Contact Bill Marinella
Bill Marinella Casting is a full-service casting company supporting major motion pictures, independent films, studio television, and commercial productions nationwide, with a strong emphasis on background and specialty casting. With decades of experience working alongside established producers, directors, and production teams, the company brings a production-grounded approach to building large-scale casts that feel authentic, organized, and production-ready.
Bill Marinella Casting specializes in assembling and managing background ensembles, stand-ins, photo doubles, specialty performers, and real-world talent that elevate realism and scale on screen. Each project is approached with a deep understanding of creative vision, logistical demands, and on-set workflow. Extensive industry relationships and nationwide talent networks allow the company to efficiently source, vet, and coordinate talent across diverse regions and project sizes. The result is casting that enhances storytelling, protects schedules and budgets, and integrates seamlessly into modern film, television, and commercial production.
No actors please, for production use only.
In the News
“Get to know Casting Director Bill Marinella” on WSAV The Bridge.
Bill Marinella featured in the “Iowa Film Tax Incentive Cancelled” report on ABC News.
Past Projects
Feature Films
Juror #2
Director: Clint Eastwood | Production Supervisor: Holly Hagy | UPM: Tim Moore
The Piano Lesson
Director: Malcolm Washington | Production Supervisor: Chrissy Rosman | UPM: Taylor Morgan
Origin
Director: Ava DuVernay | Production Supervisor: Tom Carson | UPM: Thane Watkins
Blue Beetle
Director: Angel Manuel Soto | UPM: Garrett Grant | Producer: David Seigel
Coyote vs Acme
Director: Dave Green | Producer: Chris Defaria | UPM: Carsten Lorenz
Halloween Ends
Director: David Gordon Green | UPM: Chris Warner | Production Supervisor: Brian S. Johnston
The Maggie Moore(s) (Albuquerque)
Director: John Slattery | UPM: Dan Reardon | Producers: Ross Kohn / Nancy Leopardi
Girls Getaway Gone Wrong (Savannah)
Director: Stacia Crawford | Producer: Errol Sadler | Production Supervisor: Theryn Wolfe-Hunter
A Jazzman’s Blue
Director: Tyler Perry | UPM: Tsedy Gebeyehu | Producer: Michelle Sneed
Last Seen Alive
Director: Brian Goodman | UPM: Robert Shapiro | Producer: David Shojai
Devotion
Director: JD Dillard | UPM: Barbara Kelly | Producer: Bruce Franklin
They Cloned Tyrone
Director: Juel Taylor | UPM: Jack Murray | PS: Don Hug
Respect
Director: Liesl Tommy | Producer: Scott Bernstein | PS: Simi Wein
Alice
Director: Krystin Ver Linden | Producer: Peter Lawson | UPM: Vickie Hsieh
Charm City Kings (Baltimore)
Director: Angel Manuel Soto | Producer: Marc Beinstock | PS: Jon D. Wagner
Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse (D.C. Unit)
Director: Stefano Sollima | UPM: Alison C. Rosa | PS: John Naclerio
The Devil Below
Director: Brad Parker | Producer: Alejandro De Leon | UPM: Nicole Flores
The Glorias (Savannah)
Director: Julie Taymor | UPM: David Kern | PS: Karen Ramirez
Summer Night
Director: Joseph Cross | Producer: Tara Ansley | UPM: Shepherd Ahlers
Like a Boss
Director: Miguel Arteta | Producer: Nicolas Stern | UPM: Barbara Kelly
St Agatha
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Producer: Tara Ansley | UPM: Srdjan Stakic
Really Love (Baltimore/D.C.)
Director: Angel Kristi Williams | Producer: Stephanie Allain | UPM: Caroline Connor
Wonder Woman 1984 (D.C./VA)
Director: Patty Jenkins | Producer: Charles Roven | PS: Karen Ramirez
Tragedy Girls (Kentucky)
Director: Tyler MacIntyre | Producer: Tara Ansley | UPM: Traceigh Scottel
Hidden Figures
Director: Ted Melfi | Producer: Donna Gigliotti | UPM: Kevin Halloran
All Eyez on Me
Director: Benny Boom | Producer: David Robinson | UPM: Wayne Morris
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Baltimore/D.C.)
Director: George C. Wolfe | Producer: Alan Ball | UPM: Patty Hess
Come Sunday
Director: Joshua Marston | Producer: Alissa Shipp | UPM: Jonathan Montepare
Case for Christ
Director: Jonathan Gunn | Producer: David A. R. White | UPM: Karl Hortsmann
The Birth of a Nation (Savannah)
Director: Nate Parker | Producer: Preston Holmes | UPM: Mark Moran
Almost Christmas
Director: David Talbert | Producer: Lyn Talbert | UPM: Preston Holmes
Yellow Birds
Director: Alexandre Moors | Producer: Courtney Solomon | UPM: James Spies
Big Stone Gap
Director: Adriana Trigiani | Producer: Donna Gigliotti | UPM: James Spies
Rings
Director: Javier Gutierrez | Producer: Guillermo del Toro | UPM: Lenny Vullo
Father Figures (Miami)
Director: Lawrence Sher | Producer: Ivan Reitman | UPM: Tim Bourne
Folk Hero and Funny Guy
Director: Jeff Grace | Producer: Ryan Aldrich | UPM: Alex Koehne
Pain & Gain (Miami)
Director: Michael Bay | Producer: Ian Bryce | UPM: Daren Hicks
Fundamentals of Caring
Director: Rob Burnett | Producer: Donna Gigliotti | UPM: James Spies
The Infiltrator (Tampa)
Director: Brad Furman | Producer: Bryan Cranston | UPM: Carla Aucoin
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (Miami)
Director: Walt Becker | Producer: Ross Bagdasarian | UPM: John Starke
War Dogs (Miami)
Director: Todd Phillips | Producer: Mark Gordon | UPM: David Siegel
Ride Along 2 (Miami)
Director: Tim Story | Producer: Will Packer | UPM: Barbara Kelley
Premature
Director: Dan Beers | Producer: Aaron Ryder | UPM: Robin Sweet
The Visit (Miami)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Producer: Mark Beinstock | UPM: John B. West
Bolden (Atlanta/New Orleans)
Director: Dan Pritzker | Producer: Michele Taylor | UPM: Jon Cornick & John B. West
Million Dollar Arm
Director: Craig Gillespie | Producer: Kevin Halloran | UPM: Andy Keeter
Runner Runner (Puerto Rico)
Director: Brad Furman | Producer: Jennifer Davisson Killoran | UPM: Mathew Hart
Parental Guidance
Director: Andy Fickman | Producer: Peter Chernin | UPM: Kevin Halloran
American Reunion
Director: Jon Hurwitz | Producer: Louis G. Friedman | UPM: Kathleen Keller
Footloose
Director: Craig Brewer | Producer: Neil Meron | UPM: Tim Bourne
Mean Girls 2
Director: Melanie Mayron | Producer: Peter M. Greene | UPM: George Engel
96 Minutes
Director: Aimee Lagos | Producer: Lee Clay | UPM: Mark Moran
The Experiment (Iowa)
Director: Paul Scheurling | Producer: Joel Sadilek | UPM: Haley Sweet
In the Name of the Son
Invited to the National Library of Congress, over 35 international film festivals, Oscar qualifying short film / AFI
Television Projects
Manhunt
Line Producer: Denise Pinckley | Director: Carl Franklin | Producer: John Dahl
Primo
Producer: Morgan Sackett | UPM: Mark Rabinowitz | Director: Shea Serrano
Fear the Walking Dead (Season 8)
UPM: Frank Hilderbrand | Producer: Jen Wall | Director: Various
Dark Winds (Albuquerque)
Director: Chris Eyre | UPM: Wayne Morris | Producer: Wayne Morris
The Girl From Plainville (Savannah)
Director: Liz Hannah | Producer: Neal Ahern | Production Supervisor: Chloe Mexile
The Cleaning Lady (Albuquerque)
Producer: Joe Lotito | UPM: Tammy Allen | Director: Jon Amiel
American Crime Story (D.C. Unit)
Director: Michael Uppendahl | Production Supervisor: Erin Charles | UPM: Jonathan Zurer
First Kill (Savannah Unit)
Director: Jet Wilkinson | Producer: Jim Bigwood | UPM: Elenie Mansalis
The Underground Railroad
Director: Barry Jenkins | Producer: Adele Romanski | UPM: Richleigh Heagh
The President Is Missing (Baltimore/D.C.)
Director: Robin Wright | UPM: Boris Malden | PS: Lisa Greenspan
The Plot Against America (D.C. Unit)
Director: Minki Spiro | Producer: David Simon | UPM: Patricia Hess
Doom Patrol (Seasons 1 & 2)
Producer: Gideon Amir | Director: Dermot Downs | UPM S1: Jolly Dale | S2: Katie Troebs
Swagger (Richmond, VA)
Director: Reggie Bythewood | Producer: Brian Grazer | UPM: Wayne Morris
Champaign Ill
Director: David Katzenberg | Producer: Daniel Libman | UPM: Katie Troebs
Here and Now (Portland)
Director: Alan Ball | Producer: Alan Ball | UPM: Scott Schaeffer
Cobra Kai (Seasons 1 & 2)
Director: Jon Hurwitz | Producer: Bob Wilson | UPM: Jeff Kay
Start-Up (Puerto Rico)
Director: Ben Ketai | Producer: Anne Clements | UPM: Maria Delgado
Mindhunter (Season 1 – Pittsburgh)
Director: David Fincher | Producer: Charlize Theron | UPM: Mark Winemaker
The Librarians (Season 4 – Portland)
Director: Dean Devlin | Producer: Erin Egan | UPM: Brandon Lambdin
House of Cards (Seasons 4–6 – Baltimore/D.C.)
Director: Robin Wright | PS: Lisa Greenspan | UPM: Boris Malden
The Wonderland Murders (Portland)
Director: Various | Producer: Colt Straub | UPM: Ken Charles
Shots Fired (North Carolina)
Director: Gina & Reggie Bythewood | Producer: Brian Grazer | UPM: Howard Griffith
The Originals (Seasons 4 & 5)
Director: Bethany Rooney | Producer: Bonnie Weiss | UPM: Suzanne Geiger
Notorious (Pilot)
Director: Michael Binder | Producer: Josh Berman | UPM: James Scura
Ballers (Seasons 2 & 3 – Miami/LA/SF/Las Vegas)
Director: Simon Cellan Jones | Producer: Julie Camino | UPM: Karen McCarthy
Hoke (Pilot)
Director: Scott Frank | Producer/UPM: Terry Miller | PS: EK Keratsis
Freestyle Love Supreme (Pilot)
Director: Ryan McFaul | UPM: James Spies
Star (Pilot)
Director: Lee Daniels | Producer: Neal Ahern | UPM: Elise Graham
Sleepy Hollow (Season 3)
Director: Russell Fine | Producer: Howard Griffith | UPM: David Blake Hartely
Chicago PD (Season 1 – Chicago)
Director: Fred Berner | Producer: Michele Greco | UPM: Damien Lubiak
Magic City (Seasons 1 & 2 – Miami)
Director: Fred Berner | Producer: Mitch Glazer & Fred Berner | UPM: Richard Rothschild / Damien Lubiak
The 4 to 9’rs
Director: James Widdoes | Producer: Peter Isacksen | UPM: Jimmy Sprague
I Survived (Seasons 1–3)
Director: Alex McIntosh | Producer: Catie Lamer | UPM: Mary Petryshyn
Resurrection (Pilot)
Director: Charles McDougall | Producer: Lynn Raynor | UPM: Richard Rothschild
Coma (2012 Mini-Series)
Director: Mikael Saloman | Producer: Ridley Scott | UPM: James Spies
Ring of Fire: The June Carter Cash Story
Director: Alison Anders | Producer: Damien Ganczewski | UPM: James Spies
Drop Dead Diva (Seasons 2–6)
Director: Michael Grossman | Producer: Josh Berman | UPM: Mark Tobey
Commercials / Industrial / Print / Music Videos
- ABC Family
- Albertsons
- Bosley Hair
- Capital One
- Chili’s
- Coca-Cola
- Columbus Regional Health
- Daily Advertising Shoe Carnival
- Disney Records
- Duracell
- Easy Life Furniture
- FM Rocks
- FX Network
- Honda
- Jafra Cosmetics
- McDonald’s
- MTV/VH1
- Ohio Lottery
- Pac 10
- Proctor and Gamble
- QuickBooks
- Reebok
- Sprint
- Stern Advertising
- Zaxby’s
- Stone Stanley
- Taco Bell
- TLC
- TriQC
- Turbo Max
- Ubisoft Video Games
- Young Thug
Professional References
Brad Furman – Director
Van Hayden – 1st AD
Barbara Kelly – UPM
James Spies – UPM / Producer
Angel Manuel Soto – Director
Jessica Meier – Producer
Dominic Cancilla – UPM
David Bernstein – 1st AD
Lisa Greenspan – UPM
Cheeba White – 1st AD
Nicholas Stern – UPM
Kevin Halloran – UPM
Shari Sontag – Comptroller
Tara Ansley – Producer
Dan Parr – Comptroller