The Casting Society of America (CSA) today announced the film nominees for the 37th 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
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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), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) 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.