“Wicked,” “Saturday Night,” “Emilia Perez,” “Moana 2” and “Queer” are among the film nominees for the Casting Society’s (CSA) 40th Annual Artios Awards which take place on Wednesday, February 12, 2005 with ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, White City House in London and the Edison Ballroom in New York.
Emceeing the proceedings will be three-time Emmy Award nominee Janelle Dames (Abbott Elementary) in Los Angeles, Emmy winner and Golden Globe, Critics Choice and Independent Spirit Award nominee Jessica Gunning (Baby Reindeer) as host of the London ceremony, and comedian Jordan Carlos at the New York event. The annual awards celebration honors the contributions of casting professionals in film, television (scripted and unscripted), commercials and theater.
The nominees for the 40th Annual Artios Awards in the film categories are as follows:
FEATURE: BIG BUDGET: COMEDY
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE: Sophie Holland. Location Casting Directors: Angela Peri, Lisa Lobel. Location Associate Casting Director: Melissa Morris
CHALLENGERS: Francine Maisler. Associate Casting Director: Molly Rose
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE: Sarah Halley Finn. Associate Casting Directors: Jacqueline Gallagher, Jordyn Gregory. Location Casting Directors: Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann. Location Associate Casting Director: Katie Brydon
NIGHTBITCH: Douglas Aibel. Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner
SATURDAY NIGHT: John Papsidera
WICKED: PART I: Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield. Associate Casting Director: Ryan Bernard Tymensky. Location Casting Director: Tamsyn Manson
FEATURE: BIG BUDGET: DRAMA
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: Yesi Ramirez. Location Casting Directors: Rori Bergman, Karlee Fomalont. Location Associate Casting Director: Kate Sprance
BLITZ: Nina Gold. Associate Casting Director: Lucy Amos
CIVIL WAR: Francine Maisler. Associate Casting Director: Amber Wakefield. Location Casting Directors: Meagan Lewis, Rebecca Carfagna
DUNE: PART TWO: Francine Maisler. Associate Casting Directors: Kathy Driscoll-Mohler, Molly Rose. Location Casting Director: Dixie Chassay
GLADIATOR II: Kate Rhodes James
QUEER: Jessica Ronane
FEATURE: ANIMATION
INSIDE OUT 2: Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum. Associate Casting Director: Lexi Diamond
MOANA 2: Grace C. Kim
MUFASA: THE LION KING: Francine Maisler, Molly Rose
SPELLBOUND: Jason Henkel
THE WILD ROBOT: Christi Soper Hilt
FEATURE: INTERNATIONAL FILM (*NEW CATEGORY)
EMILIA PEREZ: Carla Hool. Associate Casting Director: Susan Putnam
JULIE KEEPS QUIET: Sien Josephine Teijssen
KNEECAP: Carla Stronge
SAMIA: Cassandra Han
THE BUCKINGHAM MURDERS: Shakyra Dowling
THE SETTLERS: Jessie Frost
TOUCH: Yoko Narahashi. Location Casting Director: Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
FEATURE: STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT: COMEDY
A DIFFERENT MAN: Maribeth Fox. Associate Casting Director: Kimberly Ostroy
A REAL PAIN: Jessica Kelly
EZRA: Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee. Associate Casting Directors: Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman
HIT MAN: Vicky Boone. Associate Casting Director: Liz Kelley
MY OLD ASS: Douglas Aibel. Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner
THELMA: Jamie Ember
FEATURE: STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT: DRAMA
CONCLAVE: Nina Gold, Martin Ware. Location Casting Director: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani
HERETIC: Carmen Cuba. Associate Casting Director: Charley Medigovich. Location Casting Director: Tiffany Mak
LEE: Lucy Bevan, Olivia Grant
NICKEL BOYS: Victoria Thomas. Associate Casting Director: Jennifer Yoo. Location Casting Director: Meagan Lewis
SEPTEMBER 5: Nancy Foy, Lucinda Syson, Simone Bär. Associate Casting Director: Natasha Vincent. Location Casting Director: Juliette Ménager
THE APPRENTICE: Carmen Cuba, Stephanie Gorin. Associate Casting Director: Brendan Wilcocks
FEATURE: LOW BUDGET: COMEDY OR DRAMA
EMPIRE WAIST: Rori Bergman. Associate Casting Director: Karlee Fomalont
FANCY DANCE: Stacey Rice. Location Casting Director: Chris Freihofer
JANET PLANET: Jessica Kelly
OMNI LOOP: Kate Geller, Taylor Williams. Associate Casting Director: Ross Shenker
THE GRADUATES: Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee. Associate Casting Directors: Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman. Location Casting Director: Jeff Johnson
TOKYO COWBOY: Emily Schweber
YOUR MONSTER: Scotty Anderson
CSA previously announced the television (scripted and unscripted), theater, commercials, short film and short form series nominees which were covered by SHOOT here.
Honorees
Honorees for the 40th Annual Artios Awards, which will be presented at the ceremonies are:
The Hoyt Bowers Award will be presented to legendary casting director John Papsidera. The award is for excellence in casting and honors the recipient’s body of work and outstanding contribution to the casting profession. Papsidera’s career includes castings on such films as “Clear and Present Danger,” “The Net,” “Anaconda” and “Cutthroat Island.” Starting in 1997, Papsidera embarked on forming his own casting company and over the past 27 years has been the casting director for over 250 films and television projects some of which include: “Austin Powers,” “Memento,” “Batman: Begins,” “The Longest Yard,” “Enchanted,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Dark Knight Rises, “The Suicide Squad,” “Ghostbusters,” “Oppenheimer” and “Saturday Night.” His television credits include, “If These Walls Could Talk,” “Live from Baghdad,” “Carnivale,” “Lackawanna Blues,” “Prison Break,” “Ray Donovan,” “Casual,” “Lost In Space,” “Westworld,” “The Flight Attendant,” “Yellowstone, 1883”, “Wednesday,” “The Night Agent” and “Fallout.” His achievements in the field of casting include 23 nominations and 5 Artios Awards for outstanding casting and 6 nominations and 2 Emmy® Awards for his work in television.
The Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award, given for outstanding contributions to humanitarian causes that have in turn supported the casting community, will be presented posthumously to casting director Zora DeHorter.
The Marion Dougherty New York Apple Award will be presented to casting director Daniel Swee. Daniel Swee is an acclaimed casting director with over four decades of experience in theater and film. He has been the casting director for Lincoln Center Theater since 1992, where he has worked on over 125 productions, including “McNeal,” “Uncle Vanya,” “The Skin of Our Teeth,” “Oslo,” “Pipeline,” “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” “Golden Boy,” “Other Desert Cities,” “War Horse,” “A Free Man of Color,” “In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play,” “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” “The Coast of Utopia,” “Awake and Sing!,” “Seascape,” “Henry IV,” “Dinner at Eight,” “Morning’s at Seven,” “The Invention of Love,” “Twelfth Night,” “Contact,” “Ivanov,” “A Delicate Balance,” “Arcadia,” “The Heiress,” “Carousel,” and “The Sisters Rosensweig.” His additional Broadway credits include: Death of a Salesman,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “God of Carnage,” “Julius Caesar,” “Art,” “The Crucible,” “Once on This Island” and “The Heidi Chronicles.” His film credits include: “The Hours,” “The Object of My Affection,” “Center Stage” and “The Crucible.” Prior to Lincoln Center Theater, Swee has worked for Playwrights Horizons (casting director), TCG (casting director), and the Hudson Guild Theatre (Associate Producer). He has been a guest instructor at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, The Juilliard School, and NYU/Tisch Grad Acting.
The Capelier-Shaw Award for Excellence in Casting will be presented to Juliette Ménager. Juliette Ménager is an internationally renowned casting director and in 1994, she founded Joule Studio Casting in Paris. As one of the world’s leading casting studios, Joule has worked with directors such as Clint Eastwood, Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro Innaritù, Matthew Weiner, Darren Star, Steven Spielberg, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, Oliver Stone, John Woo and Spike Lee. Her eclecticism, vision and taste for innovation means she is constantly on the creative cutting edge in this interconnected century. Juliette provides talents for major films, television series. Her portfolio also includes TV series such as “Emily in Paris,” “The Dreamers,” “Babel,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The New Look,” “Franklin” and the two spin-offs of the series “The Walking Dead.” She is currently working on Amy and Dan Palladino’s new show “Etoile.” Juliette is a member of CSA (Casting Society), ICDA (International Casting Directors Association), ARDA (Association of Managers of Artistic Distribution) and AMPAS.
(Note: The Lynn Stalmaster Award For Career Achievement and other honors will be announced at a later date).
