Marci Liroff

Los Angeles, California, United States

Marci Liroff has been involved with filmmakers as a casting director, producer, and acting coach for the last 40+ years. Her extensive credits as a casting director span more than 60 films and several television series.

In 2019, Liroff completed an extensive training course with the premier Intimacy Coordinator, Amanda Blumenthal of Intimacy Professionals Association (IPA) and is a Certified Intimacy Coordinator.

Current credits range from indie films to TV series. She was the IC on the second and third seasons of the STARZ series, Hightown, and spent nine months on location working on the series.

Her casting experience is vast. 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, Magic Camp, and The Sublime and Beautiful, which she produced as well.

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

Liroff is a proud member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Teamsters 399, and The Casting Society of America, CSA, where she served on the Board of Governors.