Nyad
Nyad is a feature film that has completed production with Avy Kaufman Casting, Mad Chance Productions and Black Bear Pictures (CA) and 1 other attached. Avy Kaufman (casting director), Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (director) and Jimmy Chin (director) are attached. It was scheduled to shoot in Los Angeles, CA in June 2021. Production List last updated this listing on April 28, 2026.
Project Summary
When Diana Nyad arrived on the shore of Key West after fifty-three hours of grueling swimming across an epic ocean, she not only set a world record—becoming the first person to swim the shark-infested waters between Cuba and Florida with no cage for protection.
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Cast & Crew
Production
| Producer | Andrew Lazar |
| Producer | Teddy Schwarzman |
Directing
| Director | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi |
| Director | Jimmy Chin |
Writing
| Writer | Ann Biderman |
| Writer | Julia Cox |
Cast
| Cast | Annette Bening |
Casting
| Casting Director | Avy Kaufman |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
Working on Nyad
Nyad has finished principal photography. How productions hire crew · Working as an extra · Reaching the production office
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/nyad (last updated Apr 28, 2026).