Mark Fincannon (Emmy Award-winning casting director)

from Mere Christians · host Jordan Raynor

Jordan Raynor sits down with Mark Fincannon, an Emmy Award-winning casting director, to talk about how casting a TV show works week-in week-out, the incredible story behind casting End of the Spear (the story of Jim Elliot), and how Christians can “impose hope” rather than their explicit faith in film.Links Mentioned:Mark FincannonEmmy AwardsSteven SpielbergGeorge Lucas David LynchRayThe Blind SideSandra BullockHomelandDawson's CreekOne Tree Hill NashvilleEnd of the SpearJim ElliottOscars1917ParasiteFoxThe ResidentCBSNBCWells FargoDick Clark Killers ThreeBonnie & ClydePeanutsStroker AceBurt ReynoldsLoni AndersonFrank Capra Jr.Stephen KingFirestarterDino De LaurentiisIt Happened One NightOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestKing KongDe Laurentiis Entertainment GroupWycliffe Bible TranslatorsThe MissionFrom the Earth to the MoonHBOTom HanksNASARay CharlesC.S. LewisThe Case for ChristMike VogelAaron SorkinThe West WingCarly FiorinaNetflixDisney+Michael van DykeParadigmRalph WinterX-MenSame Kind of Different as MeGreg KinnearRenée ZellwegerWhat's So Amazing About Grace?Philip YanceyRory NolandHeart of the Artist Willow CreekBill HybelsThe Devil is in Pew Number SevenRebecca AlonzoAnthony HopkinsThe Two PopesFred RogersHollywood Reporter RoundtableMaxwell King

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