41st Casting Society Artios Awards Announced

The Casting Society (CSA) has announced the winners of the 41st Annual Artios Awards, with SinnersJay Kelly, and Sentimental Value among the winners.

Casting director Francine Maisler scored a win for Big Budget Feature Drama for Sinners over fellow Best Casting Oscar nominees Hamnet and Marty Supreme. This marked Maisler’s 17th CSA win overall. They will face off against One Battle After Another and The Secret Agent at the Academy Awards. Neither was eligible for an Artios Award nomination, as nominees must be members of the guild.

The Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement was presented to Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television and the Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award was presented posthumously to casting director and former CSA Administrator Laura Adler and The Hoyt Bowers Award for Excellence in Casting was awarded to casting director Julie Ashton. 

The Marion Dougherty New York Apple Award was presented to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In London, The Global Impact Award was presented to GAP Workshops and The Capelier-Shaw Award for Excellence in Casting was awarded to casting director Kate Rhodes James. The Associate Casting Director Spotlight Award recipients were presented to Leslie Wasserman in Los Angeles and Dustin Presley in New York. 

BIG BUDGET FEATURE COMEDY

JAY KELLY: Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner, Location Casting Directors: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani

BIG BUDGET FEATURE DRAMA 

SINNERS: Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Directors: Molly Rose, Amber Wakefield, Location Casting Director: Meagan Lewis

ANIMATED FEATURE

ZOOTOPIA 2: Grace C. Kim

STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT FEATURE COMEDY

RENTAL FAMILY: Kei Kawamura

FEATURE: STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT: DRAMA

SENTIMENTAL VALUE: Avy Kaufman

FEATURE: INTERNATIONAL 

THE FISHERMAN: Mawuko Kuadzi

FEATURE: LOW BUDGET: COMEDY OR DRAMA

SORRY, BABY: Jessica Kelly, Location Casting Directors: Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Location Associate Casting Director: Melissa Morris

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.

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