‘House of Gucci,’ ‘The French Dispatch,’ Zola’ among 37th Casting Society of America (CSA) Artios Awards nominees

Erik Anderson February 1, 2022

The Casting Society of America (CSA) today announced the film nominees for the 37^th Artios Awards, which honor the contribution of Casting Directors to film, television and theatre.

Among the nominees for feature film dramas, which are split between big budget and independent films, include House of Gucci, King Richard, The Power of the Dog, CODA, Belfast and The Hand of God. For comedies we have Cruella, The French Dispatch, The Tender Bar and Zola.

In low budget and micro budget categories, which combine drama and comedy, we have Shiva Baby, The Humans, The Novice and Swan Song (the one starring Udo Kier) among the nominees. On the flip side, the group’s Zeitgeist Award houses blockbuster sci-fi films like The Matrix Resurrections, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Tomorrow War and Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

For animated films the nominees are: Encanto, Luca, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Raya and the Last Dragon and Vivo.

The CSA nominations for television, theatre and more were previously announced, including A Black Lady Sketch Show, Bridgerton, The Kominsky Method and The Queen’s Gambit, and can be found here.

Since 1985, the Artios Awards have honored Casting Directors in more than 20 different categories encompassing film, television and theatre. In addition, special honorees are selected for their contributions to the craft. Nominees and winners are voted on by members of the Casting Society of America.

Last year’s winners included The Trial of the Chicago 7, Minari, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, The 40-Year Old Version and Soul.

The winners will be revealed on Thursday, March 17, 2022 in a virtual ceremony. Here is the full list of nominees.

BIG BUDGET – DRAMA

HOUSE OF GUCCI – Kate Rhodes-James
KING RICHARD – Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman, Adam Richards (Associate), Scotty Anderson (Associate)
THE POWER OF THE DOG – Nikki Barrett, Carmen Cuba, Nina Gold, Martin Ware (Associate)
TICK, TICK…BOOM! – Bernard Telsey, Kristian Charbonier
WEST SIDE STORY – Cindy Tolan, Nicholas Petrovich (Associate)

BIG BUDGET – COMEDY

CRUELLA – Mary Vernieu, Lucy Bevan, Bret Howe (Associate), Emily Brockmann (Associate), Olivia Grant (Associate)
DON’T LOOK UP – Francine Maisler, Kathy Driscoll-Mohler (Additional Casting), Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Matt Bouldry (Location Casting), Kyle Crand (Location Casting), Molly Rose (Associate)
THE FRENCH DISPATCH – Douglas Aibel, Matthew Glasner (Associate)
IN THE HEIGHTS – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Kristian Charbonier (Associate)
SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS – Sarah Halley Finn, Amanda Mitchell (Location Casting), PoPing AuYeung (Location Casting), Molly Doyle (Associate)

STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – COMEDY

BEST SELLERS – Pam Dixon, Andrea Kenyon, Randi Wells
THE TENDER BAR – Rachel Tenner, Bess Fifer (Location Casting), Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Rick Messina (Associate)
THIS GAME’S CALLED MURDER – Meg Morman, Sunday Boling
ZOLA – Kim Taylor-Coleman

STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT – DRAMA

BELFAST – Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann, Carla Stronge (Location Casting)
CODA – Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood, Lisa Zagoria, Angela Peri (Location Casting), Lisa Lobel (Location Casting), Melissa Morris (Associate)
THE LOST DAUGHTER – Kahleen Crawford
PASSING – Laura Rosenthal, Kimberly Ostroy
THE HAND OF GOD – Annamaria Sambucco

LOW BUDGET – COMEDY OR DRAMA

BLUE BAYOU – Marisol Roncali, Chelsea Ellis Bloch, Matthew Morgan (Location Casting)
THE HUMANS – Ellen Chenoweth, Susanne Scheel (Associate)
THE NOVICE – Matthew Lessell, Nicole Hilliard-Forde
TOGETHER TOGETHER – Richard Hicks, Leslie Wasserman
VIOLET – Orly Sitowitz, Stacey Pianko
WE BROKE UP – Amanda Lenker Doyle, Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington

MICRO BUDGET – COMEDY OR DRAMA

DRAMARAMA – Meg Morman, Sunday Boling
THE OUTSIDE STORY – Stephanie Holbrook
SHIVA BABY – Kate Geller
THE SUBJECT – Destiny Lilly
SWAN SONG – Eve Battaglia, Lina Todd, Angela Boehm (Location Casting)

ANIMATION

ENCANTO – Jamie Sparer Roberts, Grace C. Kim (Associate)
LUCA – Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate)
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES – Tamara Hunter
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON – Jamie Sparer Roberts, Grace C. Kim (Associate)
VIVO – Tamara Hunter

THE ZEITGEIST AWARD

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS – Carmen Cuba, Simone Bäer
(Location Casting), Charley Medigovich (Associate)
THE TOMORROW WAR – Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Rebecca Carfagna (Associate)
VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE – Lucy Bevan, Nina Henninger (Location Casting), Emily Brockmann (Associate), Sarah Kliban (Associate)
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – Sarah Halley Finn, Chase Paris (Location Casting), Tara Feldstein Bennett (Location Casting), Molly Doyle (Associate)

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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.