, 1994
Speed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
Golden Gate, Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
Associate producer, Natural Born Killers, Warner Bros., 1994
Dead Presidents, Buena Vista, 1995
How to Make an American Quilt, Universal, 1995
Flirting with Disaster, Miramax, 1996
(As Risa Bramon-Garcia) Twister (also known as Catch the Wind and Wind Devils), Universal/Warner Bros., 1996
Speed 2: Cruise Control (also known as Speed: Cruise Control), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
The Peacemaker, DreamWorks, 1997
S.L.C. Punk!, Sony Pictures Classics, 1998
Clay Pidgeons (also known as In Too Deep and Moonlight Drive), Gramercy, 1998
(As Risa Bramon-Garcia) Hard Rain (also known as The Flood), Paramount, 1998
Paulie, DreamWorks, 1998
Director, 200 Cigarettes (also known as The Islander), Paramount, 1999
Television Work
Casting Director; Movies
(As Risa Bramon) The Habitation of Dragons, TNT, 1992
(As Risa Bramon) The Water Engine, TNT, 1992
Cooperstown, TNT, 1993
Arthur Miller's The American Clock, TNT, 1993
Percy and Thunder, TNT, 1993
The Heart of Justice, TNT, 1992
Director; Specials
A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story, HBO, 1993
Series
(As Risa Bramon) Original casting, Roseanne, ABC, 1988-1997
(As Risa Bramon) Co-producer, Grand, NBC, 1989-1990
(As Risa Bramon) Director and executive creative consultant, The Hidden Room (also known as The Hidden Room: The Rougue in the Bathroom), Lifetime, 1991
Casting director, Birdland, ABC, 1994
Also directed Between Cars, Comedy Central; and Life Stories: ADeadly Secret, HBO.
Stage Work
Director, Jenny Keeps Talking, Stage II, Manhattan Theater Club, New York City, 1993
Worked as casting director for productions of Six Degrees of Separation and Speed the Plow. Directed and produced series of one-act plays at The Aspen Comedy Arts Festival (with Ensemble Studio Theatre's LA Project and HBO); founded and produced two seasons of ACT ONE (with Showtime Networks) and a festival of one-act plays in Los Angeles; directed the first production of the Naked Angeles (a Los Angeles theater troupe); produced The Marathon for five years at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, Los Angeles, and directed numerous other plays there.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Back Stage West, June 27, 1996, p. 5.
Entertainment Weekly, June 26, 1998, p. 24.*

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