‘La La Land’ casting director graduated from Bishop Kearney High
Deborah Aquila Won Artios Award For Her Contributions
Bishop Kearney, a private, all-girls Roman Catholic high school at 2202 60th St. in Bensonhurst, can proudly boast that one of its alumni has worked on the Academy Award-winning film “La La Land.”
Deborah Aquila, from the graduating class of 1976, has received the Artios Award for Outstanding Casting for her work as casting director on “La La Land.” The movie received a record-breaking 14 Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor. Emma Stone took home the Award for Best Actress for her role.
After graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Stella Adler Conservatory, Aquila worked on the first two seasons of “Miami Vice” and on films including Michael Mann’s “Man Hunter” and “The Pope of Greenwich Village.”