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Francine Maisler

Francine Maisler

ProductionProducer 1953–2026 (73 year career)
6.7 avg rating

Biography

Francine Joyce Maisler is an American casting director who has built a reputation as one of the most influential casting professionals in contemporary cinema and television. She began her professional journey at Actors' Equity Association, the union, in New York before transitioning into casting. Maisler rose to prominence after her work on the film Reality Bites, and her breakthrough into major studio and director-led film work came when she was hired to cast the ensemble for The Usual Suspect…

Known For

The Usual Suspects
Film

The Usual Suspects

Casting
Arrival
Film

Arrival

Casting
Dune
Film

Dune

Casting
The Revenant
Film

The Revenant

Casting
12 Years a Slave
Film

12 Years a Slave

Casting
Blade Runner 2049
Film

Blade Runner 2049

Casting
Dune: Part Two
Film

Dune: Part Two

Casting
Spider-Man
Film

Spider-Man

Casting

Filmography

Acting (1)

Crew (183)

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Movies (171)

Dune: Part Three

Dune: Part Three

2026 Upcoming

Casting

Dec 16

Digger

Digger

2026 Upcoming

Casting

Sep 30

Narnia

Narnia

2026 Upcoming

Casting

Nov 26

The Social Reckoning

The Social Reckoning

2026 Upcoming

Casting

Oct 7

Sinners

Sinners

2025

Casting

7.5
The Running Man

The Running Man

2025

Casting

6.8
Mickey 17

Mickey 17

2025

Casting

6.8
Ella McCay

Ella McCay

2025

Casting

5.5
Ella McCay

Ella McCay

2025

Co-Producer

5.5
The Lost Bus

The Lost Bus

2025

Casting

7.1
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

2025

Casting

6.3
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

2025

Casting

6.7
Mountainhead

Mountainhead

2025

Casting

5.3
Holland

Holland

2025

Casting

5.4
Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two

2024

Casting

8.1
Mufasa: The Lion King

Mufasa: The Lion King

2024

Casting

7.3
Civil War

Civil War

2024

Casting

6.9
Challengers

Challengers

2024

Casting

6.9
Joker: Folie à Deux

Joker: Folie à Deux

2024

Casting

5.4
The Bikeriders

The Bikeriders

2024

Casting

6.7
Rebel Ridge

Rebel Ridge

2024

Casting

7.0
Close to You

Close to You

2024

Executive Producer

5.8
Ferrari

Ferrari

2023

Casting

6.4
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

2023

Casting

7.2
Foe

Foe

2023

Casting

5.8
Babylon

Babylon

2022

Casting

7.4
She Said

She Said

2022

Casting

7.2
Bones and All

Bones and All

2022

Casting

7.0
Fresh

Fresh

2022

Casting

7.0
Dune

Dune

2021

Casting

7.8
Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

2021

Casting

7.1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021

Casting

7.4
Being the Ricardos

Being the Ricardos

2021

Casting

6.5
Greyhound

Greyhound

2020

Casting

7.4
News of the World

News of the World

2020

Casting

6.9
An American Pickle

An American Pickle

2020

Casting

5.7
Little Women

Little Women

2019

Casting

7.9
Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems

2019

Casting

7.2
The King

The King

2019

Casting

7.2
Marriage Story

Marriage Story

2019

Casting

7.7
Murder Mystery

Murder Mystery

2019

Casting

6.3
Long Shot

Long Shot

2019

Casting

6.7
A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

2019

Casting

6.1
The Staggering Girl

The Staggering Girl

2019

Casting

5.6
Annihilation

Annihilation

2018

Casting

6.4
First Man

First Man

2018

Casting

7.0
Vice

Vice

2018

Casting

7.0
Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2018

Casting

7.5
Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

Casting

6.5
Outlaw King

Outlaw King

2018

Casting

6.8
White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick

2018

Casting

6.4
Widows

Widows

2018

Casting

6.5
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018

Casting

6.7
Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049

2017

Casting

7.6
Baby Driver

Baby Driver

2017

Casting

7.4
War Machine

War Machine

2017

Casting

5.6
Hostiles

Hostiles

2017

Casting

6.9
The Killing of a Sacred Deer

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

Casting Director

7.0
The Mummy

The Mummy

2017

Casting

5.5
Molly's Game

Molly's Game

2017

Casting

7.1
Song to Song

Song to Song

2017

Casting

5.5
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)

2017

Casting

6.5
Arrival

Arrival

2016

Casting

7.6
Sausage Party

Sausage Party

2016

Casting

5.8
The Light Between Oceans

The Light Between Oceans

2016

Casting

7.1
Passengers

Passengers

2016

Casting

7.0
The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave

2016

Casting

5.9
Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne

2016

Casting

6.4
Nocturnal Animals

Nocturnal Animals

2016

Casting

7.4
The Edge of Seventeen

The Edge of Seventeen

2016

Casting Consultant

7.2
Loving

Loving

2016

Casting

6.7
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

2016

Casting

5.8
Midnight Special

Midnight Special

2016

Casting

6.3
The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

2016

Casting

6.2
Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

Casting

5.9
The Revenant

The Revenant

2015

Casting

7.5
Sicario

Sicario

2015

Casting

7.4
The Big Short

The Big Short

2015

Casting

7.4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015

Casting

7.6
Creed

Creed

2015

Casting

7.4
Black Mass

Black Mass

2015

Casting

6.5
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

2015

Casting

6.8
Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

2015

Casting

5.7
Aloha

Aloha

2015

Casting

5.5
The Night Before

The Night Before

2015

Casting

6.1
While We're Young

While We're Young

2015

Casting

6.0
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2014

Casting

7.4
RoboCop

RoboCop

2014

Casting

5.9
The Interview

The Interview

2014

Casting

6.2
Unbroken

Unbroken

2014

Casting

7.4
Neighbors

Neighbors

2014

Casting

6.2
Into the Woods

Into the Woods

2014

Casting

5.8
Elysium

Elysium

2013

Casting

6.5
Mud

Mud

2013

Casting

7.1
This Is the End

This Is the End

2013

Casting

6.2
12 Years a Slave

12 Years a Slave

2013

Casting

7.9
Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

2013

Casting

7.5
Paradise

Paradise

2013

Casting

4.9
The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

Casting

6.7
Lawless

Lawless

2012

Casting

7.1
Killing Them Softly

Killing Them Softly

2012

Casting

6.0
The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet

2011

Casting

5.6
Moneyball

Moneyball

2011

Casting

7.3
50/50

50/50

2011

Casting

7.2
The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life

2011

Casting

6.7
Restless

Restless

2011

Casting

6.5
Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love

2010

Casting

6.2
How Do You Know

How Do You Know

2010

Casting

5.3
How Do You Know

How Do You Know

2010

Co-Producer

5.3
Greenberg

Greenberg

2010

Casting

5.9
The Road

The Road

2009

Casting

7.0
The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying

2009

Casting

6.2
The Soloist

The Soloist

2009

Casting

6.7
Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia

2009

Casting

6.7
Nine

Nine

2009

Casting

5.5
Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

2008

Casting

6.7
Hancock

Hancock

2008

Casting

6.4
21

21

2008

Casting

6.7
Milk

Milk

2008

Casting

7.2
Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man 3

2007

Casting

6.5
Into the Wild

Into the Wild

2007

Casting

7.8
Rendition

Rendition

2007

Casting

6.4
Miami Vice

Miami Vice

2006

Casting

6.0
Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

2006

Casting

7.3
Stay

Stay

2005

Casting

6.6
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

Casting

7.6
The New World

The New World

2005

Casting

6.5
Collateral

Collateral

2004

Casting

7.2
Meet the Fockers

Meet the Fockers

2004

Casting

6.3
Spanglish

Spanglish

2004

Co-Producer

6.0
Connie and Carla

Connie and Carla

2004

Casting

5.8
Two Brothers

Two Brothers

2004

Casting

7.1
21 Grams

21 Grams

2003

Casting

7.3
Down with Love

Down with Love

2003

Casting

6.1
Spider-Man

Spider-Man

2002

Casting

7.3
I Spy

I Spy

2002

Casting

5.4
Stuart Little 2

Stuart Little 2

2002

Casting

5.8
S1m0ne

S1m0ne

2002

Casting

6.0
Dark Blue

Dark Blue

2002

Casting

6.2
Red Dragon

Red Dragon

2002

Casting

7.0
A Knight's Tale

A Knight's Tale

2001

Casting

6.9
Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester

2000

Casting

7.1
Duets

Duets

2000

Casting

5.7
28 Days

28 Days

2000

Casting

6.2
Screwed

Screwed

2000

Casting

5.4
Lucky Numbers

Lucky Numbers

2000

Casting

5.1
Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon

1999

Casting

7.2
You've Got Mail

You've Got Mail

1998

Casting

6.7
Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

1998

Casting

6.5
Out of Sight

Out of Sight

1998

Casting

6.7
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

1998

Casting

5.8
The Fifth Element

The Fifth Element

1997

Casting

7.6
Gattaca

Gattaca

1997

Casting

7.6
As Good as It Gets

As Good as It Gets

1997

Casting

7.4
Seven Years in Tibet

Seven Years in Tibet

1997

Casting

7.2
The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects

1995

Casting

8.2
Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1995

Casting

6.8
Money Train

Money Train

1995

Casting

5.9
Inflammable

Inflammable

1995

Casting

5.0
Reality Bites

Reality Bites

1994

Casting

6.6
A Time to Heal

A Time to Heal

1994

Casting

10.0
Mother's Boys

Mother's Boys

1993

Casting

5.3
Trial: The Price of Passion

Trial: The Price of Passion

1992

Casting

One Special Victory

One Special Victory

1991

Casting

Enemies

Enemies

Casting

Cry to Heaven

Cry to Heaven

Casting

Heat 2

Heat 2

Casting

Oceans

Oceans

Casting

Primetime

Primetime

Casting

Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

Casting

October

October

Casting