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Alan Luna

Producer / Casting Director

Alan Luna is a Casting Director/Producer for TV, Film and Animation. With over a decade of casting and development experience, he's collaborated on projects with Disney, Netflix, Max, Amazon, Nickelodeon, Hulu, Lionsgate, Marvel Studios, amongst many more.

Recent credits include The Long Game (premiering at SXSW, winning the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award), Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (premiering at TIFF, produced by Lin Manuel Miranda), Jenni a musical biopic about Jenni Rivera, the horror film Rosario directed by Film Independent alum Felipe Vargas in his feature debut, Sam Raimi/Marvel's Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Netflix series' Selena: the Series, the peabody nominated Gentefied and The Chosen One, Blumhouse' Run Sweetheart Run (premiering at Sundance), Disney's remake of the their 1st Disney Channel original movie Under Wraps, it's sequel Under Wraps 2, and TV series Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion, Amazon's 1st ever Multilingual/Latin American western La Cabeza de Joaquín Murrieta, AMC's Allblk network Send Help co-created by Jean Eli (Insecure) and Mike Gauyo (Insecure, Ginny and Georgia).

A first gen Mexican-American, Alan believes supporting and mentoring emerging artists and filmmakers creates lasting impact in entertainment, including promoting authentic representation on screen and behind the scenes, and creates a pipeline for historically unseen communities to share their stories. He's worked on various films/fellowships such as Lena Waithe/Hillman Grad Indeed Rising Voices Program (premiering at Tribeca Film Festival), Cate Blanchett/Dirty Films POC, Rideback Rise, Film Independent/Project Involve, Netflix/LALIFF Fellowship, PBS, Warner Bros Access, MACRO x TikTok Black Creatives, Outfest x Concord, The Short Film Project (with Producers Guild of America, Google and Paul Feig), as well as various student films.

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Events featuring Alan Luna
Events featuring Alan Luna