Lora Kennedy

Lora Kennedy was the EVP of Casting at Warner Bros. Theatrical from 1999-2018. During her career at Warner Bros., she oversaw such projects as the Harry Potter series, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Inception, the Sherlock Holmes series, Happy Feet 1 + 2, and Fury Road. Kennedy cast several films that won awards for best acting by an ensemble, including Best Picture Oscar winner Argo (Screen Actors Guild Award, New York Film Critics and Hollywood Film Awards); The Town (National Board of Review); Syriana (Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble Cast). She has been nominated multiple times for Artios Awards, winning for Argo (Outstanding Achievement in Casting, Big Budget Feature) and in1999 for RKO 281(Outstanding Achievement in Casting, TV Movie of the Week). Kennedy also won an Emmy Award for her work on RKO 281. Other notable credits include Justice League; Wonder Woman (Artios Award nomination); Cloud Atlas; Speed Racer; Swordfish; Tombstone; Coneheads, One Fine Day and Soapdish. Kennedy served on the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Board of Governors from 2013-2019. She received the Hoyt Bowers Award for Career Achievement in Casting from the Casting Society of America in 2012 and served on the society's board for four years.