Jennifer Schwalenberg, CSA

JENNIFER SCHWALENBERG is a New Mexico Casting Director based in Santa Fe. She began her career in casting in Los Angeles in 1995, working for prominent commercial casting director, Beth Holmes. She spent five years honing the craft of traditional commercial casting while also scouting the streets for directors who favored “real people.” During her tenure at BHC, Jennifer worked on hundreds of national commercials, including numerous Super Bowl campaigns. She eventually left L.A. for her geographic dream: Santa Fe, New Mexico, hired by the State Film Office under Governor Bill Richardson to create and manage a Native American casting database to showcase the state’s tribal members. Jennifer served as Deputy Director of the New Mexico Film Office where she devoted her time recruiting and servicing productions, marketing New Mexico, its communities and resources, coordinating scouts throughout the state, managing the tax credit and loan programs, and assisting producers, studios and networks throughout production and the incentive process. She went back to her love of casting and joined the Midthunder Casting team in 2013, where she worked on dozens of feature films, television productions, local and national commercials. Jennifer opened Casting by Jen in 2019. She is a Member of the Casting Society of America (CSA). Jennifer casts principal talent for feature films, independent films, television shows and series, shorts, and commercials. Jennifer is passionate about animal welfare and her three large rescue dogs are often seen in her virtual casting sessions.