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Lynn Stalmaster

Born 17 November 1927 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA · Died 12 February 2021 at 93

Lynn Stalmaster (November 17, 1927 – February 12, 2021) was an American casting director born in Omaha, Nebraska. Over a career of more than five decades he cast films and television productions including Superman, The Right Stuff, Tootsie, First Blood, Spaceballs and The Bonfire of the Vanities, as well as Brian De Palma's Blow Out and Casualties of War. In 2016 he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first casting director to be honored with an Oscar.