Episode 18 - Leah Daniels Butler
Today we’re sitting down with the delightful Leah Daniels Butler. Casting director of projects like Precious, The Paperboy, Shadowboxer, and the Butler, as well as TV shows like Star and Empire, Leah is a warm, frank, and enthusiastic fan of films, TV, and the actors in them. She talks taste, keeping up with evolving technology, and how she finds the perfect ‘real’ people to create Cinderella stories, taking fresh talent from first audition to well known actors.
Show Notes:
Leah Daniels Butler
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200004
Charlie Chappell
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3584890
Lee Daniels
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0200005
Khandi Alexander
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0018554
Jaki Brown
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113764
Kim Hardin
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362229
Victoria Thomas
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859625
Robi Reed
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715762
Boyz n the Hood
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101507
Jackie Brown
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119396
Friday
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113118
Cool Runnings
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611
Hustle & Flow
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410097
Blindspotting
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7242142
Laurence Fishburne
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000401
Cuba Gooding Jr.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000421
Regina King
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005093
Morris Chestnut
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004820
Chris Tucker
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000676
Ice Cube
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001084
Angela Bassett
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000291
Gregory Kulhanjian
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2914122
CSA Assistant’s Program
https://www.castingsocietycares.org/training-education/
The Butler
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327773
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Afraid_of_Virginia_Woolf%3F
Wes Bentley
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004747
Morgan Freeman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000151
Monster’s Ball
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285742
Puffy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004835
Billy Hopkins
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394119
Tennessee
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770814
The Woodsman
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361127
Shadowboxer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396857
Precious
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632
The Paperboy
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1496422
Selma
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020072
David Oyelowo
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0654648
Ava DuVernay
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148550
CB4
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106500
Tamra Davis
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0205542
Chris Rock
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001674
Allen Payne
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005300
Deezer D
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0195970
Phil Hartman
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0367005
Charlie Murphy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0614151
Nelson George
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313555
The Wayans Bros.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112220
Leslie Litt
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514444
FRIENDS
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778
Suddenly Susan
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115376
Barbara Miller
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587936
Sparkle (2012)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1876451
Mara Brock Akil
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015327
Salim Akil
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0015328
Sparkle (1976)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075249
Dreamgirls
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443489
Cooley High
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072820
Imitation of Life
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052918
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056687
Good Times
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070991
The Waltons
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068149
Little House on the Prairie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071007
I Love Lucy
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043208
The Beverly Hillbillies
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055662
Sanford and Son
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068128
All In The Family
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066626
Sapphire
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2497119
Mo’Nique
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0594898
Gabourey Sidibe
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2829737
Empire
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3228904
Danny Strong
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834960
Terrence Howard
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005024
Yaz- aka Bryshere Y. Gray
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7005977
Jussie Smollett
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810620
Trai Byers
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1784293
Taraji P. Henson
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378245
Wesley Snipes
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000648
New Jack City
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102526
American Idol
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319931
Glee
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1327801
Chris Redd
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5412083
Brian Banks
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3920820
Aldis Hodge
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388038
Tom Shadyac
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001723
Eddie Murphy
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000552
Jim Carrey
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120
Greg Kinnear
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001427
Brian Banks Trailer/ Video Clips
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3920820/videogallery/?ref_=tt_ov_vi_sm
https://twitter.com/Ldanielsbutler
https://www.facebook.com/ldanielsbutler
https://www.instagram.com/ldbcasting/
Good People
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9099984
Whitney Cummings
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1579753
Terms of Endearment
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6517788
Intro and Outro Music
"Backbay Lounge" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
