CRAIG CAMPOBASSO was born in Sun Valley, California. Just out of high school, while attending acting school, he found himself working behind-the-scenes under writer/director David Lynchs’ and producer Raffaella De Laurentiis’ tutelage on Dune. Craig learned from the master storytellers, working on the entire production for 4 years. He also worked on Conan: The Destroyer at the same time as Dune, both films for Universal Pictures and shot at Estudios Churabusco in Mexico City. Raffaella gave Craig his start in the business, and later as a casting director, after he apprenticed as a Casting Associate on Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories. With over 50 films under his casting belt (Click here for IMDB Link: Craig Campobasso ) including Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (additional casting) and Redline, Craig was also nominated for an Emmy for casting David E. Kelly’s Picket Fences.
Craig and his casting partner Joy Todd have just completed casting My Life Untitled starring Jesse Johnson (Redline) and Rachel Hunter. They have also just finished casting Magic Man, a thriller starring Billy Zane, Robert Davi, Armand Assante & Bai Ling; Pizza With Bullets starring Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos) and Talia Shire (The Godfather and Rocky movies); The Perfect Host starring David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford.
They are currently casting: Cyber Planet, a kids film; Victor Hugo's The Laughing Man, a period piece; Orson Wells biopic, UAD: Unidentified Aircraft Disappearance, a paranormal movie; Bottom Line, a comedy; Bennie & Gene (The Bennie Goodman & Gene Krupa Story), a musical; Starbright, a comedy.
Craig and Joy have over 55 years casting experience between them. Some of their combined casting credits include:
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA starring Robert Deniro, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Joe Pesci, Tuesday Weld, James Woods & Jennifer Connelly for director Sergio Leone.
PICKET FENCES for FOX and CBS and David E. Kelley. Emmy nomination. Starring Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Holly Marie Combs & Ray Walston.
GODS AND GENERALS starring Robert Duvall, Mira Sorvino & Jeff Daniels.
GETTYSBURG starring Martin Sheen, Tom Berenger & Jeff Daniels.
THE GODSON starring Rodney Dangerfield & Dom DeLuise.
SCREWLOOSE starring Mel Brooks.
Q&A starring Nick Nolte & Timothy Hutton for director Sidney Lumet.
SCENES FROM A MALL starring Woody Allen & Bette Midler for director Paul Mazursky.
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME starring Tom Berenger & Mimi Rogers for director Ridley Scott.
SILENCE OF THE HAMS starring Billy Zane, Dom DeLuise, Joanna Pacula, Phyllis Diller, Larry Storch & Shelley Winters.
DEMOLITION MAN starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock & Benjamin Bratt.
MARIAS LOVERS starring Robert Mitchum, Nastassja Kinski & John Goodman for director Andrei Konchalovsky.
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW starring Jude Law, Angelina Jolie & Gwyneth Paltrow. (additional casting.)
ORIGINAL GANGSTAS starring Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Richard Roundtree, Ron O'Neal, Isabell Sandford, Robert Forster & Paul Winfield.
NEXT KARATE KID starring Hilary Swank & Pat Morita.
PRANCER starring Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda, Abe Vigoda & Ariana Richards.
THE VERDICT starring Paul Newman, Jack Warden & Charlotte Rampling for director Sidney Lumet.
MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON starring Robin Williams for director Paul Mazursky.
TREMORS 3 starring Michael Gross, Shawn Christian, Ariana Richards & Charlotte Stewart.
STREET SMART starring Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman & Kathy Baker.
