Donald Paul Pemrick is a renowned television and film casting director. Born to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Pemrick, he attended LaSalle Institute in Troy, New York, and graduated from St. Lawrence University.
Pemrick began his career in the entertainment industry in 1980 as a casting assistant on the Columbia Pictures feature film "Annie." He worked with Academy Award-winning director John Houston, responsible for auditions of nearly 12,000 young girls in ten open calls throughout the U.S.
He joined BCI Casting as an assistant/associate to the legendary Casting Director, Barbara Claman and her partner Marc Schwartz, working on numerous feature films, movies for television, TV pilots, and series. In 1983, Pemrick left BCI with Marc Schwartz when he formed Marc Schwartz Casting (MSC).
Pemrick became the casting director for the beloved comedy series "Three's Company" and worked on numerous pilots for ABC, NBC, CBS, and the Aaron Spelling series "Dynasty." He also cast numerous movies of the week starring TV favorites Valerie Bertinelli and John Ritter.
In 1985, Pemrick left Universal Studios Television to join Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus at Cannon Films, where he cast nearly a dozen feature films. In 1986, he formed Donald Pemrick Casting, allowing him to cast several independent films that would shoot around the world.
In 1988, Pemrick's career turned back to television, and he moved to New York City to be the casting consultant for NBC Television. He auditioned future film and TV stars such as Matt Damon, Adam Sandler, Matt LeBlanc, and Marisa Tomei.
In the early 90's, Pemrick accepted a casting director position in Los Angeles working with I.R.S. Media, Inc. He cast over twenty-five films for IRS Media, including the cult classic "Shakes the Clown" starring Bobcat Goldthwait, Adam Sandler, and Robin Williams.
Pemrick produced three films for IRS; the critically acclaimed "December," a World War II coming-of-age drama starring Balthazaar Getty, Wil Wheaton, and Jason London, and the Martial Arts films "Rage" and "Honor" which filmed on location in Indonesia.
In 1994, Pemrick hired Dean Fronk as his casting assistant at IRS, and by 1995, Pemrick/Fronk Casting (PFC) was formed with their film company Ataraxia Entertainment. Over the next 18 years, Pemrick/Fronk would cast more than 400 projects consisting of studio films, series, pilots, animated films, movies for television, new media series, and CD-Roms.
PFC's television casting includes the FOX family series "Mowgli, The New Adventures of the Jungle Book" and the CW's "Kamen Rider: Dragon Knights" and "Little Girl Lost: the Delimar Vera Story" which was nominated for 9 Imagen Awards. They also produced the feature film "Freestyle" starring Corbin Bleu.
Pemrick/Fronk have nearly 70 movies for television which have aired on Lifetime, Hallmark, ABC Family, Nickelodeon, and the SyFy Channel. Their feature films cover every genre from Rob Zombie's "House of 1000 Corpes" to the animated Holiday classic "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer" and the Island of Misfit Toys" with Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Dreyfuss.
Pemrick/Fronk have been nominated for Artios awards for their independent Sony Picture film "The Lodger" in 2009 and also for the short film "License to Reproduce" in 2011. They were nominated and won the 2009 Heller Award from the Talent Manager's Association for Best Feature Film Casting Director.
Donald Pemrick is a current member of the Television Academy and the Casting Society of America.
