Fogel and her production company Beech Hill Films had her fifth feature, RUN, FAT BOY, RUN, starring Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, and Hank Azaria (directed by David Schwimmer) released by New Line and Picturehouse world-wide in 2008. Other producing credits include A HOLE IN ONE (starring Michelle Williams), FACE (Sundance 2002), Jim McKay's OUR SONG (Sundance 2000), and CHARMING BILLY.
Ms. Fogel cast the acclaimed HBO original series THE WIRE (Artios Award for Dramatic Pilot Casting), and seven-part Iraq War tale GENERATION KILL (Emmy nomination) for Company Pictures and HBO Films, about the men of the First Marine Recon Battalion. Other recent casting projects have included Paul Haggis' THE BLACK DONNELLYS, Tom Fontana's HBO series OZ, Fontana's BEDFORD DIARIES, Spike Lee's pilot M-O-N-Y, Lasse Hallstrom's NEW AMSTERDAM, Sidney Lumet's STRIP SEARCH, and Marc Forster's STAY.
Alexa L. Fogel is the former vice president for creative affairs of ABC Entertainment. During her tenure at ABC, Ms. Fogel won two Emmy Awards and two Artios Awards for NYPD BLUE, and an Artios Award for MURDER ONE. Ms. Fogel was also awarded three Artios Awards as casting director for Tom Fontana's award-winning HBO series OZ.
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