---
name: "Louis DiGiaimo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/louis-digiaimo"
fi1m_id: "louis-digiaimo"
imdb_id: "nm0226544"
tmdb_id: 949
wikidata_id: "Q21819975"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 October 1938"
died: "19 December 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T02:14:51.919415+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Louis DiGiaimo

## Identity

Louis DiGiaimo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/louis-digiaimo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** louis-digiaimo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0226544
- **TMDB ID:** 949
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21819975
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_DiGiaimo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21819975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/949

Producer. Born 20 October 1938 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. Died 19 December 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 October 1938, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 19 December 2015
- **Active:** 1972–2001
- **Also known as:** Louis Di Giaimo, Lou DiGiaimo
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 10 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (3), 1980s 66 (3), 1990s 75 (3), 2000s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 70 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Crime 5, Thriller 4, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 22 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,906m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_DiGiaimo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21819975, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0226544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/949

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Donnie Brasco*](https://film.one/film/donnie-brasco.md) (84)

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## Biography

Louis DiGiaimo (1938–2015) was an American casting director and film producer. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, he graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University and initially worked as an accountant before entering casting after meeting director Martin Ritt in 1968.

DiGiaimo served as a casting director on Francis Ford Coppola's *The Godfather* (1972) and later worked extensively with directors William Friedkin, Barry Levinson and Ridley Scott. His credits include *The Exorcist* (1973), *Rain Man* (1988), *Thelma & Louise* (1991) and *Gladiator* (2000). He won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1998 for casting the television series *Homicide: Life on the Street*.

As a producer, DiGiaimo worked on *Donnie Brasco* (1997) alongside Levinson and Mike Newell, as well as *Dinner Rush* (2000) and *An Everlasting Piece* (2000).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Hannibal* (2001), Fi1m 54, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/hannibal.md)
- *Donnie Brasco* (1997), Fi1m 84, Producer, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-brasco.md)
- *Sleepers* (1996), Fi1m 57, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)
- *Thelma & Louise* (1991), Fi1m 85, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/thelma-and-louise.md)
- *Rain Man* (1988), Fi1m 76, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Good Morning, Vietnam* (1987), Fi1m 68, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/good-morning-vietnam.md)
- *The Money Pit* (1986), Fi1m 54, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-money-pit.md)
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Fi1m 88, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *The Exorcist* (1973), Fi1m 89, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, Casting — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

## Complete filmography (64)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Baby on Board* (2009), Casting
- *The Poet* (2007), Casting
- *Olé* (2006), Casting
- *16 Blocks* (2006), Casting
- *Bandidas* (2006), Casting
- *Blueberry* (2004), Casting
- *Trapped* (2002), Casting
- *'R Xmas* (2001), Casting Director
- *Hannibal* (2001), Casting — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/hannibal.md)
- *An Everlasting Piece* (2000), Producer
- *Dinner Rush* (2000), Producer
- *Luckytown* (2000), Casting
- *Gladiator* (2000), Casting — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md)
- *Homicide: The Movie* (2000), Casting
- *Black and White* (1999), Casting
- *The Giraffe* (1999), Casting
- *Gloria* (1999), Casting
- *Tower of the First Born* (1998), Casting
- *G.I. Jane* (1997), Casting
- *The Brave* (1997), Casting
- *Donnie Brasco* (1997), Producer, Casting — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-brasco.md)
- *Sleepers* (1996), Casting — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepers.md)
- *Firehouse* (1996), Casting
- *The Juror* (1996), Casting
- *Under Siege 2: Dark Territory* (1995), Casting
- *Blue Chips* (1994), Casting
- *The Young Americans* (1993), Casting
- *Wilder Napalm* (1993), Casting
- *New York Undercover Cop* (1993), Casting
- *Beyond the Law* (1993), Casting
- *Sniper* (1993), Casting
- *1492: Conquest of Paradise* (1992), Casting
- *29th Street* (1991), Casting
- *Year of the Gun* (1991), Casting
- *Thelma & Louise* (1991), Casting — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/thelma-and-louise.md)
- *Indio 2 - The Revolt* (1991), Casting
- *The Guardian* (1990), Casting
- *The Package* (1989), Casting
- *Cookie* (1989), Extras Casting
- *Hell High* (1989), Casting
- *Red Scorpion* (1988), Casting Director
- *Rain Man* (1988), Casting — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Good Morning, Vietnam* (1987), Casting — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/good-morning-vietnam.md)
- *I Love N.Y.* (1987), Casting
- *Tin Men* (1987), Casting
- *52 Pick-Up* (1986), Casting
- *The Money Pit* (1986), Casting — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-money-pit.md)
- *Out of the Darkness* (1985), Casting
- *Invasion U.S.A.* (1985), Casting
- *Vigilante* (1983), Casting
- *Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter* (1981), Casting Director
- *Times Square* (1980), Extras Casting
- *The First Deadly Sin* (1980), Casting
- *Cruising* (1980), Casting
- *The Brink's Job* (1978), Casting
- *Sorcerer* (1977), Casting — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sorcerer.md)
- *Breakheart Pass* (1975), Casting
- *Russian Roulette* (1975), Casting
- *Farewell, My Lovely* (1975), Casting
- *Strike Force* (1975), Casting
- *Rancho Deluxe* (1975), Casting
- *The Exorcist* (1973), Casting — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-exorcist.md)
- *A Separate Peace* (1972), Casting
- *The Godfather* (1972), Casting — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)

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