Howard Feuer

{{short description|American casting director}}{{Infobox person

| name = Howard Feuer

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|11|30}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|12|20|1948|11|30}}

| death_place = Bergen County, New Jersey

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Howard Feuer (November 30, 1948 – December 20, 2004) was an American casting director known for casting theatrical productions and hit movies.

His casting career began on Broadway as an assistant to producer Jerry Schlossberg on the 1971 revival of On the Town.{{Cite news |date=December 2004 |title=Howard Feuer - Obituary |work=Playbill |url=https://www.playbill.com/person/view-more?person=00000150-ac7a-d16d-a550-ec7e9bb60004 |url-status=live |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101202043/https://www.playbill.com/person/view-more?person=00000150-ac7a-d16d-a550-ec7e9bb60004 |archive-date=November 1, 2020}} From then until 1986, he cast another 29 productions, often in conjunction with Jeremy Ritzer.{{IBDB name|77563}} His credits include: Noises Off, Benefactors, Wild Honey, 42nd Street, Barnum and Oh! Calcutta!

He also cast over 75 films, beginning with The Warriors (1979).{{Cite news |date=January 12, 2005 |title=Howard Feuer |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/howard-feuer-1117915906/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101202048/https://variety.com/2005/scene/markets-festivals/howard-feuer-1117915906/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020}} He won the Casting Society of America's Artios Award for Feature Film Casting - Comedy three times, for Moonstruck (1988),{{Cite web |title=1988 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1988 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627183610/https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1988 |archive-date=June 27, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |publisher=Casting Society of America}} The Fisher King (1991),{{Cite magazine |last=Kathleen O'Steen |date=October 22, 1992 |title=Casting directors prove they're right for the part |url=https://variety.com/1992/film/news/casting-directors-prove-they-re-right-for-the-part-101002/ |url-status=live |magazine=Variety |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101202117/https://variety.com/1992/film/news/casting-directors-prove-they-re-right-for-the-part-101002/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2020}} and That Thing You Do! (1996),{{Cite web |title=1997 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215141755/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1997 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |publisher=Casting Society of America}} and twice for Drama, Mississippi Burning (1988, shared with Juliet Taylor){{Cite web |title=1989 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1989 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629093824/https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1989 |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |publisher=Casting Society of America}} and Dead Poets Society (1989).{{Cite web |title=1990 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1990 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629122121/https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1990 |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |publisher=Casting Society of America}} He was also nominated for Married to the Mob (1988), Reversal of Fortune (1990),{{Cite web |title=1991 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1991 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629174116/https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1991 |archive-date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |publisher=Casting Society of America}} The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993),{{Cite web |title=1994 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1994 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710020824/https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1994 |archive-date=July 10, 2019 |access-date=August 4, 2020 |publisher=Casting Society of America}} The Ref (1994) and What Women Want (2000, shared with Deborah Aquila).{{Cite web |title=2001 Artios Awards |url=https://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/2001 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217033622/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/2001 |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |access-date=November 1, 2020 |publisher=Casting Society of America}} During casting for That Thing You Do!, he yelled that "I've got a young Kim Novak in the room!" when then-unknown Charlize Theron auditioned for (and landed) a part.{{Cite news |last=Lynch |first=Jason |date=February 23, 2004 |title=Killer Performance |language=EN |work=People |url=https://people.com/archive/killer-performance-vol-61-no-7/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101202051/https://people.com/archive/killer-performance-vol-61-no-7/ |archive-date=November 1, 2020}} He also received a nomination for the miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan.

He died of colon cancer on December 20, 2004, at Hackensack Hospital in New Jersey, aged 56.{{Cite news |date=January 18, 2005 |title=Howard Feuer, Casting Director, Dies at 56 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/theater/howard-feuer-casting-director-dies-at-56.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529190013/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/theater/howard-feuer-casting-director-dies-at-56.html |archive-date=May 29, 2015}}