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Tamara Hunter is the head of casting at Apple. Hunter was the head of feature casting for Sony Pictures Entertainment where she oversaw feature film casting for the studio and its Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems, and animation units. She has worked on blockbuster hits including Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Venom, The Equaliser 2, Hotel Transylvania, Charlie’s Angels, Men in Black, You Are My Friend, and Miss Bala. Before moving to SPE in 2016, Hunter was vice president casting at 20th Century Fox, where she worked on Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Hidden Figures. Hunter started her career at Sarah Finn Co., where she spent more than a decade and rose to casting director, working on Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla, and The Fast and the Furious. Hunter has a bachelor’s from UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and TV.
Filmography
26 films, 1 show


Vivo
2021 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A music-loving kinkajou named Vivo embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.


The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021 · 1h 50m
country: Hong Kong
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.


Wish Dragon
2021 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon who shows him the magic of possibilities.


Miss Bala
2019 · 1h 44m
country: Mexico
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.


Escape Room
2019 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.


As Above, So Below
2014 · 1h 33m
country: United States
When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.


Acholiland
2009 · 20m
country: United States
Northern Uganda, 1999. War has raged for thirteen years. Thousands are killed, millions are displaced, and everyone is starving. Set in the heart of this turmoil, four UN workers must embark on a frantic food delivery to a mass of desperate villagers. But when the militia strike and the situation explodes, these men will face impossible choices to keep everyone alive.


Road to Moloch
2009 · 17m
country: United States
While on a mission to locate three missing soldiers, a team of reconnaissance marines encounter a blood-spattered Iraqi stumbling through the desert. After following the distraught man into the depths of an insurgent cave, the marines make a horrifying discovery bringing them face-to-face with an ancient evil.