Casting Society (CSA) has unveiled the film nominees for the 38th Artios Awards, which honor the contribution of casting professionals to film, television, theatre and commercials. The winners will be revealed on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The in-person celebration will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Leading the way among casting directors in the nominations tally were Ellen Chenoweth, and the team of Mary Vernieu and Bret Howe with three nods apiece. Chenoweth’s trio of noms came for Deep Water, The Survivor and Causeway. Vernieu and Howe scored with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Menu and The Whale.
Scoring two nominations each were Lucy Bevan for Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical and The Batman; Kim Coleman for Till and Emergency; Sarah Halley Finn for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Everything Everywhere All at Once; Christi Soper Hilt for The Bad Guys and Puss In Boots: The Last Wish; Avy Kaufman for Tár and Montana Story; Bernard Kelsey for Better Nate Than Ever and The Same Storm; and Natalie Yon for Lightyear and Turning Red.
First held in 1985, the Artios Awards honors casting professionals in more than 20 different categories encompassing film, television, theatre and commercials. (CSA previously announced the television and theater nominees.) 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 film nominees for the 38th Artios Awards are:
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)
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)
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)
FILM, NON-THEATRICAL RELEASE
- THE ADAM PROJECT – Carmen Cuba, Tiffany Mak (Location Casting), Judith Sunga (Associate Casting Director)
- BETTER NATE THAN EVER – Bernard Telsey, Bethany Knox, Pat Goodwin
- DEEP WATER – Ellen Chenoweth, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting), Susanne Scheel (Associate Casting Director)
- THE HARDER THEY FALL – Victoria Thomas, Jo Edna Boldin (Location Casting)
- THE SURVIVOR – Ellen Chenoweth, Susanne Scheel (Associate Casting Director)
LOW BUDGET – COMEDY OR DRAMA
- EMILY THE CRIMINAL – Chelsea 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)
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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