Alyssa Weisberg Alyssa Weisberg is an American film and television casting director and film producer . She was a Casting Director at Paramount Pictures from February 2007 through July 2011 , during which time she worked on along with April Webster . Webster and Weisberg both won the Casting Society of America ' s 2009 Artios Award for their work on " Star Trek " . Weisberg reunited with Webster for the casting of the sequel . More recently , Weisberg and Webster started casting actors through their company April Webster & Associates for the sequel , directed by Justin Lin . Weisberg and Webster were also Casting Directors for " Star Trek " producer / director J . J . Abrams on the hit ABC series " Lost " , for which they shared the 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for " Lost " . Weisberg and Webster again worked with Abrams on the Paramount motion picture " Mission : Impossible III " , with Weisberg credited as Casting Associate . Also , while working at Paramount , Weisberg was the sole Casting Director on the hit film " Cloverfield " ( 2008 ) , which was produced by Abrams . More recently , Weisberg and Webster worked as casting directors on Abrams ' science fiction thriller " Super 8 " ( 2011 ) and the action sequel " Mission : Impossible - Ghost Protocol " ( 2011 ) . As a casting associate under Ronnie Yeskel and Mary Vernieu , Weisberg worked on such films as " Freeway " ( 1996 ) , " The Long Kiss Goodnight " ( 1996 , featuring costumes designed by Michael Kaplan ) , " Touch " ( 1997 , featuring Anthony Zerbe ) , " Booty Call " ( 1997 ) , and ' s " U - Turn " ( 1997 ) . Her credits as a casting director ( often in collaboration with Vernieu ) include " Somebody Is Waiting " ( 1996 ) , " Little City " ( 1997 ) , " Aberration " ( 1997 ) , " Telling You " ( 1998 ) , " Hollywood Palms " ( 2001 ) , and " The House of Usher " ( 2006 ) . Weisberg was also an associate producer on " Telling You " and co - produced " The House of Usher " . In addition , she helped Matt Winston get a lead role in the 2001 comedy " Hollywood Palms " , which Weisberg also co - produced . Weisberg formed her own company , Alyssa Weisberg Casting , in January 1997 , and has held sole proprietorship of the company since its inception . In addition to " Star Trek " , other films on which Weisberg was casting director include the independent thriller " In My Sleep " ( 2010 , featuring Christopher Darga ) and the action comedy " Play Dead " ( 2009 , featuring Richard Riehle ) . She was also Casting Director and Executive Producer of the romantic comedy " Around June " ( 2008 ) . In addition , Weisberg cast and produced the short film " Ollie Klublershturf vs the Nazis " ( 2010 ) , which was written by " Star Trek " producer Damon Lindelof and featured " Star Trek " actress Rachel Nichols and for which she received her second Artios Award from the Casting Society of America in the category Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Short Film . Weisberg was the casting director on " Piranha 3 - D " ( 2010 ) , a remake of the 1978 Joe Dante horror comedy . Among those Weisberg cast in this film were " Star Trek " film performers Christopher Lloyd and Dina Meyer . Other projects include the comedy " The Watch " ( 2012 ) , the comedy " Fun Size " ( 2012 ) , the television series " Workaholics " ( 2011 - 2015 ) , " The Carrie Diaries " ( 2013 - 2014 ) , and " Betas " ( 2013 - 2014 , with Ed Begley , Jr . ) , the musical " Make Your Move " ( 2013 ) , and the fantasy sequel " Percy Jackson : Sea of Monsters " ( 2013 , with Robert Knepper , Derek Mears , and Ron Perlman ) . She also cast and produced the independent film " Losing Control " ( 2011 ) , for which she brought in regular John Billingsley for a supporting role . In 2013 , she received her third Artios Award nomination from the Casting Society of America in the category Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature - Comedy for her work on " The Watch " . More recently , Weisberg served as casting director on ' s science fiction film " Tomorrowland " ( 2014 , written and produced by Damon Lindelof and with Paul McGillion ) and on the television comedy " Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman ' s Family " ( 2015 ) . Also in 2015 , Weisberg received her fourth Artios Award nomination and third win in the category Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Short Film for her work on the short comedy " All ' s Fair " ( 2014 ) . Most recently , Weisberg worked with Webster on the casting for the science fiction sequel " Star Wars : Episode VII - The Force Awakens " ( 2015 ) , written , directed and produced by J . J . Abrams . Other " Trek " alumni include producers Bryan Burk , Tommy Gormley , Tommy Harper , Michelle Rejwan , and Ben Rosenblatt , cinematography by Daniel Mindel , editing by Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey , costume design by Michael Kaplan , sound design by Ben Burtt and Andy Nelson , casting associate Jessica F . Sherman , and stunts by Mike Massa .