Lynn Stalmaster

Production

17 Nov 1927

† 12 Feb 2021

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Biography

Lynn Stalmaster (November 17, 1927 – February 12, 2021) was an American casting director born in Omaha, Nebraska. Over a career of more than five decades he cast films and television productions including Superman, The Right Stuff, Tootsie, First Blood, Spaceballs and The Bonfire of the Vanities, as well as Brian De Palma's Blow Out and Casualties of War. In 2016 he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first casting director to be honored with an Oscar.