Marci Liroff

Liroff (she/her) has completed an extensive training course with the premier Intimacy Coordinator, Amanda Blumenthal of Intimacy Professionals Association (IPA) and is a Certified Intimacy Coordinator.

As part of her training, Liroff has shadowed Blumenthal on The L-Word (Generation Q) Season 1, and completed an intimacy movement and choreography workshop with IC Rachel Flesher.

A veteran Casting Director, Liroff has been casting film and television for the last 40 years. Her extensive credits as a casting director span more than 50 films.

While working at the renowned casting office of Fenton-Feinberg Casting she, along with Mike Fenton, cast such films as Bob Clark’s A Christmas Story and Porky’s; the Academy Award-nominated Poltergeist; Steven Spielberg’s E.T.– The Extra Terrestrial and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner.

After establishing her own casting company in 1983, MARCI LIROFF CASTING, Liroff cast several successful films including Footloose, St. Elmo’s Fire, Pretty in Pink, The Iron Giant, The Spitfire Grill, Untamed Heart, Freaky Friday, Mean Girls, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Vampire Academy and The Sublime and Beautiful, which she produced as well. For the feature film “Magic Camp” for Disney+, Liroff teamed up with director Mark Waters for the 8th time.

For the last 10 years, Liroff has been coaching and teaching actors to prepare them for upcoming auditions and jobs. A small selection of clients past and present: Dave Franco, Rosie Perez, Margaret Qualley, Andie MacDowall.

Liroff has been involved as a producer on several films as well.

As an ally to the LGBTQ+ community, Liroff has supported the national group GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) which works to ensure that LGBTQ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. Liroff has coached their student ambassadors for the yearly GLSEN event.

Affiliations:

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Casting Society of America

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