Walt Disney Studios contrata a Tricia Wood como jefa de casting

Walt Disney Studios ha nombrado a Tricia Wood vicepresidenta ejecutiva y jefa de casting. Wood, que ocupó previamente el mismo cargo en Paramount Pictures desde 2020, reportará a David Greenbaum, presidente de Disney Live Action y 20th Century Studios. Ella guiará las estrategias de casting en las divisiones de Disney live-action, 20th Century Studios y Searchlight Pictures.

Tricia Wood se ha unido a Walt Disney Studios en el recién creado puesto de vicepresidenta ejecutiva y jefa de casting, con efecto inmediato. En este rol, colaborará estrechamente con el liderazgo del estudio y los cineastas para definir las decisiones de casting en proyectos bajo las marcas de Disney live-action, 20th Century Studios y Searchlight Pictures. antes de su etapa en Paramount Pictures, donde supervisó el casting para las películas del estudio a partir de 2020, Wood consolidó una destacada carrera independiente en casting. Trabajó junto a su colaboradora de toda la vida Deborah Aquila durante más de dos décadas, contribuyendo a varias películas exitosas. Entre sus créditos figuran Twilight, La La Land (ganadora del Oscar), Wonder, Underworld, The Age of Adaline, The Lost City, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, IF y CODA (ganadora del Oscar). El trabajo de casting de Wood ha sido clave para lanzar franquicias, descubrir talentos emergentes y formar elencos que combinan estrellas consagradas con nuevas voces. Es ganadora en múltiples ocasiones del Artios Award de la Casting Society of America, reconocida por sus aportes a CODA, La La Land, My Week With Marilyn y RED. Esta contratación sucede tras su experiencia ejecutiva en Paramount y se apoya en sus logros independientes, posicionándola para influir en la próxima cartelera de películas de Disney.

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