41st Casting Society Artios Awards (CSA): ‘Sinners,’ ‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘The Pitt,’ ‘The Studio’ and More
Casting Society (CSA) honored excellence in casting across feature film, television (scripted and unscripted), commercials and theater at the 41st Annual Artios Awards held tonight at ceremonies in Los Angeles, New York and London which saw Sinners, Jay Kelly, The Pitt, The Studio and more earn wins for the casting directors and their teams.
Sinners took the win for big budget drama. Casting director Francine Maisler is also nominated for the first ever Best Casting award at the Oscars this year, where she’s currently the frontrunner to win. Sinners defeated fellow Oscar nominees Frankenstein, Hamnet and Marty Supreme, as well as Bugonia and F1. One Battle After Another is also Oscar-nominated but was not eligible for an Artios Award nomination as nominees must be a member of the guild.
Jay Kelly earned the big budget comedy win for Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold and their team, beating out Materialists, The Naked Gun, The Phoenician Scheme, Wake Up Dead Man and Wicked: For Good.
Independent film was represented by Rental Family, Sentimental Value and Sorry, Baby, while Zootopia 2 won for animated film.
In television, winners included Severance, The Pitt, The Studio, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Adolescence, Queer Eye and more.
Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) hosted the Los Angeles ceremony at The Beverly Hilton, Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere) hosted the New York ceremony at The Edison Ballroom, and Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) hosted the London ceremony at One Moorgate Place. The star-studded award ceremonies hosted over 1,500 guests with the combined three locations across the globe.
At the Los Angeles ceremony, The Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement was presented to Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television and the Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award was presented posthumously to casting director and former CSA Administrator Laura Adler and The Hoyt Bowers Award for Excellence in Casting was awarded to casting director Julie Ashton. In New York, the Marion Dougherty New York Apple Award was presented to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In London, The Global Impact Award was presented to GAP Workshops and The Capelier-Shaw Award for Excellence in Casting was awarded to casting director Kate Rhodes James. The Associate Casting Director Spotlight Award recipients were presented to Leslie Wasserman in Los Angeles and Dustin Presley in New York.
Here is the complete list of winners.
FEATURE FILM WINNERS
BIG BUDGET FEATURE COMEDY
JAY KELLY: Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner, Location Casting Directors: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani
BIG BUDGET FEATURE DRAMA
SINNERS: Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Directors: Molly Rose, Amber Wakefield, Location Casting Director: Meagan Lewis
ANIMATED FEATURE
ZOOTOPIA 2: Grace C. Kim
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT FEATURE COMEDY
RENTAL FAMILY: Kei Kawamura
FEATURE: STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT: DRAMA
SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Avy Kaufman
FEATURE: INTERNATIONAL
THE FISHERMAN: Mawuko Kuadzi
FEATURE: LOW BUDGET: COMEDY OR DRAMA
SORRY, BABY: Jessica Kelly, Location Casting Directors: Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Location Associate Casting Director: Melissa Morris
TELEVISION (SCRIPTED AND UNSCRIPTED), COMMERCIALS, SHORT FILM, SHORT FORM SERIES
FILM, FIRST RELEASED FOR TELEVISION OR STREAMING
BRIDGET JONES MAD ABOUT THE BOY: Lucy Bevan, Olivia Grant, Associate Casting Director: Lucy Downes
TELEVISION SERIES: COMEDY
HACKS (S4): Linda Lowy
TELEVISION SERIES: DRAMA
SEVERANCE (S2): Rachel Tenner, Associate Casting Director: Rick Messina, Location Casting Director: Bess Fifer
TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON: COMEDY
THE STUDIO: Melissa Kostenbauder, Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Director: Jesse Haddock
TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON: DRAMA
THE PITT: Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Associate Casting Director: Seth Caskey
LIMITED SERIES
ADOLESCENCE: Shaheen Baig
REALITY SERIES: COMPETITION
RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE (S17): Goloka Bolte, Michelle Redwine, Adam Cook
REALITY SERIES: STRUCTURED & UNSTRUCTURED
QUEER EYE (S9): Pamela Vallarelli, Jessica Jorgensen, Natalie Pino
LIVE ACTION CHILDREN & FAMILY SERIES
XO, KITTY (S2): Lyndsey Baldasare, David H. Rapaport, Associate Casting Director: Claire Yenson, Location Casting Director: Su Kim
ANIMATED PROGRAM FOR TELEVISION
BIG MOUTH (S8): Julie Ashton
INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SERIES
OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (S1): Alexandra Montag
SHORT FORM SERIES
DIE HART (S3): Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington, Associate Casting Director: Jane Flowers, Location Casting Director: Tara Feldstein Bennett
SHORT FILM
ADO: Ally Beans
COMMERCIALS
LISTENING IS A FORM OF LOVE: Angela Mickey, Associate Casting Director: Aika Greenidge
THEATER WINNERS
BROADWAY: COMEDY OR DRAMA
ENGLISH: Stephen Kopel, Associate Casting Director: Sujotta Pace
BROADWAY: MUSICAL (tie)
BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Xavier Rubiano, Tara Rubin, Associate Casting Director: Frankie Ramirez
MAYBE HAPPY ENDING: Craig Burns, Associate Casting Director: Jimmy Larkin
NEW YORK THEATER: COMEDY OR DRAMA
SH¡T. MEET. FAN: Bernard Telsey, Will Cantler, Destiny Lilly
NEW YORK THEATER: MUSICAL
THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT: Rachel Hoffman, Associate Casting Director: Charlie Hano
LONDON THEATRE *NEW CATEGORY*
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: Alastair Coomer
LOS ANGELES THEATER
STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS: Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano, Peter Van Dam, Associate Casting Director: Louis DiPaolo
REGIONAL THEATER
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: Lauren Port, Patrick Goodwin
THEATER TOURS
PARADE: Craig Burns
SPECIAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE: Geoff Josselson
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