Sarah Halley Finn

Sarah Halley Finn
Sarah Halley Finn
Alma mater	Yale University (BA)
Occupations	Casting director; Producer;
Years active	1997–present

Sarah Halley Finn is an American casting director and producer. Finn has cast over 150 feature films and is best known for casting the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, the most successful film franchise of all time.^[1]

AlmamaterYale University (BA)

Occupations

Casting director
Producer

Yearsactive1997–present

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She also cast and co-produced^[2] Oscar winning Best Picture Everything Everywhere All at Once, the most awarded film in movie history.^[3] It won three out of four acting categories at the 95th Academy Awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress – a feat only achieved twice before, and not since 1976. The film also holds the record for most Screen Actors Guild Award wins for a single film.^[4]

Other works include Oscar-winning films Black Panther; Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; and Crash; all of which earned Finn the Casting Society of America’s highest honor, the Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting.^[5]^[6]^[7] Those films also won the prestigious SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. In 2023 Finn was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Casting and won the Artios Zeitgeist award for her work on Everything Everywhere All At Once.^[8] In 2022, she received two Primetime Emmy nominations for her work casting WandaVision and The Mandalorian.^[9]

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Year	Title	Casting director	Producer	Notes
1998	Paulie	Yes	No
1999	Varsity Blues	Yes	No
	200 Cigarettes	Yes	No
	Double Jeopardy	Yes	No
2000	Mission: Impossible II	Yes	No
2001	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Yes	No
	Life as a House	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
	Crazy/Beautiful	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama
2002	The Scorpion King	Yes	No
	Blue Crush	Yes	No
	You Stupid Man	Yes	No
2003	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	Yes	No
2003	S.W.A.T.	Yes	No
2004	Miracle	Yes	No
	Walking Tall	Yes	No
	A Cinderella Story	Yes	No
	Crash	Yes	Co-producer	Won – Artios Award for Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama; Won – Black Reel Award for Best Ensemble
2005	Coach Carter	Yes	No
	Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Yes	Co-producer	Nominated – Artios Award for Best Independent Feature Film Casting
	Ice Princess	Yes	No
	Dreamer	Yes	No
2006	She's the Man	Yes	No
	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Yes	No
	The Guardian	Yes	No
	Home of the Brave	Yes	No
2007	In the Valley of Elah	Yes	No
2008	Quid Pro Quo	Yes	Co-producer
	Vantage Point	Yes	No
	Never Back Down	Yes	No
	Iron Man	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio Feature - Drama
	W.	Yes	No
2009	Hotel for Dogs	Yes	No
	Race to Witch Mountain	Yes	No
	Fast & Furious	Yes	No
	Couples Retreat	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy
2010	Kick-Ass	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Feature - Studio or Independent Comedy
	Iron Man 2	Yes	No
	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	Yes	No
	Tron: Legacy	Yes	No
2011	Thor	Yes	No
	Captain America: The First Avenger	Yes	No
	Cowboys & Aliens	Yes	No
2012	Safe House	Yes	No
	The Avengers	Yes	No
	Seven Psychopaths	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Comedy
2013	Iron Man 3	Yes	No
2013	Thor: The Dark World	Yes	No
2014	Chef	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Comedy
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Yes	No
	Godzilla	Yes	No
	Guardians of the Galaxy	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy
	As Above, So Below	Yes	No
2015	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Yes	No
	The Little Prince	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Animation Feature
	Ant-Man	Yes	No
2016	The Jungle Book	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Animation Feature
	Captain America: Civil War	Yes	No
	The Nice Guys	Yes	No
	Doctor Strange	Yes	No
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Yes	No
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy
	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Yes	No
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Yes	No	Won – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Studio or Independent Feature - Drama; Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Casting
	Thor: Ragnarok	Yes	No
2018	Black Panther	Yes	No	Won – Artios Zeitgeist Award
	Pacific Rim: Uprising	Yes	No
	Avengers: Infinity War	Yes	No
	Ant-Man and the Wasp	Yes	No
	Skyscraper	Yes	No
	The Predator	Yes	No
2019	Captain Marvel	Yes	No
	Avengers: Endgame	Yes	No
	Pokémon: Detective Pikachu	Yes	No
	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Yes	No
	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Yes	No
	The Lion King	Yes	No	Won – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Animation Feature
	Dora and the Lost City of Gold	Yes	No
	Mosul	Yes	No
2021	Godzilla vs. Kong	Yes	No
	Black Widow	Yes	No
	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy
	Eternals	Yes	No
	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Yes	No	Won – Artios Zeitgeist Award
2022	Everything Everywhere All at Once	Yes	Co-producer	Won – SAG Award for Outstanding Cast; Won – SAG Award for Best Actress; Won – SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress; Won – SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor; Won – Artios Zeitgeist Award; Won – Hollywood Critics Association for Best Casting Director; Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Casting; Nominated – Black Reel Award for Outstanding Ensemble
	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	Yes	No
	Thor: Love and Thunder	Yes	No
	The Gray Man	Yes	No
	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Yes	No	Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Drama
2023	One True Loves	Yes	Yes
	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Yes	No
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	Yes	No
	The Marvels	Yes	No
2024	Deadpool & Wolverine	Yes	No
2025	Captain America: Brave New World	Yes	No
	The Electric State	Yes	No
	Thunderbolts*	Yes	No
	The Fantastic Four: First Steps	Yes	No
	Play Dirty	Yes	No
2026	The Bluff	Yes	Executive producer
	Spider-Man: Brand New Day	Yes	No
	Avengers: Doomsday	Yes	No
2027	Godzilla x Kong: Supernova	Yes	No
TBA	Wild Horse Nine	Yes	No

Year	Title	Casting director	Producer	No. of episodes	Notes
2015	Agent Carter	Yes	No	8 episodes
2018	Deadly Class	Yes	No	1 episode
2019–20	Emergence	Yes	No	9 episodes
2013–20	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Yes	No	100 episodes
2019–23	The Mandalorian	Yes	Consulting producer	24 episodes	Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series; Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Pilot and First Season - Drama; Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Television Series - Drama
2021	WandaVision	Yes	Consulting producer	9 episodes	Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie; Nominated – Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Limited Series
2021	The Falcon and the Winter Soldier	Yes	Consulting producer	6 episodes
2021–23	Loki	Yes	Consulting producer	12 episodes (as CD), 12 episodes (as consulting producer)
2021–23	What If...?	Yes	Consulting producer	8 episodes (as CD), 9 episodes (as consulting producer)
2021	Hawkeye	Yes	Consulting producer	6 episodes
2021–22	The Book of Boba Fett	Yes	Consulting producer	7 episodes
2022	Moon Knight	Yes	Consulting producer	6 episodes (as CD), 3 episodes (as consulting producer)
	The First Lady	Yes	Consulting producer	5 episodes
	Ms. Marvel	Yes	No	6 episodes
	She-Hulk: Attorney at Law	Yes	No	9 episodes
	Werewolf by Night	Yes	Consulting producer	TV special
	The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special	Yes	Consulting producer	TV special
2023	Secret Invasion	Yes	No	6 episodes
2024	Echo	Yes	Consulting producer	5 episodes
2024	Agatha All Along	Yes	Consulting producer	9 episodes
2024–25	Star Wars: Skeleton Crew	Yes	Consulting producer	8 episodes
2025	Ironheart	Yes	Consulting producer	6 episodes

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