Casting Society Artios Award nominations: ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ ‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘Miss Juneteenth’ and more
The Casting Society of America on Friday revealed the film nominees for its 36th annual Artios Awards. The awards recognize the casting director(s) in films and in categories ranging from budget size to genre.
In Big Budget – Drama we have Da 5 Bloods, Hillbilly Elegy, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mulan and The Trial of the Chicago 7 while for Big Budget – Comedy the nominees are Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Enola Holmes, The King of Staten Island, The Prom and On the Rocks.
In the Low Budget category, which covers drama and comedy, the nominees are All Day and a Night, The Assistant, Herself, Minari and Sound of Metal.
Previously announced was that the Actors Fund will receive the CSA’s Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award, and the Hoyt Bowers Award will go to Robi Reed and Tara Rubin, the first time two casting directors have been recipients of this award.
Winners will be announced during the virtual ceremony April 15. Here is the full list of nominations.
ANIMATION
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
Christi Soper Hilt
ONWARD
Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon
SOUL
Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon
TROLLS WORLD TOUR
Christi Soper Hilt
BIG BUDGET – COMEDY
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
Nancy Bishop
ENOLA HOLMES
Jina Jay
THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND
Gayle Keller, David Rubin, Allison Kirschner (Associate)
THE PROM
Alexa L. Fogel, Kathryn Zamora-Benson (Associate), Alison Goodman (Associate)
ON THE ROCKS
Courtney Bright, Nicole Daniels
BIG BUDGET – DRAMA
DA 5 BLOODS
Kim Coleman, Juliette Menager (Location Casting)
HILLBILLY ELEGY
Carmen Cuba, Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Chase Paris (Location Casting), D. Lynn Meyers (Location Casting), Judith Sunga (Associate)
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Alexa L. Fogel, Donna Belajac (Location Casting), Elizabeth Berra (Associate), Missy Finnell (Associate)
MULAN
Debra Zane, PoPing AuYeung (Chinese Casting Consultant), Dylan Jury (Associate)
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Francine Maisler, Mia Cusumano (Location Casting) Jennifer Rudnicke (Location Casting), Mickie Pascal (Location Casting), Kathy Driscoll-Mohler (Associate), Molly Rose (Associate), AJ Links (Associate)
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – COMEDY
THE 40-YEAR-OLD VERSION
Jessica Daniels
AMMONITE
Fiona Weir
FRENCH EXIT
Nicole Arbusto, Lucie Robitaille (Location Casting)
HAPPIEST SEASON
Rich Delia, Donna Belajac (Location Casting), Adam Richards (Associate), Missy Finnell (Associate)
LET THEM ALL TALK
Carmen Cuba
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Sarah Crowe
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – DRAMA
THE DIG
Lucy Bevan
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Avy Kaufman, Nancy Mosser (Location Casting), Scotty Anderson (Associate)
THE MAURITANIAN
Nina Gold, Christa Schamberger (Location Casting)
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
Kimberly R. Hardin, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting)
PIECES OF A WOMAN
Jessica Kelly
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu
LOW BUDGET – COMEDY OR DRAMA
ALL DAY AND A NIGHT
Kim Coleman, Nina Henninger (Location Casting), (Location Sarah Kliban (Associate)
THE ASSISTANT
Avy Kaufman, Scotty Anderson (Associate)
HERSELF
Louise Kiely
MINARI
Julia Kim, Chris Freihofer (Location Casting)
SOUND OF METAL
Susan Shopmaker, Angela Peri (Location Casting), Lisa Lobel (Location Casting), Emily Fleischer (Associate)
MICRO BUDGET – COMEDY OR DRAMA
AMERICAN SKIN
Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd, Kelly Knox
BLACK BEAR
Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin, Jenn Gaw
INEZ & DOUG & KIRA
Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Roya Semnanian (Associate), Joey Montenarello Associate)
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Matthew Lessall
MISS JUNETEENTH
Chelsea Ellis Bloch
THE SURROGATE
Erica Hart
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