Allison Twardziak is a New York City based Feature Film and Commercial Casting Director. She recently cast, Tina Romero’s ‘Queens of the Dead’ currently in post, Laura Moss’s ‘birth/rebirth’ which premiered at Sundance in 2023, received 3 Spirit Award Nominations (Best Lead Performance, Best Screenplay and Someone to Watch) and an Artios Award Nomination for Best Casting. Stewart Thorndike’s ‘Bad Things’ at Tribeca, now streaming on Shudder, Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Catch the Fair One produced by Mollye Asher (Nomadland), exec produced by Darren Aronofksy and Winner of the Audience Award at Tribeca in 2021. Tim Sutton’s Funny Face which premiered at The Berlin International Film Festival, Feb 2020. Other credits include: Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ feature film Swallow starring Haley Bennett who won the award for Best Actress at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Oculus Emmy Award Winning VR Short Film Henry, the SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner Fort Tilden (writer/directors Charles Rogers and Sarah-Violet Bliss). The Berlinale, New Directors/New Films feature, She's Lost Control (writer/director Anja Marquardt), the Sundance features Appropriate Behavior (writer/director Desiree Akhavan), and My Best Day (writer/director Erin Greenwell), The Slamdance feature Lost Holiday (writer/director The Matthews Brothers), Faith Love and Whiskey (writer/director Kristina Nikolova), OutFest's Lyle starring Gaby Hoffman (writer/director Stewart Thorndike), the web series F to 7th (writer/director Ingrid Jungermann), The Impossibilities (writer/director Anna Kerrigan) and Be Here Nowish (writer/director Natalia Leite). Fits and Starts (writer/director Laura Terruso) with Wyatt Cenac and Greta Lee (SXSW). She cast MGM & Eko's Interactive Series WarGames, today's version of the 80's classic. She’s cast over 70 shorts and 30 feature films which have premiered at Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, The Clermont Film Festival and Cannes.
Allison regularly casts commercials (On camera, VO and real people) including spots for Nike, Google, GE, Amazon, Maybelline, Coca Cola, Samsung, Chase, Powerade, Chewy, Ford, Unicef, Timberland, Motorola, Spotify, Sony Music, Fila, Pyer Moss, Movado, Xfinity, Zara, Walmart, GM, L’Oreal, Lancome, IT Cosmetics, Kiehls, EOS, MD Lotto, Tide, Xfinity, TikTok, Nickelodeon, Uniqlo, Etsy, Ralph Lauren, Facebook, Moet, Mello Yellow, First Aid Beauty, Frida Mom, Walmart, Tabasco, Uniqlo, Stella Artois, Burger King, Visa, Siggi's, Carol's Daughter, Dark and Lovely and Matrix . She cast the award winning play, I Was Tom Cruise and holds a B.F.A. in Drama from Tisch at New York University, studying with The Atlantic Theater Company.