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John Lyons began his career in the theater as casting director for the Manhattan Theatre Club and Playwrights Horizon, where he assembled such shows as the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Sunday in the Park With George" (1984) by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. He received his first feature "casting" credit for "King Kong Lives" (1986) and then embarked on a long association with Joel and Ethan Coen, serving as casting director on "Raising Arizona" (1987)....

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Filmography

Hail to the Thief - ( Studio Executive / / Announced / )
On the Road - ( Studio Executive / / Announced / )
The Piano Tuner - ( Studio Executive / / Announced / )
Vanished - ( Studio Executive / / Announced / )
The Limits of Control - ( Studio Executive / / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
Cowboy Del Amor - ( Studio Executive / 2006 / Released / )
Pieces of April - ( Producer / 2003 / Released / )
Austin Powers in Goldmember - ( Producer / 2002 / Released / )
The Opportunists - ( Producer / 2000 / Released / )
Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me - ( Producer / 1999 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Still Crazy - ( Location Casting(- US casting consultant) / 1999 / Released / )
Pete's Meteor - ( Producer / 1998 / Released / )
The Big Lebowski - ( Casting / 1998 / Released / Bontonfilm )
Boogie Nights - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Hard Eight - ( Producer / 1997 / Released / )
City Hall - ( Casting / 1996 / Released / )
Fargo - ( Casting / 1996 / Released / Meteor Film/Polygram Filmed Entertainement )
Striptease - ( Casting / 1996 / Released / )
A Walk in the Clouds - ( Casting / 1995 / Released / )
It Could Happen to You - ( Casting / 1994 / Released / )
The Hudsucker Proxy - ( Casting / 1994 / Released / Standard Films )
Amos and Andrew - ( Casting / 1993 / Released / )
For Love Or Money - ( Casting / 1993 / Released / )
Household Saints - ( Casting / 1993 / Released / )
Life With Mikey - ( Casting / 1993 / Released / )
The Trial - ( Casting / 1993 / Released / )
Brain Donors - ( Casting / 1992 / Released / )
Housesitter - ( Casting / 1992 / Released / )
Lorenzo's Oil - ( Casting / 1992 / Released / )
Barton Fink - ( Casting / 1991 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
Impromptu - ( Casting / 1991 / Released / Finnkino )
Mortal Thoughts - ( Casting / 1991 / Released / Svensk Filmindustri Norge )
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl - ( Casting / 1990 / Released / Gelfand Films )
Henry & June - ( Casting / 1990 / Released / Glinwood Films Ltd )
Miller's Crossing - ( Casting / 1990 / Released / SF )
Erik the Viking - ( Casting / 1989 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
Paperhouse - ( Casting / 1989 / Released / )
Sing - ( Casting / 1989 / Released / )
Cocktail - ( Casting / 1988 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - ( Casting / 1988 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Rocket Gibraltar - ( Casting / 1988 / Released / )
Hello, Again - ( Casting / 1987 / Released / )
Raising Arizona - ( Casting / 1987 / Released / )
The Believers - ( Casting / 1987 / Released / )
King Kong Lives - ( Casting / 1986 / Released / Embassy Communications )

TV Credits
Blown Sideways Through Life ( 1995 / Released ): Producer
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City ( 1994 / Released ): Casting
Framed ( 1990 / Released ): Casting
Perfect Witness ( 1989 / Released ): Casting
Private Eye ( 1987 / Released ): Casting
The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket ( 1986 / Released ): Casting
The Roommate ( 1986 / Released ): Casting Associate
Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo ( 1986 / Released ): Casting
Spenser: For Hire ( 1985 / Released ): Casting

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John Lyons began his career in the theater as casting director for the Manhattan Theatre Club and Playwrights Horizon, where he assembled such shows as the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Sunday in the Park With George" (1984) by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. He received his first feature "casting" credit for "King Kong Lives" (1986) and then embarked on a long association with Joel and Ethan Coen, serving as casting director on "Raising Arizona" (1987). Although he had cast seven films for the Coens by 1998, Lyons also enjoyed multiple film casting collaborations with directors Frank Oz ("Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" 1988 and "House Sitter" 1992, both with Steve Martin), Bernard Rose ("Paperhouse" 1988 and "Chicago Joe and the Showgirl" 1990), Lapine ("Impromptu" 1991 and "Life With Mikey" 1993) and Andrew Bergman ("It Could Happen to You" 1994 and "Striptease" 1996). He branched into feature producing with Paul Thomas Anderson's directing debut "Hard Eight" (1996) and then shared duties (with Joanne Sellar and Lloyd Levin) on Anderson's "Boogie Nights" (1997). Lapine also worked as a casting director for PBS' "American Playhouse" productions of "The Rise and Fall of Daniel Rocket" (1986) and "Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City'" (1994), in addition to producing the TV version of Claudia Shear's one woman show "Blown Sideways Through Life" (1996).

Profession(s):
producer, casting director
Sometimes Credited As:
Milestones (Back to top)

1998 Seventh casting assignment for the Coens, "The Big Lebowski"
1997 Shared producing duties (with Joanne Sellar and Lloyd Levin) on Anderson's "Boogie Nights"
1996 Cast sixth film for Coens, "Fargo"
1996 First feature credit as producer, Paul Thomas Anderson's directorial debut "Hard Eight"
1995 Produced the TV version of Claudia Shear's one-woman show "Blown Sideways Through Life" for PBS' "American Playhouse"
1994 Initial film with Andrew Bergman, casting "It Could Happen to You"
1994 Fifth time casting for the Coens, "The Hudsucker Proxy"
1994 Resumed association with "American Playhouse", casting the miniseries "Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City'" (PBS)
1993 Cast second film for Lapine, "Life With Mikey"
1992 Another turn as casting director for Frank Oz, "HouseSitter"
1991 Third Coen brothers film as casting director, "Barton Fink"
1991 First feature association with James Lapine, casting "Impromptu"
1990 Second film cast for Coens, "Miller's Crossing"
1990 Cast second film for Rose, "Chicago Joe and the Showgirl"
1988 Served as casting director for Frank Oz's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
1988 Cast Bernard Rose's "Paperhouse"
1987 Initial association with Joel and Ethan Coen, casting "Raising Arizona"
1986 For PBS' "American Playhouse", cast "The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket"
1986 First feature "casting" credit, "King Kong Lives"
1984 Cast the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Sunday in the Park With George" by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Worked as casting director for the Manhattan Theatre Club and Playwrights Horizon
Formed Kalkaska Productions



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