Background

Mindy Marin was born on February 15, 1960, in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. She is the daughter of John and Jana (Meek) Marin.

Career

Marin began her career in the field of casting in the television division at Paramount Pictures in 1978. Following two years in the department at Paramount, she moved to Warner Bros. Television where she was assigned the casting of her own projects.

In 1989, Marin formed her own company, Casting Artists, Inc. Since that time she has cast more than seventy-five films. In 1991, Marin formed a production company, Bluewater Ranch Entertainment, as well as Bluewater Ranch Books, headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and in 1996 the film 2 Days in the Valley was released, marking her first production working as an associate producer. She has also been an associate producer on The Deep End, a co-producer on Thank You for Smoking, The Family Stone, and The Alibi, and an executive producer on Night at the Golden Eagle.

Marin also wrote and published her first book, The Secret to Tender Pie in 1994.

Marin has just completed casting on Imagine written and directed by Dan Fogelman starring Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner and Christopher Plummer and The Good Lie for Imagine Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment and Black Label Media, inspired by the stories of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Recent credits include The Hangover III directed by Todd Phillips for Warner Bros., Paramount's Jack Reacher, starring Tom Cruise and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Drive, starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan and Warner Bros' and Crazy, Stupid, Love starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore and Emma Stone. Past credits include Fox Searchlight's 2008 Oscar Nominee for Best Picture Juno, Up in the Air starring George Clooney, and Wanted starring Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, and James McAvoy.

Marin is currently working on a TV series Ain't Life Grand partially inspired by her book The Secret to Tender Pie. She makes her home in both Santa Monica, California and at Bluewater Ranch North in Bolinas, California.

Achievements

• Marin is predominantly known for her casting in film and television. During her long career, she has cast over 70 films including Cliffhanger, Clear and Present Danger, Face/Off, Juno, and Thank You for Smoking, which she also co-produced. She has been nominated for four Artios awards and one Emmy. In 2013 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a Member-At-Large.
  
  Marin is also known as the author of The Secret to Tender Pie of 1994, a book containing favourite recipes of grandmothers from across the country, including her own.

Works

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• book

  • The Secret to Tender Pie

    (America's Grandmothers Share Their Favorite Recipes)

    1997

• movie

  • Watch 2 Days in the Valley

    (In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley...)

    1996
  • Watch The Family Stone

    (Chaos reigns when a son, intent on proposing to his uptig...)

    2005
  • Watch Alibi

    (When neurotic Greg is implicated in his business partner'...)

    2003
  • Watch Thank You for Smoking

    (Based on Christopher Buckley's acclaimed 1994 novel of th...)

  • Watch The Deep End

    (A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her s...)

  • Night at the Golden Eagle 2002

Membership

Marin is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and Casting Society of America.

Connections

Father:

John Marin

Mother:

Jana (Meek) Marin