Simone Bär

Biography

Simone Bär (May 1, 1965 – January 16, 2023) was a German casting director.

Career Overview

Simone Bär has 103 screen credits in a career dating back to 1994. Their work spans 9 cinematic universes — most prominently Tödliche Geheimnisse Filmreihe with 2 titles. Signature works include Dark, Inglourious Basterds, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Production

Gender

female

Known Credits

103

Birth Date

1965-01-05 00:00:00

Birth Place

Königs Wusterhausen, Germany

Known For

• 

  Dark
• 

  Inglourious Basterds
• 

  The Grand Budapest Hotel
• 

  Constellation
• 

  The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
• 

  All Quiet on the Western Front

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 9 universes

• Tödliche Geheimnisse Filmreihe (2 titles)
• Mann Filmreihe (2 titles)
• The Hunger Games (1 titles)
• The Kangaroo Chronicles Collection (1 titles)
• Charlie's Angels (1 titles)
• War Series (Hrithik Roshan) (1 titles)
• YRF Spy Universe (1 titles)
• Tarantino Universe (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Heike Merker (4 collaborations)
• Wes Anderson (4 collaborations)
• Alexandra Montag (3 collaborations)
• Henning Molfenter (3 collaborations)
• Carl Woebcken (3 collaborations)
• Christoph Fisser (3 collaborations)
• Quentin Tarantino (3 collaborations)
• Daniel Brühl (3 collaborations)
• Frances Hannon (3 collaborations)
• Jeremy Peirson (3 collaborations)

Credits

• production (99 credits)

  • Franz

    casting

    production
    2025
  • September 5

    casting

    production
    2024
  • Constellation

    casting

    production

    - These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin (2024) ... casting production

    - Through the Looking Glass (2024) ... casting production

    - Paul Is Dead (2024) ... casting production

    - Five Miles Out, the Sound Is Clearest (2024) ... casting production

    - The Left Hand of God (2024) ... casting production
    2024
  • The Zone of Interest

    casting

    production
    2023
  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    location casting

    production
    2023
  • Flunkyball

    casting

    production
    2023
  • The Teachers' Lounge

    casting

    production
    2023
  • Afire

    casting

    production
    2023
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    casting

    production
    2022
  • TÁR

    casting

    production
    2022
  • The Conference

    casting director

    production
    2022
  • Inventing Anna

    - Too Rich for Her Blood (2022) ... location casting production
    2022
  • Chess Story

    casting

    production
    2021
  • Next Door

    casting

    production
    2021
  • Frida

    casting

    production
    2021
  • Undine

    casting

    production
    2020
  • The Kangaroo Chronicles

    casting

    production
    2020
  • Tödliche Geheimnisse - Das Versprechen

    casting

    production
    2020
  • Relativity

    casting

    production
    2019
  • Charlie's Angels

    casting

    production
    2019
  • War

    casting director

    production
    2019
  • A Regular Woman

    casting director

    production
    2019
  • How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

    - If You Are the Smartest One in the Room, You're in the Wrong Room (2019) ... casting director production

    - Score Big or Don't Score at All (2019) ... casting director production

    - If This is Reality, I'm Not Interested (2019) ... casting director production

    - Failure is Not an Option (2019) ... casting director production

    - Life's Not Fair, Get Used to It (2019) ... casting director production
    2019
  • Never Look Away

    casting

    production
    2018
  • Transit

    casting

    production
    2018
  • Dark

    casting

    production

    - The Paradise (2020) ... casting production

    - Between the Time (2020) ... casting production

    - Light and Shadow (2020) ... casting production

    - Life and Death (2020) ... casting production

    - The Origin (2020) ... casting production
    2017
  • Tödliche Geheimnisse - Jagd in Kapstadt

    casting

    production
    2017
  • Babylon Berlin

    - Episode 12 (2020) ... casting production

    - Episode 11 (2020) ... casting production

    - Episode 10 (2020) ... casting production

    - Episode 9 (2020) ... casting production

    - Episode 8 (2020) ... casting production
    2017
  • Deadly Leaks

    casting

    production
    2016
  • Lotte Jäger und das tote Mädchen

    casting

    production
    2016
  • Frantz

    casting

    production
    2016
  • Alone in Berlin

    casting

    production
    2016
  • Land of Mine

    casting

    production
    2015
  • Outside the Box

    casting

    production
    2015
  • The Disappearing Illusionist

    casting

    production
    2015
  • Woman in Gold

    casting

    production
    2015
  • Men Have to Go through This

    casting

    production
    2015
  • Jack

    casting

    production
    2014
  • Phoenix

    casting

    production
    2014
  • A Most Wanted Man

    casting director

    production
    2014
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    casting

    production
    2014
  • The Monuments Men

    casting

    production
    2014
  • Run Boy Run

    casting

    production
    2014
  • The Book Thief

    casting

    production
    2013
  • Finsterworld

    casting

    production
    2013
  • Girl on a Bicycle

    casting

    production
    2013
  • 3096 Days

    casting

    production
    2013
  • Five Years

    casting

    production
    2013
  • Two Lives

    casting

    production
    2012
  • Für Elise

    casting

    production
    2012
  • Men Do what Men Can

    casting

    production
    2012
  • Partly Sunny

    casting

    production
    2012
  • Barbara

    casting

    production
    2012
  • War Horse

    casting

    production
    2011
  • Woman in Love

    casting

    production
    2011
  • Remembrance

    casting

    production
    2011
  • Im falschen Leben

    casting

    production
    2011
  • I Phone You

    casting

    production
    2011
  • Residual Risk

    casting

    production
    2011
  • Colors in the Dark

    casting

    production
    2011
  • Three

    casting

    production
    2010
  • 8:28 AM

    casting

    production
    2010
  • Friendship!

    casting

    production
    2010
  • The White Ribbon

    casting

    production
    2009
  • Inglourious Basterds

    casting

    production
    2009
  • Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

    casting

    production
    2009
  • Effi Briest

    casting

    production
    2009
  • Jerichow

    casting

    production
    2009
  • The Reader

    casting

    production
    2008
  • Shadow Kids

    casting

    production
    2008
  • Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps

    casting

    production
    2007
  • Yella

    casting

    production
    2007
  • An die Grenze

    casting

    production
    2007
  • And Along Come Tourists

    casting

    production
    2007
  • Die Mauer – Berlin '61

    casting

    production
    2006
  • The Free Will

    casting

    production
    2006
  • The Lives of Others

    casting

    production
    2006
  • Silberhochzeit

    casting

    production
    2006
  • Berlin Airlift

    casting director

    production
    2005
  • NVA

    casting

    production
    2005
  • I am a Berliner

    casting

    production
    2005
  • Ghosts

    casting

    production
    2005
  • Ein Koala-Bär allein zu Haus

    casting

    production
    2005
  • The Bodyguard

    casting

    production
    2005
  • Marseille

    casting

    production
    2004
  • Summer Storm

    casting

    production
    2004
  • Zerbrechliche Zeugin

    casting

    production
    2004
  • Seven Weeks In Italy

    casting

    production
    2003
  • Berlin Blues

    casting

    production
    2003
  • Wolfsburg

    casting

    production
    2003
  • Baby

    casting

    production
    2003
  • Angst

    casting

    production
    2003
  • Good Bye, Lenin!

    casting

    production
    2003
  • Something to Remind Me

    casting

    production
    2002
  • Der Wannsee-Mörder

    casting

    production
    2002
  • Das Staatsgeheimnis

    casting

    production
    2001
  • Passing Summer

    casting

    production
    2001
  • The State I Am In

    casting

    production
    2001
  • Das schafft die nie

    casting director

    production
    1994

• crew (4 credits)

  • Constellation

    in memory of

    crew

    - These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin (2024) ... in memory of crew

    - Through the Looking Glass (2024) ... in memory of crew

    - Paul Is Dead (2024) ... in memory of crew

    - Five Miles Out, the Sound Is Clearest (2024) ... in memory of crew

    - The Left Hand of God (2024) ... in memory of crew
    2024
  • The Zone of Interest

    in memory of

    crew
    2023
  • Flunkyball

    in memory of

    crew
    2023
  • Afire

    in memory of

    crew
    2023