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Ema Maximen

Ema Maximen is an Emmy-nominated casting director, who works internationally with offices in London and United States. With nearly one hundred major feature film and television projects among her credits, Ema has cast hundreds of actors throughout Europe, the United Kingdom ,The Middle East and the U.S. Ema has been retained as casting director by dozens of major screen producers and directors, Ema is a native of New England and trained as an actor and director at the University of Michigan and the National Theatre Institute. She earned a Master's of Arts degree in theatre at Northwestern University. Ema began her career as an actor, director and acting teacher in Chicago. In the 1990s, she helped to found two cutting-edge theatre companies that are still going strong today: Strawdog Theatre and Theater Oobleck. She produced and directed a number of plays, and launched touring productions throughout Europe. This time period is ironically portrayed in Rex-Patriates, a mock- documentary film that Nancy produced and directed. Now in addition to casting, Ema continues to guest lecture internationally, offering on-camera master classes and seminars to develop actors' on-camera skills and career marketing.