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EXCLUSIVE: In 1 of those extremity of an era executive departures, Dawn Steinberg is stepping down arsenic Head of Worldwide Talent and Casting for Sony Pictures Television aft 23 years astatine nan studio. She will enactment connected to thief pinch nan modulation earlier embarking connected a caller chapter.
Steinberg joined SPT successful 2003 arsenic SVP and caput of casting. In 2018, she was promoted to EVP, Worldwide Talent & Casting, adding world productions to her home responsibilities.
Besides Sharon Klein, who has led casting for 20th Television for much than 25 years (now portion of her larger Disney portfolio), Steinberg is believed to beryllium nan longest tenured caput of casting astatine a awesome tv studio. She is 1 of nan past of that procreation of powerful TV casting executives who were stars successful their ain correct arsenic platforms trust much connected extracurricular consultants successful nan streaming era.
In her astir caller role, Steinberg oversaw talent and casting crossed SPT’s world slate, moving pinch casting directors, writers and producers connected each existent bid and projects successful improvement crossed network, cablegram and streaming platforms, on pinch nan studio’s world accumulation companies.
There is nary existent replacement for her but location are nary plans for nan workplace to outsource casting to extracurricular casting directors.
Over nan people of her Sony tenure spanning galore regimes, Steinberg played a cardinal domiciled successful a number of castings that defined TV bid and launched — aliases reinvented — acting careers. She was instrumental successful nan casting of Bryan Cranston, past champion known arsenic nan dada connected Malcolm In nan Middle, and Aaron Paul, successful his first bid regular role, on Breaking Bad; Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan connected Outlander; Freddie Highmore connected The Good Doctor and Molly Parker on Doc. She besides formed 2 then-little known young Australian actresses successful their first Hollywood roles, Rose Byrne successful Damages and Margot Robbie in Pan Am.
Over nan years, Steinberg has overseen casting connected specified bid arsenic Pluribus, Better Call Saul, For All Mankind, The Night Agent, God of War, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, Alex Rider, The Artful Dodger, The Blacklist, The Goldbergs and Cobra Kai.
“Dawn has been an integral portion of this workplace for much than 2 decades, bringing exceptional imaginative instincts, taste, and a heavy passion for talent to everything she does,” Katherine Pope, President, Sony Pictures Television Studios, and Wayne Garvie, President, International Production, Sony Pictures Television, said successful a associated statement. “She has played a cardinal domiciled successful shaping truthful galore of nan bid that specify our business, and her committedness to elevating actors and supporting imaginative partners has near a lasting effect crossed our shows and our team. Dawn is genuinely 1 of a kind, and we’re incredibly grateful for each she’s brought to Sony complete nan years. We wish her each nan champion successful her adjacent chapter.”
Prior to joining Sony Pictures Television, Steinberg held casting roles astatine NBC Studios, Artists Television Group and Big Ticket Television. She started arsenic an independent casting head successful New York.
