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GERALDINE BARÓN

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1981. 

Lives and works in New York.


Education

2013 Centro de Investigaciones Artísticas, Artists Program Scholarship, Buenos Aires

2011 MFA Film Directing & Screenwriting, Columbia University, New York

2011 Laboratorio de Cine, Cinema Program, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires

2004 BA Comparative Literature & French, Departmental Honors, Summa Cum Laude, University of California, Los Angeles 


Solo* & Two-Person Exhibitions

2023 Ensayo para una Familia,* Zelaya - Buenos Aires  

2014 Transient, Sputnik Galería - Buenos Aires  

2012 Si la muerte fuera una estrella porno,* Santa Galería - Buenos Aires 

2010 F de Verdadero, Centro Cultural Matienzo - Buenos Aires   


Selected Group Exhibitions & *Screenings

2013 La Dispersión, Centro de Investigaciones Artísticas - Buenos Aires  

2012 Naturaleza Muerta, Naranja Verde - Buenos Aires 

2012 *Hotel Y, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata - Buenos Aires 

2012 Malón, Santa Galería - Buenos Aires  


Readings

2024 Rehearsal for a Family (nomadic reading series), poet Lila Zemborain’s home - NYC  

2023 Ensayo para una familia, Zelaya - Buenos Aires 

2022 Diarios íntimos, Quimera Galería - Buenos Aires 


Film & Performing Arts Casting Director Work (selection)  

2025 If I had Legs I’d Kick You (feature film), Dir: Mary Bronstein. Prod: A24, Elara. Sundance Film Festival 2025

2024 The Room Next Door (feature film), Dir: Pedro Almodovar. Prod. El Deseo. Golden Lion Winner at Venice Film Festival, Centerpiece New York Film Festival 2024

2024 I Saw the TV Glow (feature film), Dir: Jane Schoenbrun. Prod: A24, Fruit Tree. Sundance Film Festival 2024, Nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards 2025

2024 Buildings I & II (play), Dir: Richard Maxwell. New York City Players. 

2024 Stress Positions (feature film), Dir: Theda Hammel. Prod: NEON. Sundance Film Festival 2024

2024 Run 002 (video) Dir: Savanah Leaf. Prod: Jill Ferraro. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 2024

2023 Earth Mama (feature film), Dir: Savanah Leaf. Prod: A24, Park Pictures. Sundance Film Festival 2023, BAFTA Winner 2023, BIFA Winner 2023 

2023 Another Body (documentary film), Dir: Sophie Compton & Reuben Hamlyn. SXSW 2023 - Special Jury Award

2023 Manodrome (feature film), Dir: John Trengove. Prod: Felix Culpa, Fat City. Berlinale 2023 - Competition

2023 Loophole (video), Dir: Jordan Strafer. New York Film Festival 2023 - Currents, International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024

2023 Run (video), Dir: Savanah Leaf. Prod: Jill Ferraro. Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles 2023

2022 Adaptation (video). Dir: Josh Kline. Prod: Jill Ferraro, Eliza Ryan. New York Film Festival 2022 - Currents

2022 Nosferasta: First Bite (film) Dir: Adam Khalil & Bayley Sweitzer. International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022

2021 Illuminati Detectives (pilot), Dir: Emily Allan & Leah Victoria Hennessey. Commissioned by dis.art for the Biennale de l’image en Mouvement 2021

2020 Never Rarely Sometimes Always (feature film), Dir: Eliza Hittman. Prod: BBC, Focus. Sundance Film Festival 2020, Berlinale 2020 - Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize

2019 Euphoria (tv show) Dir: Sam Levingston. Prod: HBO, A24. 

2017 Good Time (feature film), Dir: Safdie Brothers. Prod: A24, Elara. Cannes Film Festival 2017


Film & Performing Arts Professional Experience

2018-Present Co-Founder/Casting Director at Casting Double Inc, a casting company NYC  specializing in casting first time performers as well as actors for film, theater, 
fashion, art installations, and other media. Based in NYC, working worldwide. 

2017 Researcher/Casting Director, Lola Arias project at New York Theater Workshop

2013-2018 Casting Associate & Producer at Jv8 Inc, New York NY


Academic Experience

2024 Guest Lecturer, Casting Workshop, NYU

2023 Guest Lecturer, Casting Workshop, NYU

2020 Guest Lecturer, Casting Workshop, AFI

2019 Guest Lecturer, Casting Workshop, Brooklyn College


Grants & Awards (selection)

2023 BIFA - Earth Mama, Best Casting Directors - Nominee 

2021 Lynn Shelton Screenwriting Grant - Honorable Mention

2014 Hammer To Nail Short Film Contest - Runner Up 

2012 INCAA, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Best Director - Winner 

2010 MacNamara Creative Arts Grant, Photography Grant - Winner  

2011 James Bridges Award for Excellence in Directing Actors - Nominee 


Select Press

2024 11 Best Cast Films of 2024 According to Casting Directors, IndieWire 

2023 11 Best Cast Films of 2023 According to Casting Directors, IndieWire 

2021 Lynn Shelton’s 2021 Grant Finalists: 12 Filmmakers to Watch, Redefine Magazine 

2013 Las Alas Invisibles, Lula Bauer, Pagina 12