The casting branch of the academy is only three years old and doesn’t have an Oscar category of its own. However, the Casting Society of America has been handing out the Artios Awards for 32 years (“Artios” is from the ancient Greek meaning “perfectly fitted.”). Nominees for feature films were announced on Tuesday (Jan. 3). Voting commences immediately, and ends this Sunday (Jan. 8). Winners will then be presented at ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 19.
In addition to the six film categories listed below, the Atrios Awards will also honor Annette Bening with the Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement. The Public Theater will receive the Marion Dougherty New York Apple Award. And casting director Nina Gold will be bestowed with the Hoyt Bowers Award.
Last year big budget winners were the comedy “The Big Short” and the drama “Straight Outta Compton” while “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” and “Room” took the equivalent prizes in the independent division.
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BIG BUDGET COMEDY
“Deadpool”
Ronna Kress, Jennifer Page (Location Casting), Corinne Clark (Location Casting)
“Hail, Caesar!”
Ellen Chenoweth, Susanne Scheel (Associate)
“La La Land”
Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood
“Rules Don’t Apply”
David Rubin, Melissa Pryor (Associate)
“Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”
Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Jo Edna Boldin (Location Casting), Conrad Woolfe (Associate), Marie A.K. McMaster (Associate)
BIG BUDGET DRAMA
“Arrival”
Francine Maisler, Lucie Robitaille (Location Casting)
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
Fiona Weir, Jim Carnahan (Location Casting)
“Hidden Figures”
Victoria Thomas, Jackie Burch (Location Casting), Bonnie Grisan (Associate)
“Nocturnal Animals”
Francine Maisler
“The Girl on the Train”
Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Joey Montenarello (Associate), Adam Richards (Associate)
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT COMEDY
“20th Century Women”
Laura Rosenthal, Mark Bennett
“Bad Moms”
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting)
“Café Society”
Juliet Taylor, Patricia DiCerto, Meghan Rafferty (Associate)
“Hell or High Water”
Richard Hicks, Jo Edna Boldin, Chris Redondo (Associate), Marie A.K. McMaster (Associate)
“The Edge of Seventeen”
Melissa Kostenbauder, Coreen Mayrs (Location Casting), Heike Brandstatter (Location Casting)
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STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT DRAMA
“Captain Fantastic”
Jeanne McCarthy, Angelique Midthunder (Location Casting), Amey Rene (Location Casting)
“Jackie”
Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham, Jessica Kelly (Location Casting)
“Lion”
Kirsty McGregor
“Loving”
Francine Maisler, Erica Arvold (Location Casting), Anne N. Chapman (Location Casting), Michelle Kelly (Associate)
“Manchester By the Sea”
Douglas Aibel, Carolyn Pickman (Location Casting), Henry Russell Bergstein (Associate)
LOW BUDGET COMEDY or DRAMA
“Christine”
Douglas Aibel, Stephanie Holbrook, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting), Blair Foster (Associate)
“Goat”
Susan Shopmaker, D. Lynn Meyers (Location Casting)
“Hello, My Name is Doris”
Sunday Boling, Meg Morman
“Moonlight”
Yesi Ramirez
“White Girl”
Jessica Daniels
ANIMATION
“Finding Dory”
Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon
“Moana”
Jamie Sparer Roberts, Rachel Sutton (Location Casting)
“The Jungle Book”
Sarah Halley Finn, Tamara Hunter (Associate)
“The Little Prince”
Sarah Halley Finn, Tamara Hunter (Associate)
“Zootopia”
Jamie Sparer Roberts
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