Margery Simkin

Margery Simkin

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Avatar 5

Avatar 5

2031

Casting

The fifth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Avatar 4

Avatar 4

2029

Casting

The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise.

Dust Bunny

Dust Bunny

2026

Casting Director

Directing

An eight-year-old girl asks her scheming neighbor for help in killing the monster under her bed that she thinks ate her family.

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025

Casting

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash Peop...

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

2025

Casting

7.0

A group of animals rebel against their human owners and take over the farm. Their uprising over, they are presented with a fresh set of challenges und...

Star Trek: Section 31

Star Trek: Section 31

2025

Casting

4.8

Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Federation of Planets and faces the sins of her past.

Hitpig!

Hitpig!

2024

Casting

6.5

A porcine bounty hunter accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant. Though he initially sets out to capture the perky pachyderm, the u...

Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022

Casting

7.6

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follo...

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20

2022

as Self

7.1
Acting

An inside look at one of the most anticipated movie sequels ever with James Cameron and cast.

Jerry & Marge Go Large

Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022

Casting

7.4

The remarkable true story of how retiree Jerry Selbee discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery and, with the help of his wife, M...

If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams

If You Build It: 30 Years of Field of Dreams

2021

as Self

Acting

More than just a baseball movie, Academy Award®-nominated "Field of Dreams" is an enduring story of family, resilience and hope. This documentary look...

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

2021

Casting

6.5

After saving the life of their heir apparent, tenacious loner Snake Eyes is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage where he is t...

Wonder Park

Wonder Park

2019

Casting

6.5

A young girl named June with a big imagination makes an incredible discovery -- the amusement park of her dreams has come to life. Filled with the wor...

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

The Angriest Man in Brooklyn

2014

Casting

5.7

After learning that a brain aneurysm will kill him in about 90 minutes, a perpetually unhappy man struggles to come to terms with his fate and make am...

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden

2014

Casting

6.6

Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the b...

Pacific Rim

Pacific Rim

2013

Casting

6.9

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pac...

Whitewash

Whitewash

2013

Casting

5.9

In the harsh, wintry woods of rural Quebec, Bruce (Thomas Haden Church), a down-on-his-luck snowplow operator, accidentally kills a man during a drunk...

Beautiful Creatures

Beautiful Creatures

2013

Casting

6.0

Ethan Wate just wants to get to know Lena Duchannes better, but unbeknownst to him, Lena has strange powers. As Lena's 16th birthday approaches she m...

Hope Springs

Hope Springs

2012

Casting

6.3

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.

Red Tails

Red Tails

2012

Casting

6.6

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

The Big Year

The Big Year

2011

Casting

6.0

Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare b...

Coming Up Roses

Coming Up Roses

2011

Casting

5.0

A drama centered on a former actress who subjects her 15-year-old daughter to a series of depressed small towns, money woes, failed love affairs, and ...

Capturing Avatar

Capturing Avatar

2010

as Self

7.0
Acting

Capturing Avatar is a feature length behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Avatar. It uses footage from the film's development, as well as...

The Legend of Hallowdega

The Legend of Hallowdega

2010

Casting

4.0

The host of an investigative news show joins forces with a techno-geek paranormal expert to dodge close-calls and chase crazy leads to get to the bott...

Extraordinary Measures

Extraordinary Measures

2010

Casting

6.3

Working-class father John Crowley is finally on the fast track to corporate success when his two young children are diagnosed with Pompe disease—a con...

The Odds

The Odds

2010

Casting

A couple of Las Vegas police officers live a life almost as wild as the crimes they investigate.

Avatar

Avatar

2009

Casting

7.6

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecti...

Marley & Me

Marley & Me

2008

Casting

7.2

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packe...

The Evening Journey

2008

Casting

The story of Fishberg, a small hard working fishing town and it's inhabitants....

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen

2008

as Self - US Casting Director

7.8
Acting

This is an all new feature length documentary, with interviews from almost everyone involved with the production of the film. Gilliam never shies away...

The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy

2007

Casting

6.4

Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a...

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

2007

Casting

7.9

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

Freedomland

Freedomland

2006

Casting

5.2

A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

xXx: State of the Union

xXx: State of the Union

2005

Casting

5.1

Darius Stone's criminal record and extreme sports obsession make him the perfect candidate to be the newest XXX agent. He must save the U.S. governmen...

Christmas with the Kranks

Christmas with the Kranks

2004

Casting

6.1

When their only daughter Blair leaves the family nest, Luther and Nora Krank decide to book an island cruise to beat the yuletide blues and just skip ...

Noel

Noel

2004

Casting

5.8

Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospita...

The Forgotten

The Forgotten

2004

Casting

5.9

Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has c...

Radio

Radio

2003

Casting

7.3

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man nic...

Duplex

Duplex

2003

Casting

6.1

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy

2002

Casting

5.9

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by s...

The Score

The Score

2001

Casting

6.7

An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Evolution

Evolution

2001

Casting

6.1

A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the ...

South Pacific

South Pacific

2001

Casting

4.9

During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. Th...

Erin Brockovich

Erin Brockovich

2000

Casting

7.4

A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work fo...

Two of Us

Two of Us

2000

Casting

5.8

In this purely fictional story, Paul McCartney drops by The Dakota to visit John Lennon in 1976. Paul is still on top of the music world, reaching #1 ...

Bowfinger

Bowfinger

1999

Casting

6.2

On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie....

Life

Life

1999

Casting

6.7

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

Living Out Loud

Living Out Loud

1998

Casting

5.9

Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor, has been having an affair with a younger woman. J...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998

Casting

7.2

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycl...

In & Out

In & Out

1997

Casting

6.5

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

Daylight

Daylight

1996

Casting

6.1

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosi...

For Hope

For Hope

1996

Casting

6.0

The life and death of a young woman who suffered from scleroderma, and how she and her family coped.

DragonHeart

DragonHeart

1996

Casting

6.5

In an ancient time when majestic fire-breathers soared through the skies, a knight named Bowen comes face to face and heart to heart with the last dra...

Beautiful Girls

Beautiful Girls

1996

Casting

6.7

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connec...

Twelve Monkeys

Twelve Monkeys

1995

Casting

7.6

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all...

The Indian in the Cupboard

The Indian in the Cupboard

1995

Casting

6.5

A nine-year-old boy gets a plastic Indian and a cupboard for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life and be...

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

Ri¢hie Ri¢h

1994

Casting

5.9

Billionaire heir Richie Rich has it all, including Reggie Jackson as a batting coach and Claudia Schiffer as a personal trainer -- but no playmates. W...

PCU

PCU

1994

Casting

6.0

Nervous high school senior Tom Lawrence visits Port Chester University, where he gets a taste of politically correct college life when he's guided by ...

Mermaids

Mermaids

1990

Casting

6.7

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move t...

Vital Signs

Vital Signs

1990

Casting

4.9

As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they mu...

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

1989

Casting

7.1

Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's direct...

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

1988

Casting

7.0

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

Housekeeping

Housekeeping

1987

Casting

6.6

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the...

Critical Condition

Critical Condition

1987

Casting

5.5

Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital ...

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Casting

6.9

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and...

Top Gun

Top Gun

1986

Casting

7.1

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pi...

Streets of Gold

Streets of Gold

1986

Casting

5.0

Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Je...

Insignificance

Insignificance

1985

Casting

6.4

Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually in...

Brazil

Brazil

1985

Casting

7.7

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautif...

Mrs. Soffel

Mrs. Soffel

1984

Casting

6.0

Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting executio...

The Flamingo Kid

The Flamingo Kid

1984

Casting

6.0

Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flaming...

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop

1984

Casting

7.2

Fast-talking, quick-thinking Detroit street cop Axel Foley has bent more than a few rules and regs in his time, but when his best friend is murdered, ...

Footloose

Footloose

1984

Casting

6.7

When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he...

Reckless

Reckless

1984

Casting

5.8

Teenager Johnny Rourke is reckless. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, he breaks the law and girls' hearts with equal cool. Cheerleader Tracey Pres...

Testament

Testament

1983

Casting

6.4

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has bee...

Eureka

Eureka

1983

Casting

5.3

After striking it rich on a large gold strike, a prospector retires to the quiet life on a Caribbean island but ends up coping with an alcoholic wife,...

Baby It's You

Baby It's You

1983

Casting

5.9

In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

1982

Casting

6.3

Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.

Tex

Tex

1982

Location Casting

6.1

After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.

Pink Floyd: The Wall

Pink Floyd: The Wall

1982

Additional Casting, Casting

8.0

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Times Square

Times Square

1980

Casting

6.6

When a 13-year-old girl befriends a defiant antisocial child of the streets, the mismatched runaways set off to the Big Apple to find their own advent...