Donald Pemrick began his career in the Entertainment Industry in 1980 as the Casting
Assistant on the feature film Annie based on the hit Broadway musical.  Working with the
legendary Director John Houston, Pemrick was responsible for the auditions of nearly 12,000 young
girls in ten open calls throughout the U.S. He then joined BCI Casting where Donald spent two
years with Casting Director, Barbara Claman learning the business and working on projects like
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers that launched the careers of River Phoenix and Richard Dean
Anderson.  From BCI, Donald joined Marc Schwartz Casting and his first opportunity to cast a
Prime Time Network Television Program.  The Show was Three's Company and at this time Donald
was the youngest Prime Time Casting Director for Network Televison.  He also worked on
numerous Movies of the Week starring the likes of Valerie Bertinelli, John Ritter, and Martin
Short. Next in his career was a staff position at Universal Television where Donald was the
youngest person to hold that position as well. During his two years with the Studio, Donald was
responsible for Casting Pilots and Series Television.  Those included such shows as Charles in
Charge, the George Burns Comedy Week and the Pilot that launched the series "The Equalizer".
During his time at Universal, Donald worked with such Actors and Directors as Steve Martin, John
Landis, Sherwood Schwartz, and Geena Davis to name a few.

By the mid 80's, Donald decided to stray from Television and pursue feature films.  He
joined Cannon films in 1985 and Cast five consecutive films for Cannon partners Menacham Golan
and Yuram Melman . In 1986, Donald Pemrick Casting was formed and for the next two years the
company would go on to cast seven independent films that would shoot all over the world
including Africa and the Phillipines. In 1988, Donald's career would take yet another turn when he
would move to New York City where he would spend the next 2 years working as a Consultant for
NBC television. While at NBC his main purpose was to look for new and upcoming Talent for the
Networks Pilots and Series.  During his time at NBC, he would meet future stars such as Matt
Damon, Adam Sandler, Matt LeBlanc and Marisa Tomei.

By 1990, Donald was back in Los Angeles working with a new Independent Film Company
named I.R.S. Media, Inc.  Formed by Miles Copeland and Paul Colichman, I.R.S. was one of the
first independent film companies and presented Pemrick the task of over twenty-five consecutive
films.  Some of his highlights would be the cult classic, Shakes the Clown starring Bobcat
Goldthwait and Adam Sandler, Siskel & Ebert's #1 Film of 1993, One False Move Directed by Carl
Franklin and starring Bill Paxton and Billy Bob Thornton, and the twice-Oscar nominated film
Tom & Viv with Willem Dafoe and Miranda Richardson.  Also during his time at I.R.S., he
Produced three films: December, a World War II drama starring Balthazaar Getty, Wil Wheaton
and Jason London, and the Martial Arts Films Rage and Honor 1 and II starring Cynthia
Rothrock, Richard Norton and Patrick Muldoon. I.R.S. Media enabled Pemrick to work with
Studios such as Columbia/Tri-Star and Miramax, Showtime Original Films, and Producers such as
Larry Estes, Raju Patel, and Mark and Peter Samuelson.
   
In 1996, Pemrick formed Ataraxia Entertainment Inc. dba Pemrick Fronk Casting with
his then-Associate, Dean Fronk. The Company's approach is to handle an increased yearly
average of feature films in an Actor friendly environment and it has provided three consecutive
years of over fifteen feature films. The company most recently completed Universal Studios'
Beethoven's III by Writer/Director David Mickey Evans, License to Steal an Independent film
Cast by Pemrick/Fronk from their New York City office, and the sequel to one of the highest selling
CD-ROM's of all time, Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo II.