Faculty Bio

Pennie du Pont Department of Graduate Film Tisch Asia Phone: (+65) 6500-1752 Email: pdup@verizon.net Office: Room 04-07

Biography

Pennie du Pont has cast such films as ROXANNE, THE KARATE KID, PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED, and ARIZONA DREAM for directors Fred Schepisi, John Avildsen, Francis Ford Coppola and Emir Kusturica. She also did the west coast casting on STAR 80 for director, Bob Fosse and ANNIE for John Huston.  After attending The Yale Drama School Pennie worked in theater in New York, both on and off Broadway, and studied with Uta Hagen.  She was a founder of the City Center Young Peoples Theater and produced THE SHRINKING BRIDE off Broadway, introducing Danny de Vito. Pennie began casting films when Ray Stark hired her to do a search for "Annie".  She did five other films for Stark; then went to work for Daniel Melnick's IndiProd casting such films as ROXANNE and QUICKSILVER.  She worked for Columbia and Tri Star until returning to New York. 

Though based in New York, she works on both coasts, most recently casting several international pictures including BYE BYE AMERICA,  which filmed in New York, Poland and Berlin.  Also THE ICELANDIC SAGAS for Michael Chapman in Iceland,  MICHAEL KAEL IN KATANGO for Canal+  in Paris and A SOLDIER'S SWEETHEART for Paramount, New Zealand.  Pennie is the producer of UTA HAGEN’S ACTING CLASS  a DVD of the legendary actor’s classes.  During the academic year 2008-2009 Pennie will teach Actor’s Craft on the Singapore campus. pdup@verizon.net