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Melissa Kostenbauder

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
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Melissa Kostenbauder
Melissa Kostenbauder is known for The Studio (2025), Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) and Tokyo Vice (2022).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Seth Rogen in The Studio (2025)
    The Studio
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Solomon Hughes, Sean Patrick Small, Hadley Robinson, and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
    Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    Rinko Kikuchi, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ansel Elgort, and Shô Kasamatsu in Tokyo Vice (2022)
    Tokyo Vice
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    Kathy Bates, Rachel McAdams, and Abby Ryder Fortson in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
    Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
    7.3
    • Casting Director
    • 2023

    Credits

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    Casting Director

    • The Studio
      • casting director
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Youth Juice
      • casting director
      • Post-production
    • Until the Wedding
      • Casting Director
      • Completed
      • TV Movie
    • Trigger Point
      • Casting Director
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Midnight Sun
      • casting director
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
    • Greyhound 2
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
    • Better Than the Movies
      • casting director
      • Filming
    • He Bled Neon (2026)
      He Bled Neon
      5.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2026
    • Juliette Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Jason Segel, Keith Jardine, and Samara Weaving in Over Your Dead Body (2026)
      Over Your Dead Body
      6.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2026
    • Seth Rogen in The Studio (2025)
      The Studio
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Désiré Mia in Absolute Dominion (2025)
      Absolute Dominion
      4.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Aaron Paul and Eiza González in Ash (2025)
      Ash
      4.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Manless
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Nick Frost, Anitta Suikkari, Maisie Ayres, Aisling Bea, and Sebastian Croft in Get Away (2024)
      Get Away
      5.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Rinko Kikuchi, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Ansel Elgort, and Shô Kasamatsu in Tokyo Vice (2022)
      Tokyo Vice
      8.1
      TV Series
      • casting by
      • Casting Director
      • 2022–2024
    • Wild Life
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Alicia Silverstone, Nick Frost, Walt Klink, and Gaite Jansen in Krazy House (2024)
      Krazy House
      4.8
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • John C. Reilly, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Solomon Hughes, Sean Patrick Small, Hadley Robinson, and Quincy Isaiah in Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022)
      Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2022–2023
    • The Slumber Party (2023)
      The Slumber Party
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Kathy Bates, Rachel McAdams, and Abby Ryder Fortson in Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023)
      Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
      7.3
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
      The L Word: Generation Q
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2022–2023
    • Britt Lower and Clara McGregor in Show Pony (2022)
      Show Pony
      7.2
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2022

    Casting Department

    • Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)
      The Revenant
      8.0
      • casting associate
      • 2015
    • Michael Fassbender in Steve Jobs (2015)
      Steve Jobs
      7.2
      • casting associate: Los Angeles
      • 2015
    • Kevin Bacon, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Peter Sarsgaard, Corey Stoll, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Black Mass (2015)
      Black Mass
      6.8
      • casting associate
      • 2015
    • Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Emily Blunt in Sicario (2015)
      Sicario
      7.7
      • casting associate
      • 2015
    • Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, and Naomi Watts in The Sea of Trees (2015)
      The Sea of Trees
      6.1
      • casting associate
      • 2015
    • Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
      Fifty Shades of Grey
      4.2
      • casting associate
      • 2015
    • Alicia Vikander in Ex Machina (2014)
      Ex Machina
      7.7
      • casting associate
      • 2014
    • Jack O'Connell in Unbroken (2014)
      Unbroken
      7.2
      • casting associate
      • 2014
    • Joel Kinnaman in RoboCop (2014)
      RoboCop
      6.1
      • casting associate
      • 2014
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (2013)
      12 Years a Slave
      8.1
      • casting associate
      • 2013
    • Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Craig Robinson, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, and Jonah Hill in This Is the End (2013)
      This Is the End
      6.6
      • casting associate
      • 2013
    • Promised Land (2012)
      Promised Land
      6.6
      • casting associate: Los Angeles
      • 2012
    • Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games (2012)
      The Hunger Games
      7.2
      • casting associate
      • 2012
    • Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, and Emanuel Ragsdale in A Thousand Words (2012)
      A Thousand Words
      5.9
      • casting assistant
      • 2012
    • Adam Sandler in Jack and Jill (2011)
      Jack and Jill
      3.3
      • casting associate
      • 2011
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