EXCLUSIVE: Ben Harris, who has been overseeing casting for Netflix‘s comedy collection for the previous three and a half years as Director, Collection Casting, Comedy, has been promoted, including casting oversight of the streamer’s drama collection too.
As Director, Drama/Comedy Collection Casting, he could have twin report back to Netflix’s head of comedy Tracey Pakosta and head of drama Jinny Howe.
Harris has been head of comedy casting at Netflix for the reason that streamer launched an in-house casting division in July 2021.
Earlier than that, he was a casting director with an in depth resume that features HBO’s Veep, for which he shared an Excellent Casting for a Comedy Collection Emmy Award with Allison Jones, in addition to HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, Eastbound & Down, Avenue 5 and White Home Plumbers; Max’s Our Flag Means Dying; FX’s What We Do Within the Shadows, NBC’s The Workplace, Fox/NBC’s Brooklyn 9-9, and Netflix’s Area Pressure. Characteristic credit embody You Individuals, Palm Springs, Bombshell, Woman Chook, Booksmart and Sing.
