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Jeffrey Karantza

  • Actor
  • Casting Department
  • Producer
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Jeffrey is a Writer / Director / Producer / Casting Director from Atlanta, Georgia with a bachelors degree in Applied Medical Science / Chiropractic Medicine and a history in film and television stretching back to the 1980s. He is the President and Executive Producer at Golden Hour Ent. and is the Executive Director for "ON SET SOLDIERS CORP." a 501c3 Company that specializes in Training Military Veterans for new careers in Film and Television Production. Jeffrey has worked as a Casting Director in Atlanta and Los Angeles for the last decade and has been a part of film both large and small for studios from Tyler Perry Studios to Marvel Studios. In the early part of 2022, Jeffrey assumed his new position as President of Osiris Films with Business Partner Victor Bowie, both serving as EP / Producers on 20+ new projects to be filmed over the next couple of years in locations around the world. With partnerships forged between Osiris Films, their lending partners, and Major Distributors, Osiris Films has positioned to deliver Funding and Distribution strategies for films ranging from ULB to Full Budget Feature length films.
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    Known for

    Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Nathalie Emmanuel in The Fate of the Furious (2017)
    The Fate of the Furious
    6.6
    • Casting Director
    • 2017
    Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
    Black Panther
    7.3
    • Casting Department(additional photography)
    • 2018
    Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roger Dale Floyd in Greenland (2020)
    Greenland
    6.4
    • Casting Department
    • 2020
    Robert Forster, Erika Christensen, and Mike Vogel in The Case for Christ (2017)
    The Case for Christ
    6.4
    • Casting Department
    • 2017

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    Actor



    • The Next 24 Hours (2022)
      The Next 24 Hours
      5.3
      • Detective Moore
      • 2022
    • The People Could Fly (2017)
      The People Could Fly
      Short
      • Overseer
      • 2017
    • Love My Country (2015)
      Love My Country
      7.6
      • Cuban Soldier
      • 2015
    • Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
      Dumb and Dumber To
      5.6
      • Doctor (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Reese Witherspoon in The Good Lie (2014)
      The Good Lie
      7.4
      • Kansas City Police Officer (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Brooke Elliott in Drop Dead Diva (2009)
      Drop Dead Diva
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Lawyer (uncredited)
      • 2013–2014
    • Hear No Evil (2014)
      Hear No Evil
      6.7
      • Kirk Terry
      • 2014
    • Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
      Halt and Catch Fire
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Western Bar Patron (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Daddy's Home (2014)
      Daddy's Home
      4.3
      TV Movie
      • Police Officer
      • 2014
    • Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone in Grudge Match (2013)
      Grudge Match
      6.4
      • Fight Crowd (uncredited)
      • 2013
    • TLC in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story (2013)
      CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Video Crew
      • 2013
    • Pooch Hall and Tia Mowry in The Game (2006)
      The Game
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Bar Patron
      • 2013
    • Samantha Falk and Emily Jane in Sb-1070 (2013)
      Sb-1070
      • Calico
      • 2013
    • Callie Thorne in Necessary Roughness (2011)
      Necessary Roughness
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Immigration Officer
      • 2013
    • Gabrielle Union in Being Mary Jane (2013)
      Being Mary Jane
      7.6
      TV Series
      • News Researcher
      • Camera Operator
      • 2013–2019

    Casting Department



    • Shattered Dreams (The Leslie Vass Story)
      • casting associate
      • Pre-production



    • Southern Gospel (2023)
      Southern Gospel
      5.4
      • background casting: Golden Hour Studio
      • 2023
    • Mira Sorvino and Richard Dreyfuss in Crime Story (2021)
      Crime Story
      4.0
      • extras casting director
      • 2021
    • Fallen Angel: Call Sign - Extortion 17 (2021)
      Fallen Angel: Call Sign - Extortion 17
      7.1
      • extras casting
      • 2021
    • Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roger Dale Floyd in Greenland (2020)
      Greenland
      6.4
      • extras casting director
      • 2020
    • Johnny Knoxville, Jack Huston, Karl Glusman, and Emilia Clarke in Above Suspicion (2019)
      Above Suspicion
      5.8
      • extras casting associate (as Jeff Karantza)
      • 2019
    • Bolden (2019)
      Bolden
      5.6
      • extras casting
      • 2019
    • Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Martin Freeman, Michael B. Jordan, Andy Serkis, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya, and Letitia Wright in Black Panther (2018)
      Black Panther
      7.3
      • casting: additional photography
      • 2018
    • Demetrius Shipp Jr. in All Eyez on Me (2017)
      All Eyez on Me
      5.9
      • extras casting
      • 2017
    • Robert Forster, Erika Christensen, and Mike Vogel in The Case for Christ (2017)
      The Case for Christ
      6.4
      • background casting
      • 2017
    • Jennifer Aniston and Alden Ehrenreich in The Yellow Birds (2017)
      The Yellow Birds
      5.8
      • extras casting: Atlanta
      • 2017
    • Tyler Perry in Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)
      Boo! A Madea Halloween
      4.7
      • extras casting director
      • 2016
    • Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Mira Sorvino, Sharon Stone, Courteney Cox, and Selma Blair in Mothers and Daughters (2016)
      Mothers and Daughters
      4.9
      • extras casting
      • 2016
    • Wyatt Russell and Alex Karpovsky in Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016)
      Folk Hero & Funny Guy
      5.7
      • extras casting
      • 2016
    • Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, and Jason Sudeikis in Mother's Day (2016)
      Mother's Day
      5.7
      • extras casting
      • 2016
    • Robert De Niro and Zac Efron in Dirty Grandpa (2016)
      Dirty Grandpa
      5.9
      • extras casting: Atlanta Reshoots
      • 2016

    Producer



    • 68, I Am a Man
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • Justin & Mike
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Movie
    • Survivalist
      • producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Movie
    • Brothers of Justice
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • The Diner
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production



    • The Picture Taker
      • producer
      • 2022
    • The Diner (2018)
      The Diner
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • When the People Could Fly
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • The People Could Fly (2017)
      The People Could Fly
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Epic Clan Battles
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016

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