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Janet Hirshenson

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Janet Hirshenson
Janet Hirshenson is known for Home Alone (1990), Parenthood (1989) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 wins & 14 nominations total

    Known for

    Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern in Home Alone (1990)
    Home Alone
    7.8
    • Casting Director
    • 1990
    Steve Martin, Keanu Reeves, Martha Plimpton, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Jason Robards, Dianne Wiest, and Mary Steenburgen in Parenthood (1989)
    Parenthood
    7.1
    • Casting Director
    • 1989
    Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    7.7
    • Casting Director
    • 2001
    Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind (2001)
    A Beautiful Mind
    8.2
    • Casting Director
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Casting Director

    • Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Rob Reiner, and James Marsden in Shock and Awe (2017)
      Shock and Awe
      6.4
      • Casting Director (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Ally Sheedy, Mitchel Musso, Lucas Till, Joel Courtney, Bridger Zadina, and Dani Knights in Sins of Our Youth (2014)
      Sins of Our Youth
      5.2
      • casting by
      • 2014
    • James McAvoy in Filth (2013)
      Filth
      7.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2013
    • Vince Vaughn and Kevin James in The Dilemma (2011)
      The Dilemma
      5.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2011
    • Madeline Carroll and Callan McAuliffe in Flipped (2010)
      Flipped
      7.6
      • casting by
      • 2010
    • Logan Lerman in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
      Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
      5.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2010
    • Colin Ford and Chloë Grace Moretz in Jack and the Beanstalk (2009)
      Jack and the Beanstalk
      4.7
      • casting by
      • 2009
    • Bruce Willis in Surrogates (2009)
      Surrogates
      6.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2009
    • Matthew Lillard and Vanessa Angel in Endless Bummer (2009)
      Endless Bummer
      3.7
      • Casting Director
      • 2009
    • Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons (2009)
      Angels & Demons
      6.7
      • Casting Director
      • 2009
    • Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)
      Frost/Nixon
      7.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2008
    • Language of the Enemy (2008)
      Language of the Enemy
      6.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2008
    • Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson in The Bucket List (2007)
      The Bucket List
      7.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2007
    • Peter Cullen, Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, and Megan Fox in Transformers (2007)
      Transformers
      7.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2007
    • Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black in The Holiday (2006)
      The Holiday
      7.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2006

    Casting Department

    • Hayden Panettiere and Paul Rust in I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
      I Love You, Beth Cooper
      5.4
      • casting: USA
      • 2009
    • Brad Pitt, Sean Bean, Saffron Burrows, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger, and Garrett Hedlund in Troy (2004)
      Troy
      7.3
      • casting consultant: USA
      • 2004
    • Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in Die Another Day (2002)
      Die Another Day
      6.1
      • casting: USA
      • 2002
    • Will Patton, Gil Bellows, Gloria Reuben, and Paige Turco in The Agency (2001)
      The Agency
      7.3
      TV Series
      • original casting by
      • 2001
    • John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr., Seth Green, Jon Lovitz, Breckin Meyer, and Amy Smart in Rat Race (2001)
      Rat Race
      6.5
      • casting
      • 2001
    • The Magnificent Seven (1998)
      The Magnificent Seven
      7.4
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 1998–2000
    • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life (1999)
      The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
      7.1
      Video
      • casting director: USA
      • 1999
    • Pierce Brosnan, Teri Hatcher, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Judi Dench, Desmond Llewelyn, and Cecilie Thomsen in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
      Tomorrow Never Dies
      6.5
      • casting: USA
      • 1997
    • Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
      The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
      7.3
      TV Series
      • casting: USA
      • 1992
    • Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, and Peter O'Toole in High Spirits (1988)
      High Spirits
      5.8
      • casting: US
      • 1988
    • Alexandra Paul in Out of the Shadows (1988)
      Out of the Shadows
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • casting: USA
      • 1988
    • Mary Stuart Masterson and D.B. Sweeney in Gardens of Stone (1987)
      Gardens of Stone
      6.3
      • casting: West Coast
      • 1987
    • On Fire (1987)
      On Fire
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • additional casting
      • 1987
    • Kim Basinger and Richard Gere in No Mercy (1986)
      No Mercy
      5.7
      • additional casting: Los Angeles
      • 1986
    • John Paragon in The Frog Prince (1986)
      The Frog Prince
      6.3
      • additional casting: Los Angeles (uncredited)
      • 1986

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    Casting Society (CSA)

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Janet J. Hirschenson
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      • 2 Print Biographies

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Always works with casting director Jane Jenkins.
    • Trademark
      Frequently provides the casting for the films directed by Ron Howard, Rob Reiner, John Hughes, Wolfgang Petersen and Francis Ford Coppola.

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