Guymon Casady

He is the son of Kent Casady and Janed Guymon. His great-grandfather was Edward "E.T." Guymon, after whom the city of Guymon, Oklahoma is named.^[2] His paternal grandfather was the publisher and political figure Simon Casady (1908-1995).^[3] He is a descendant of Daniel Boone through his paternal grandmother.^[3] His great-grandfather Thomas Casady was the first bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma, and founder of the Casady School. His great-great grandather Simon Casady (1852-1928) was a prominent banker in Iowa.

Casady grew up in Mission Hills, San Diego and graduated from University of San Diego High School in 1987.^[4] He earned a B.A. in European history and art history^{[citation needed]} from the University of Pennsylvania.^[5][6]

Casady began his career in Hollywood working as an assistant in the Motion Picture Talent Department at Creative Artists Agency.^[7] He left CAA to work for Propaganda Films CEO Steve Golin. He was promoted to a development/production executive and worked on The Game and Being John Malkovich.^{[citation needed]} Casady left Propaganda to work as a manager at Industry Entertainment.^[7] On November 13, 2002, Casady, Eric Kranzler and David Seltzer started a new venture, Management 360, a start up talent management production company they cofounded with Suzan Bymel, Evelyn O’Neill, and Daniel Rappaport.^[8] Shortly after forming Management 360, the company signed an overall production deal with Warner Bros. Studio on July 7, 2003.^[9]

From 2011 to 2017, Casady produced the Motion Picture & Television Fund's annual Reel Stories, Real Lives evening to raise money and build next generation awareness for the organization.^{[citation needed]} In 2024, he was the originating^{[clarification needed]} producer of the Universal Studios movie, The Fall Guy, which starred Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.^[10]

He is married to Robyn Norris Casady. They have 2 children.^[5]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.