Lisa Parasyn is a Canadian casting director and film producer. She is a three-time

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winner for Best Casting in a Television Series, winning at the

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'', at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for '' Cardinal'', and at the

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'', and an Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series at the

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for ''Schitt's Creek''. The president of her own firm, Lisa Parasyn Casting, she has usually been credited jointly with her business partner Jon Comerford. Parasyn and Comerford were also nominated at the

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in 2011 for ''

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'', at the

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in 2019 for both ''Cardinal'' and ''Schitt's Creek''.Brent Furdyk
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'', March 27, 2019. Parasyn has also been a producer of various television movies.

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