Ellen Chenoweth

Ellen Chenoweth

Known for
Production

Biography

Ellen Chenoweth is an American casting director. For her second film, Barry Levinson's Diner, she cast many then relatively unknown actors including Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Paul Reiser, and Ellen Barkin. A year later, she helped cast the film Terms of Endearment. In the late 1970s, Chenoweth was an office manager for the Actors Studio. She helped discover an unknown theater actor named Mickey Rourke for the 1980 television film City in Fear. In the 1980s, Chenoweth was the casting director for The Natural, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ruthless People, and Broadcast News. She was also the casting director for O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Good Night, and Good Luck, No Country for Old Men, Doubt, Michael Clayton, True Grit, Burn After Reading, Men in Black 3, Bugsy and The Bourne Legacy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ellen Chenoweth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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Go, Beavers!

Go, Beavers!

Movie · Casting

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The Maneken

The Maneken

Movie · Casting Director

2026
The Julia Set poster

The Julia Set

Movie · Casting

2025
Honey Don't! poster

Honey Don't!

Movie · Casting

2025
Eddington poster

Eddington

Movie · Casting

2025
The Alto Knights poster

The Alto Knights

Movie · Casting

2024
Drive-Away Dolls poster

Drive-Away Dolls

Movie · Casting

2023
Dark Harvest poster

Dark Harvest

Movie · Casting

2023
Past Lives poster

Past Lives

Movie · Casting

2022
Deep Water poster

Deep Water

Movie · Casting

2022
The Survivor poster

The Survivor

Movie · Casting

2022
Confess, Fletch poster

Confess, Fletch

Movie · Casting

2022
Causeway poster

Causeway

Movie · Casting

2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth poster

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Movie · Casting

2021
The Woman in the Window poster

The Woman in the Window

Movie · Casting

2020
The Undoing poster

The Undoing

TV · Casting · 6 eps

2019
In the Shadow of the Moon poster

In the Shadow of the Moon

Movie · Casting

2019
The Goldfinch poster

The Goldfinch

Movie · Casting

2018
Paterno poster

Paterno

Movie · Casting

2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Movie · Casting

2017
Suburbicon poster

Suburbicon

Movie · Casting

2017
The Wizard of Lies poster

The Wizard of Lies

Movie · Casting

2016
Hail, Caesar! poster

Hail, Caesar!

Movie · Casting

2013
Inside Llewyn Davis poster

Inside Llewyn Davis

Movie · Casting

2012
Men in Black 3 poster

Men in Black 3

Movie · Casting

2012
The Bourne Legacy poster

The Bourne Legacy

Movie · Casting

2012
The Bay poster

The Bay

Movie · Casting

2011
The Ides of March poster

The Ides of March

Movie · Casting

2010
True Grit poster

True Grit

Movie · Casting

2010
You Don't Know Jack poster

You Don't Know Jack

Movie · Casting

2009
It's Complicated poster

It's Complicated

Movie · Casting

2009
A Serious Man poster

A Serious Man

Movie · Casting

2009
Duplicity poster

Duplicity

Movie · Casting

2008
Burn After Reading poster

Burn After Reading

Movie · Casting

2008
Gran Torino poster

Gran Torino

Movie · Casting

2008
Changeling poster

Changeling

Movie · Casting

2008
Doubt poster

Doubt

Movie · Casting

2008
Leatherheads poster

Leatherheads

Movie · Casting

2007
No Country for Old Men poster

No Country for Old Men

Movie · Casting

2007
Michael Clayton poster

Michael Clayton

Movie · Casting

2006
Find Me Guilty poster

Find Me Guilty

Movie · Casting

2006
Infamous poster

Infamous

Movie · Casting

2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. poster

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Movie · Casting

2004
The Ladykillers poster

The Ladykillers

Movie · Casting

2003
Intolerable Cruelty poster

Intolerable Cruelty

Movie · Casting

2003
Mona Lisa Smile poster

Mona Lisa Smile

Movie · Casting

2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind poster

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Movie · Casting

2002
Showtime poster

Showtime

Movie · Casting

2002
Analyze That poster

Analyze That

Movie · Casting

2001
Bandits poster

Bandits

Movie · Casting

2001
The Man Who Wasn't There poster

The Man Who Wasn't There

Movie · Casting

2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Movie · Casting

2000
Meet the Parents poster

Meet the Parents

Movie · Casting

1999
Analyze This poster

Analyze This

Movie · Casting

1999
Arlington Road poster

Arlington Road

Movie · Casting

1999
Forever Mine poster

Forever Mine

Movie · Casting

1999
Liberty Heights poster

Liberty Heights

Movie · Casting

1999
Pushing Tin poster

Pushing Tin

Movie · Casting

1998
The Horse Whisperer poster

The Horse Whisperer

Movie · Casting

1998
Affliction poster

Affliction

Movie · Casting

1998
Sphere poster

Sphere

Movie · Casting

1997
Wag the Dog poster

Wag the Dog

Movie · Casting

1997
The Jackal poster

The Jackal

Movie · Casting

1997
Destination Anywhere poster

Destination Anywhere

Movie · Casting

1997
Lolita poster

Lolita

Movie · Casting

1997
Going All the Way poster

Going All the Way

Movie · Casting

1997
Metro poster

Metro

Movie · Casting

1996
Faithful poster

Faithful

Movie · Casting

1995
The Bridges of Madison County poster

The Bridges of Madison County

Movie · Casting

1994
Nobody's Fool poster

Nobody's Fool

Movie · Casting

1994
Disclosure poster

Disclosure

Movie · Casting

1993
A Bronx Tale poster

A Bronx Tale

Movie · Casting

1993
Six Degrees of Separation poster

Six Degrees of Separation

Movie · Casting

1992
The Dark Wind poster

The Dark Wind

Movie · Casting

1992
Toys poster

Toys

Movie · Casting

1992
Light Sleeper poster

Light Sleeper

Movie · Casting

1991
Bugsy poster

Bugsy

Movie · Casting

1990
Avalon poster

Avalon

Movie · Casting

1990
Everybody Wins poster

Everybody Wins

Movie · Casting

1989
Enemies, a Love Story poster

Enemies, a Love Story

Movie · Casting

1989
She-Devil poster

She-Devil

Movie · Casting

1989
Valmont poster

Valmont

Movie · Casting

1989
Cookie poster

Cookie

Movie · Casting

1988
Moon Over Parador poster

Moon Over Parador

Movie · Casting

1987
Broadcast News poster

Broadcast News

Movie · Casting

1987
Aria poster

Aria

Movie · Casting Director

1986
Ruthless People poster

Ruthless People

Movie · Casting

1986
Down and Out in Beverly Hills poster

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

Movie · Casting

1985
Sweet Dreams poster

Sweet Dreams

Movie · Casting

1985
The Bride poster

The Bride

Movie · Casting

1985
Alamo Bay poster

Alamo Bay

Movie · Casting

1984
Don Camillo poster

Don Camillo

Movie · Casting

1984
The Natural poster

The Natural

Movie · Casting

1983
Strange Invaders poster

Strange Invaders

Movie · Casting Consultant

1983
Terms of Endearment poster

Terms of Endearment

Movie · Casting

1983
Diner poster

Diner

Movie · Casting

1982
Diner poster

Diner

Movie · Casting

1982
My Favorite Year poster

My Favorite Year

Movie · Casting

1981
Quest for Fire poster

Quest for Fire

Movie · Casting

1981
Shock Treatment poster

Shock Treatment

Movie · Casting