Dean E. Fronk
- Casting Director
- Casting Department
- Producer
In 1996, Dean Fronk joined Donald Pemrick to form Ataraxia
Entertainment Inc. dba Pemrick/Fronk Casting (PFC). Pemrick/Fronk
Casting has been in business for fifteen years and in that time has
completed over 250 projects ranging from feature films, MOW's,
television series and CD-Roms. Specializing in family entertainment, he
has worked with young talent the likes of Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Alba,
Scarlett Johanssen, Leighton Meester, Ben Foster, Haley Joel Osment and
Josh Hutcherson. A true horror geek, he cast many titles like Rob
Zombie's, House of 1000 Corpses and Children of the Corn IV starring
Naomi Watts. Recently, PFC has done many films for the Lifetime Movie
Network and the Hallmark Channel. Their features are a variety of
budgets with cast ranging from Sony's The Lodger (his first Artios
nomination for casting) starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis and Simon
Baker to indie films in the past year starring John Cusack, Robert
DeNiro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Val Kilmer and Nicholas Cage. In addition to
film and television, PFC cast Blizzard Entertainment's highly
successful CD-Roms, Diablo II and Warcraft III. Fronk has cast on
location in cities ranging from Ft. Lauderdale/Miami, Houston, Austin,
Spokane, Santa Fe, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and New York. He has
cast abroad for films in Bulgaria, Canada, Prague, Italy, India,
England, Spain and Chile. The ability to work with companies in the
U.S. and overseas, a cohesive understanding of Producers, Directors,
and Foreign Sales Agents, and an "open door" policy to the Acting
community has enabled PFC to cast over two hundred projects since its
inception. Fronk also has a prolific teaching and speaking career
throughout the U.S. Focusing on audition technique, he teaches to build
confidence and success for actors everywhere. Fronk is a graduate of
the Ohio State University and lives in Los Angeles with his wife
Nichole and their three children Dean, Scarlett and Levon. He is a
current member of the Casting Society of America.