Craig Campobasso: Emmy Nominated Casting Director




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Summary: Right out of high school, Californian Craig Campobasso found himself working behind the scenes for 4 years on Frank Herbert’s Dune. The father /daughter producing team, Dino and  Raffaella De Laurentiis, and director David Lynch, were Craig’s mentors into the business of filmmaking. Raffaella later hired him on the Christmas movie Prancer, starring Sam Elliott, after he apprenticed on Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories.  An Emmy nominee for casting Picket Fences, Craig has been casting for over 2 decades. Some of his credits include: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow starring Jude Law and Angelina Jolie, The Godson starring Dom DeLuise, Redline starring Eddie Griffin, Tremors 3 starring Michael Gross, and most recently: The Perfect Host with David Hyde Pierce. Craig is currently casting Miracle at Gate 213, a Christmas TV movie to air on NBC Christmas Eve 2013 starring Shirley Jones, Della Reese, Louis Gossett Jr & Mackenzie Astin;  Bashar: First Contact, a documentary Feature; Starbright, a fantasy film; Furious Angel and Cyber Planet, a special effects film, as well as many others. Craig is also working on his Short Film Stranger at the Pentagon  which is the launching pad for the feature length film. You can learn more about Craig by visiting http://www.CraigCampobasso.com or: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004128/ plus http://www.StrangerAtThePentagon.com and http://www.AutobiographyOfAnET.com At the top of the show, it's the Starseed News with Anastasia!