Feature film nominees announced today:
BIG BUDGET – COMEDY
- “The Big Short” Francine Maisler, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting)
- “The Intern” Bernard Telsey, Laray Mayfield, Tiffany Little Canfield, David Vaccari (Associate)
- “Joy” Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham, Angela Peri (Location Casting)
- “Sisters” Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Joey Montenarello (Associate), Adam Richards (Associate)
- “Tomorrowland” April Webster, Alyssa Weisberg, Corinne Clark (Location Casting), Jennifer Page (Location Casting)
BIG BUDGET – DRAMA
- “Bridge of Spies” Ellen Lewis, Kate Sprance (Associate)
- “Mad Max: Fury Road” Ronna Kress, Nikki Barrett
- “Spotlight” Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, John Buchan (Location Casting), Jason Knight (Location Casting), Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Joey Montenarello (Associate), Adam Richards (Associate)
- “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Nina Gold, April Webster, Alyssa Weisberg,Jessica Sherman (Associate)
- “Straight Outta Compton” Cindy Tolan, Victoria Thomas, Meagan Lewis(Location Casting), Beth Sepko (Location Casting), Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Lucinda Syson (Location Casting), Pat Moran (Location Casting)
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – COMEDY
- “Infinitely Polar Bear” Douglas Aibel, Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Henry Russell Bergstein (Associate)
- “Me & Earl and the Dying Girl” Angela Demo, Nancy Mosser (Location Casting), Katie Shenot (Location Casting)
- “Ricki and the Flash” Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Conrad Woolfe (Associate)
- “Sleeping With Other People” Jennifer Euston, Emer O’Callaghan
- “While We’re Young” Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler, Henry Russell Bergstein (Associate)
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – DRAMA
- “Brooklyn” Fiona Weir, Lucie Robitaille (Location Casting), Jim Carnahan (Location Casting),
- “Carol” Laura Rosenthal, Maribeth Fox (Associate), Jodi Angstreich (Associate)
- “The Danish Girl” Nina Gold
- “Room” Fiona Weir, Robin D. Cook, Jonathan Oliveira (Associate)
- “Trumbo” David Rubin, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Melissa Pryor (Associate)
LOW BUDGET – COMEDY
- “Big Stone Gap” Henry Russell Bergstein, Stephanie Holbrook, Erica Arvold, Anne Chapman
- “Dope” Kim Coleman
- “Grandma” Douglas Aibel, Henry Russell Bergstein
- “The Mend” Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee and Allison Estrin
- “Mistress America” Douglas Aibel, Henry Russell Bergstein (Associate)
LOW BUDGET – DRAMA
- “It Follows” Mark Bennett
- “James White” Susan Shopmaker
- “Meadowland” Richard Hicks
- “Sisterhood of Night” Laura Rosenthal, Maribeth Fox, Jodi Angstreich
- “The Stanford Prison Experiment” Angela Demo
ANIMATION
- “The Good Dinosaur” Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon
- “Inside Out” Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon
- “Legend of the Neverbeast” Jason Henkel
- “Pixies” Brad Gilmore
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Final Ballots Distributed Today, Voting Closes January 8.
HOLLYWOOD, CA (January 4, 2016) – The Casting Society of America (CSA) has announced its feature film nominees for the 31st Annual Artios Awavrds. Final film ballots have been distributed to CSA members and voting will continue through Friday, January 8, 2016. All winners for film, television, theater, short film and new media categories will be announced at the 31st Annual Artios Awards on January 21, 2016, with award ceremonies being held simultaneously at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and at the Hard Rock Café in New York.
The evening will also honor Academy Award®-winning Director Danny Boyle (“Steve Jobs”) with the Career Achievement Award; writing-duo Michelle and Robert King (“The Good Wife”) with the New York Apple Award; and Emmy®-nominated casting director Bernard Telsey (“Into the Woods”) with the Hoyt Bowers Award.
The eligibility period for film projects includes films released theatrically from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
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Past Artios Award winners include the casting directors of: “Wolf of Wall Street,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Boyhood,” “Argo,” and many more. Previous attendees and presenters have included critically acclaimed actors, such as: Meryl Streep, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Patricia Arquette, Jonah Hill, Michael B. Jordan, Jason Biggs, Gina Rodriguez and more.
“Artios” is an ancient Greek word meaning “perfectly fitted” and the adjective is always used in the plural form.
About the Casting Society of America
The Casting Society of America (CSA) was founded in February of 1982 with the intention of establishing a recognized standard of professionalism in the casting field and providing its members with a support organization to further their goals and protect their common interests. CSA currently boasts more than 600 members. CSA Casting Directors and Associates work around the world, with members based in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. The CSA is a global resource for producers, directors and creative teams seeking casting professionals, while promoting the image of casting directors and associates worldwide, engaging in a number of charitable activities, and supporting its members by sharing important and helpful professional information. For more information on the Casting Society of America, please visit CastingSociety.com.
Mad Max Fury Road.
Can anyone please help me? I have a genuine question: Are there any clear guidelines or criteria to categorise movies as Drama or Comedy? Sometimes I get so confused with this.. for example.. I don’t remember Tomorrowland being funny..was it? How do the Globes or bodies like these determine in which category a movie should go? Some times that changes the game significantly… Anyone knows ? Is there any certainty around this?
Thank you
Boy, I never considerated ”Tomorrowland” a comedy. News to me. … Similarly, the Globes consider ”The Martian” a comedy, but the American Cinema Editors consider it a drama. … It’s confusing because different groups have different criteria. For instance, SAG allows ”category fraud” because they allow you to place yourself in whichever category you want to be in: lead or supporting. Whereas Academy voters can choose to put you in lead or supporting, depending on their membership. And you can take your case to the Globes and ask to put in a certain genre or category, but ultimately the Globes rule on your eligibility.
Is there a Casting Directors Branch in the Academy yet? If there is a new Oscar to be added, Best Casting is one I’d like to see. It kind of mirrors the SAG Ensemble, but instead of another award to honor the actors yet again, it would honor the people who helped cast them into their roles.
The Academy created a branch for casting directors in 2013, but it might be one of the rare branches that doesn’t have an Oscar to honor their work. For a good intro, check out ”Casting By,” a 2013 documentary (by Tom Donahue) about the legendary casting director Marion Dougherty. The likes of Robert DeNiro, Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Al Pacino and many more discuss how she changed their lives.
And yet, how do you judge good casting? Was it the casting director’s choice? Or the director’s?
I wish Francine Maslier had gotten a nomination for casting ”The Revenant.” It must’ve taken quite a search to track down the talented Native American actors, like Forrest Goodluck and Arthur Redcloud.
That’s why I’m ambivalent about a casting category at the Oscars. I don’t trust the voters to actually make the best choice. Like, American Hustle could win because it had a strong ensemble cast, but I doubt a casting director had much to do with any of the 5 leads being cast. I don’t know. On the other hand, the casting in The Revenant is quite unique.
These categories are so odd, but in a way, I kind of like them. They’re a very inclusive group and recognize how the power structures of Hollywood play into the budgets of films, therefore the casting.
Was Spotlight really such a big budget film?