carrie@carrieraycasting.com

Experience

Carrie Ray Casting

Detroit 2007-present

Owner and Casting Director
Full service casting company for union and non-union work
Casting services for film, television, commercials, industrials, print work, and “real people”

 


 

FILM (Midwest Casting)

The Five Year Engagement (feature starring Emily Blunt and Jason Segal) dir. Nicholas Stoller, Universal

The Giant Mechanical Man (feature starring Jenna Fischer and Topher Grace) dir. Lee Kirk

Vamps (feature starring Alicia Sliverstone and Krysten Ritter) dir. Amy Heckerling

LOL (feature starring Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore) dir. Lisa Asuealo, Mandate Pictures (worked along with David
Rapaport –LA)

Street Kings 2: Motor City (feature starring Ray Liotta) dir. Chris Fisher, Fox Studios, (worked along with Mary Jo
Slater –LA)

Touchback (feature starring Brian Presley) dir., Don Handfield

Scream 4 (feature starring Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox), dir. Wes Craven

Little Darlings dir. JJ Abrahms, Paramount Pictures, Midwest Search

This Must Be the Place (feature starring Sean Penn), dir. Paolo Sorrentino, (worked along with Laura Rosenthal–NY)

Real Steel (feature starring Hugh Jackman), Dreamworks, dir. Shawn Levy, (worked along with Firefly Casting–LA)

Game of Death (feature starring Wesley Snipes), dir. Georgio Serafini

Master Class (feature starring Faye Dunaway), dir. Faye Dunaway

Trust (feature starring Clive Owens) Nu Image, dir. /writer David Schwimmer

Alleged (feature starring Brian Dennehy) Dean River Productions, dir. Tom Hines (worked along with Beverly
Holloway Casting–LA)

Trivial Pursuits (SAG low budget feature), 3, 4 Women Productions, dir. Christopher and Michael Farah

Flipped (feature starring Madeline Carrol), Castle Rock Entertainment/Warner Bros., dir. Rob Reiner (worked along
with Jane Jenkins / Casting Company—LA)

Stone (feature starring Robert DeNiro and Edward Norton), Stone Pictures, dir. John Curran (worked along with
Laura Rosenthal Casting—NY)

Up in the Air (feature starring George Clooney), Paramount Pictures dir. Jason Reitman (extras casting and real people casting – Michigan)

Conviction (feature starring Hillary Swank) Innocence Films dir. Tony Goldwyn (worked along with Barden/Schnee
Casting—NY)

Meet Monica Velour (feature starring Kim Cattrall) Gilbert Films dir. Keith Bearden (worked along with Barden/Schnee Casting–NY)

 


 

TELEVISION (Midwest Casting)

American Caravan and Trading Places (Reality Show), Visionaire Media

Janet Saves the Planet and Smart Alec (Disney pilots) , It’s a Laugh Productions (Midwest search)

Gifted Hands (MOW–starring Cuba Gooding Jr.) Sony / TNT Woodbridge Productions dir. Thomas Carter
(worked along with Simon Casting–Chicago)

America (MOW–starring Rosie O’Donnell) Sony/Lifetime Woodbridge Productions dir. Yves Simoneau (worked
along with TPR Casting–Chicago / Julie Tucker–NY)

 


 

COMMERCIALS

General Motors (National), Backyard Productions, McCann Erickson (worked with O’Connor Casting–Chicago)
Pure Michigan (National), Avalon Films, McCann Erickson (multiple spots)
Saturn (Web), Strader Films, Digitas
Expedia (National / Michigan search), Avalon Films, Doner
Nike (National), MJZ, Weiden Kennedy (Extras Casting—400 crowd extras and 10 specialized extras)
Altel Wireless (National Cable), Supply and Demand, Campbell-Ewald (Principals and Extras Casting)
Cricket Wireless (National), Biscuit Filmworks, Element 39 (casting for Aretha Franklin body double)
Quicken Loans (Regional Non Union), Avalon Films
Michigan Lottery (Regional), Avalon Films, SMZ Advertising (multiple spots)
Ford (Industrial), Mindfield USA
Hungry Howie’s (National Non Union), Daniel Brian and Assoc.
Snickers (National), MJZ, BBDO
Art Van Furniture, Carlin Films
Chrysler (National), Park Pictures
The Detroit Zoo, (child search) Carlin Films, Doner
Subway, (National), Anonymous Content, dir. David Kellogg

 


 

MUSIC VIDEOS

Eminem / Beautiful, dir. Anthony Mandler
Insane Clown Posse / Chris Benoit and Hate Her to Death, dir. Deka Brothers
Skrillex / Make Dem Bun Dem, dir. Deka Brothers