‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ Elvis,’ ‘Bros, ‘Glass Onion’ and more earn Casting Society (CSA) Artios Award nominations

Erik Anderson January 10, 2023

Casting Society (CSA) today announces the film nominees for the 38^th Artios Awards, which honor the contribution of Casting Professionals to film, television, theatre and commercials. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Bros, and Glass Onion were among the big budget nominees in drama and comedy while Emily the Criminal, Catherine Called Birdy, The Banshees of Inisherin and The Whale were among the lower budgeted films nominated.

Several high-profile casting directors earned two nominations, including Lucy Bevan – Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical and The Batman, Kim Coleman – Till and Emergency, Sarah Halley Finn – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Everything Everywhere All At Once, Christi Soper Hilt – The Bad Guys and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, Avy Kaufman – Tar and Montana Story Bernard Telsey – Better Nate Than Ever and The Same Storm and Natalie Lyon and Kevin Reher – Lightyear and Turning Red. Earning three nominations apiece were Ellen Chenoweth – Deep Water, The Survivor and Causeway, and Mary Vernieu and Bret Howe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Menu and The Whale.

The group’s Zeitgeist Award “celebrates the casting team whose work captured our collective imaginations and helped create the year’s defining cultural moments.” Those nominees are Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Scream (2022) and Top Gun: Maverick.

First held in 1985, the Artios Awards honors Casting Professionals in more than 20 different categories encompassing film, television, theatre and commercials. In addition, special honorees are selected for their contributions to the craft. Nominees and winners are voted on by members of the Casting Society.

The winners will be revealed on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The in-person celebration will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Here is the full list of nominations.

BIG BUDGET – DRAMA

BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Sarah Halley Finn, Carla Hool (Location Casting), Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Chase Paris (Location Casting), Molly Doyle (Associate Casting Director)
ELVIS – Denise Chamian, Nikki Barrett, Beth Day (Associate Casting Director) Liz Ludwitzke (Associate Casting Director)
THE FABELMANS – Cindy Tolan, Nicholas Petrovich (Associate Casting Director)
TÁR – Avy Kaufman, Simone Bär (Location Casting), Jeremy Zimmerman (Location Casting)
TILL – Kim Coleman, Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Chase Paris (Location Casting), Stefni Colle (Associate Casting Director)

BIG BUDGET – COMEDY

BROS – Gayle Keller, Allison Kirschner (Associate Casting Director)
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe
THE MENU – Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Kimberly Wistedt (Location Casting), Becca Burgess (Associate Casting Director)
ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann
WHITE NOISE –Douglas Aibel, D. Lynn Meyers, (Location Casting), Matthew Glasner (Associate Casting Director)

LOW BUDGET – COMEDY OR DRAMA

EMILY THE CRIMINAL – Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Marisol Roncali
FAMILY SQUARES – Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas
MONTANA STORY – Avy Kaufman, Harrison Nesbit (Associate Casting Director)
PLEASE BABY PLEASE – Eyde Belasco
THE SWEARING JAR – Nicole Hilliard-Forde, Matthew Lessall

MICRO BUDGET – COMEDY OR DRAMA

THE CATHEDRAL – Ally Beans, Daryl Eisenberg
DOWN WITH THE KING – Scotty Anderson, Harrison Nesbit
FOUR SAMOSAS – Emily Schweber
THEY/THEM/US – Joey Montenarello, Duncan Stewart, Benton Whitley,
D. Lynn Meyers (Location Casting)
THE SAME STORM – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Adam Caldwell, Karyn Casl (Associate Casting Director)

STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – COMEDY

THE BUBBLE – Victor Jenkins, Gayle Keller, Allison Kirschner (Associate Casting Director)
CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY – Nina Gold, Catriona Dickie
EMERGENCY – Kim Coleman, Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Chase Paris (Location Casting)
I LOVE MY DAD – Eyde Belasco
SPOILER ALERT – Avy Kaufman

STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – DRAMA

ARMAGEDDON TIME – Douglas Aibel, Matthew Glasner (Associate Casting Director)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Louise Kiely
CAUSEWAY – Ellen Chenoweth, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting), Susanne Scheel (Associate Casting Director), Blair Foster (Associate Casting Director)
CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH – Angela Demo, Nancy Mosser Bailey (Location Casting)
THE WHALE – Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Bret Howe (Associate Casting Director)

ANIMATION

THE BAD GUYS – Christi Soper Hilt
LIGHTYEAR – Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Jessica Kelly, Kate Geller (Associate Casting Director)
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Christi Soper Hilt
TURNING RED – Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)

THE ZEITGEIST AWARD

AVATAR: THE WAY OF THE WATER – Margery Simkin, Katrina Wandel George (Associate Casting Director), Jasmine Gutierrez (Associate Casting Director), Sydney Shircliff (Associate Casting Director)
THE BATMAN – Cindy Tolan, Lucy Bevan, Nicholas Petrovich (Associate Casting Director), Olivia Grant (Associate Casting Director)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Sarah Halley Finn, Djinous Rowling (Associate Casting Director)
SCREAM – Rich Delia, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Craig Fincannon (Location Casting), Adam Richards (Associate Casting Director), Meredith Petty Hughes (Associate Casting Director)
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Denise Chamian, Jordana Sapiurka (Associate Casting Director)

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.