Carmen Cuba is a casting director. Cuba began her casting career in 1999, working with filmmaker Larry Clark on\u00a0Bully\u00a0and\u00a0Ken Park. This early experience led to a long-standing collaboration with Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, casting various projects from the experimental\u00a0Bubble\u00a0to 2023’s\u00a0Magic Mike’s Last Dance. She has also collaborated with Ridley Scott on\u00a0The Martian,\u00a0Alien: Covenant, and\u00a0All the Money in the World.<\/p>\n
Her film credits include Leos Carax’s\u00a0Annette, Lana Wachowski’s\u00a0The Matrix Resurrections, Jane Campion’s\u00a0The Power of the Dog, and Jordan Peele’s\u00a0NOPE. In 2022, she worked on Pedro Almod\u00f3var’s first English-language film, Madonna’s autobiographical feature, the directorial debuts of Zo\u00eb Kravitz and Finn Wolfhard, and Justin Simien’s\u00a0Haunted Mansion.<\/p>\n
In television, Cuba has cast projects for acclaimed directors, including Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra,\u00a0The Knick), Luca Guadagnino (We Are Who We Are), Alex Garland (Devs), and Patty Jenkins (I Am the Night). She has also contributed to the celebrated series by Tarrell McCraney (David Makes Man), Tanya Saracho (Vida), Amy Seimetz (The Girlfriend Experience), Lena Waithe (The Chi), and Andrew Haigh (Looking). Notably, she cast alongside the Duffer Brothers all four seasons of\u00a0Stranger Things.<\/p>\n
In 2023, her television highlights include\u00a0Swarm\u00a0for Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, another Glover-led series, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Soderbergh’s limited series\u00a0Full Circle, the\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0series\u00a0The Acolyte\u00a0for Leslye Headland, and Marvel’s limited series\u00a0Wonder Man\u00a0directed by Destin Cretton.<\/p>\n
Cuba has been nominated for five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Casting, winning twice for\u00a0Behind the Candelabra\u00a0and\u00a0Stranger Things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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