Bonnie Timmermann Explained

Bonnie Timmermann
Birthname:	Bonnie J. Golub
Birth Date:	December 1947
Birth Place:	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Occupation:	casting director, producer

Bonnie Timmermann (born Bonnie J. Golub,^{[1] [2] [3]} December 1947)^[4] is an American casting director and producer for film, television and theatre, perhaps best known for her work on the TV series Miami Vice and for her ongoing collaboration with the show's creator, Michael Mann.^[5]

Early life and career

Timmermann was born Bonnie J. Golub in Manhattan, New York City, one of three children born to Joseph Golub and Bertha Teruer.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} Raised near Rockaway Beach, Queens, Golub left home at age 16 and—much to her subsequent regret—never did finish high school.^[6]

In the 1970s, she worked at the William Morris Agency and Helen Harvey Associates before opening her own agency, Bonnie Golub Associates, in 1974.^[2] It was roughly 3 years later that Golub acquired, via marriage, the surname by which she has since come to be universally known. The marriage itself, however, proved short-lived, and in 1983 Timmermann met—and promptly married—her current husband and occasion collaborator, John A. Connor,^[6] one of whose two writing credits is on a Timmermann-cast TV episode of Miami Vice.

On March 17, 1992, Timmermann made her Broadway producing debut with Ariel Dorfman's Death and the Maiden;^[10] she later served as co-producer on Roman Polanski's screen adaptation.^[11]

On September 8, 2022, Bonnie, Simon Wallon's documentary on Timmermann's life and career, received its world premiere at the Venice Biennale.^[12]

Partial filmography

• Uncommon Women and Others, 1978^[13]
• The House of Mirth, 1981 ^[14]
• Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982^[15]
• Trading Places, 1983^[16]
• Easy Money, 1983^[17]
• The Keep, 1983 (Casting [USA])^[15]
• C.H.U.D., 1984^[18]
• Amadeus, 1984 (Casting [Additional])^[15]
• Miami Vice (89 episodes), 1985–1989^[19]
• Band of the Hand, 1986^[15]
• Crime Story (pilot), 1986^[15]
• Manhunter, 1986^[15]
• Tough Guys Don't Dance, 1987 (New York casting)^[15]
• Gardens of Stone, 1987 (East Coast casting)^[15]
• Dirty Dancing, 1987^[15]
• Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987^[15]
• Light of Day, 1987^[15]
• Ironweed, 1987^[15]
• Frantic, 1988 (Casting [USA])^[15]
• Midnight Run, 1988^[15]
• Miles from Home, 1988^[15]
• Stealing Home, 1988^[15]
• Tequila Sunrise, 1988^[15]
• Bull Durham, 1988^[15]
• The Salute of the Jugger, 1989 (Casting [USA])^[15]
• Revenge, 1989^[15]
• Johnny Handsome^[15]
• Awakenings, 1990^[15]
• State of Grace, 1990^[15]
• Mobsters, 1991^[15]
• The Hard Way, 1991^[15]
• , 1992 (The Filmmakers would like to thank)^[15]
• Medicine Man, 1992^[15]
• Bitter Moon, 1992 (Casting [USA])^[15]
• The Last of the Mohicans^[15]
• Glengarry Glen Ross, 1992^[15]
• Dave, 1993^[15]
• Carlito's Way, 1993^[15]
• Point of No Return, 1993^[15]
• The Music of Chance, 1993^[15]
• I Love Trouble, 1994^[15]
• Quiz Show, 1994^[15]
• Romeo is Bleeding, 1994^[15]
• Heat, 1995^[15]
• Death and the Maiden, 1995 (co-producer)^[15]
• Eraser, 1996^[15]
• City of Industry, 1996 (Consultant)^[15]
• Father's Day, 1997^[15]
• A Further Gesture, 1997 (Co-producer, casting [US])^[15]
• In the Gloaming, 1997 (Co-producer, casting)^[15]
• Six Days Seven Nights, 1998^[15]
• Armageddon, 1998^[15]
• The Insider, 1999^[15]
• Coyote Ugly, 2000^[15]
• Blue Moon, 2000^[15]
• Once in the Life , 2000^[15]
• Chinese Coffee, 2001^[15]
• Spy Game, 2001^[15]
• Pearl Harbor, 2001^[15]
• An American Rhapsody, 2001 (Producer)^[15]
• Black Hawk Down, 2002^[15]
• The Guys (Executive Producer)^[15]
• Wonderful Days (Special Thanks to)^[15]
• Shade^[15]
• Man on Fire, 2004^[15]
• Cuba Libre, 2004^[15]
• Slow Burn, 2005^[15]
• Bug, 2006^[15]
• Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, 2006^[15]
• Deception, 2008^[15]
• The Broken, 2009 (Casting Director [US])^[15]
• Public Enemies, 2009^[15]
• The Conspirator, 2010 (Casting Consultant)^[15]
• Small Apartments, 2013^[15]
• I Origins, 2014 (Executive Producer)^[15]
• Blackhat, 2015^[15]
• Ballerina, 2016^[15]
• Holy Lands, 2017^[20]
• Remember Me, 2019 (Casting Director)^[21]
• I Know This Much Is True (Season 1), 2019–2020 (Casting)^[21]

Personal life

Timmermann's brother Michael Golub is a sound recordist and mixer in television and film.^{[22] [23] [24] [25]}

Further reading

• Geller, Lynn (March 14, 1986). "She Helps Clients Book Very 'Vice' Spots; Bonnie Timmermann gives 'Miami Vice' leads competition by booking eccentric guest stars; Miami Vice' Guest List Features Famous Names". The Tampa Tribune. pp. 1D, 4D. (This is, perhaps, a slightly revised—and/or re-illustrated—version of Geller's "Looking for Mr. Guest Spot", published in the 2/10/86 issue of US.)
• Morgan, Spencer (November 14, 2007). "Sozzled Actor Mickey Rourke—That Punk!". The New York Observer.
• Smith, Liz (April 17, 2009). "A True Tale of Luck, Talent and Ambition". The Stuart News. p. 2.
• Brunner, Jeryl (January 28, 2018). "How Casting Director/Producer Bonnie Timmermann Nurtured The Careers Of Saoirse Ronan And Many More". Forbes.

External links

• • • • Bonnie Timmerman interview at Big Think

Notes and References

1. News: Chatter: Broadway. August 29, 1973. Variety. 45. Bonnie Golub has joined Helen Harvey Assoc., and will be in charge of developing a commercials dept. as well as repping commercial and industrial film performers.. .
2. News: Bonnie Golub Opens Agency. October 25, 1974. Variety. 27. Theatrical agent, Bonnie Golub, has announced the opening of her own agency located at 850 7th Avenue, NYC. Ms. Golub, formerly with the William Morris Agency and Helen Harvey Associates, handles actors and actresses for the legit theatre, motion pictures and television commercials.. .
3. News: SAG–AFTRA Agents. October 8, 1976. Variety. 22. Bonnie Golub Agcy., 850 7th Ave, 757-5201. .
4. https://radaris.com/~Bonnie-Timmermann/1457194380 "Bonnie J. Timmermann"
5. Asch, Mark (April 8, 2021). "Everybody’s in Showbiz: The ‘80s Downtown Actors of Miami Vice". Filmmaker.
6. News: Making it Work; Angel to the Unknown, Link to the Mighty. Yazigi, Monique P.. January 22, 1995. The New York Times. 23. She is secretive about her roots. She said she grew up in New York, in and out of Manhattan, but she will not say exactly where. She said her father was a Russian immigrant who came here when he was 12. His last name was Golub. He became a Golden Gloves boxer. Her mother sang opera but made no money, she said. She said she left home when she was 16. She did not finish high school, which she regrets now. [...] Her ultimate feat came 12 years ago, when she walked across the room to talk to a man she saw at a party. She did not know who he was or what he did. She just faced him and said, 'Would you marry me?' The man, John Connor, said yes. They are still married. 'Sometimes, I just know,' says Timmermann.. .
7. Millea, Holly (November 2, 2009). "Hollywood Icon: Bonnie Timmermann". Elle. "Born in Manhattan, raised near Rockaway Beach, Timmermann was working a low-end job off Broadway at the Phoenix Theater in the '70s when the theater owner asked her to go out and cast Wendy Wasserstein's play Uncommon Women and Others. [...] 'I had spoken to Mickey just after my father Joe had died unexpectedly. He knew my father was a boxer.'"
8. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPW3-JMZ : 7 January 2021), Joseph Golub, 06 Jul 1993; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
9. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CV-3WNJ : 16 August 2022), Joseph Golub and Bertha Teruer, 1936.
10. https://www.playbill.com/playbillpagegallery/inside-playbill?asset=00000150-ac7a-d16d-a550-ec7ef5000004#carousel-cell182136 "Inside the Playbill: Bonnie Timmerman"
11. Kraft, Scott (June 19, 1994). "ON LOCATION: We Thought Hollywood Liked Guns : ‘Death and the Maiden’ was a hot ticket on Broadway. But when it came time to make the movie, there were no takers in the States. But European investors came through, and Roman Polanski is directing it in Paris". Los Angeles Times.
12. Carey, Matthew (September 7, 2022). "Venice Film Festival Premieres ‘Bonnie,’ Doc On Casting Director Bonnie Timmermann Who Championed Future Stars From Winslet To Buscemi To Ruffalo". Deadline. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
13. Salamon, Julie (2011). Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein. New York: The Penguin Press. p. 167. .
14. Wright, Sarah Bird (1998). Edith Wharton A to Z. New York: Facts on File, Inc. p. 290. .
15. Web site: Bonnie Timmermann. https://web.archive.org/web/20180113011543/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb30a2f89. dead. January 13, 2018. American Film Institute. August 27, 2022.
16. News: New York Filming: Shooting Now. Eaker, Sherry. January 14, 1983. Back Stage. 88. "Trading Places,"; a Paramount feature starring Dan Ackroyd and Eddie Murphy with Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy, is being directed by John Landis. Filming begenDec. 13 in Philadelphia, and NYC production began Jan. 3; pic will be here through February. George Folsey, Jr., exec producer; Aaron Russo is producing the screenplay written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod; Robert Paynter, dir. of photography (Britain); Bill Gerrity, prod-n mgr.; Bonnie Timmermann, casting dir.. .
17. News: New York Filming: Shooting Now. Eaker, Sherry. December 3, 1982. Back Stage. 109. Rodney Dangerfield has written (along with P.J O'Rourke, Michael Endler and Dennis Blair), and is also starring in "Easy Money," and Orion Picture which began its schedule [sic] ten weeks of N.Y. production Oct. 12, shooting through mid-December. The Paper Clip Production is being produced by John Nicolella; Estelle Endler is exec producer; James Signorelli, dir.; Fred Schuler, dir. of photography; Peter McIntosh, prod-n mgr.; Bonnie Timmermann, casting dir.. .
18. News: New York Filming: Upcoming Pix. Eaker, Sherry. June 3, 1983. Back Stage. 92. "C.H.U.D.," a feature through Chud Prods., starts rolling June 15 for an 8-week shoot with Andrew Bonime producing and Douglas Cheek directing; Bob Bordiga, prod-n mgr.; Bonnie Timmermann, casting dir.; L-2 Casting, handling extras.. .
19. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863659/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0#casting_director Bonnie Timmermann Filmography
20. News: Writer-Helmer Sthers Sets up English-Lingo 'Holy Lands'. Keslassy, Elsa. November 4, 2017. Variety. 16. She then decided to re-write the script in English, take on the directing and reconnected with the head of Studiocanal in the U.S. who put her in touch with veteran casting director Bonnie Timmermann, who pulled together the cast.. .
21. https://staffmeup.com/profile/4491548-Bonnie-Timmermann "Bonnie Timmermann's Profile and Production Credits"
22. https://bigthink.com/videos/who-are-you-85/ "Who Are You?"
23. https://www.mediafire.com/view/78gliamoz78r5t4 "Academy News"
24. Harvey, Dennis (March 24, 2008). "Becoming John Ford". Variety.
25. Barker, Andrew (November 18, 2009). "Something's Gonna Live". Variety.