On Thursday night, the Casting Society announced their winners for the 41st annual Artios Awards — the first to take place since the Oscars’ introduction of their own casting category.
This should bode well for Francine Maisler, who took home the Artios in the big-budget feature drama category for her work on Sinners, beating out fellow Oscar nominees Jennifer Venditti (Marty Supreme, and also nominated here but not at the Oscars for Bugonia) and Nina Gold (Hamnet). Maisler had a big night overall, also winning on the TV side alongside Melissa Kostenbauder for her work on Apple TV+’s The Studio in the first-season comedy category. All in all, Maisler has now won 17 Artios Awards.
The studio/independent drama category saw Avy Kaufman’s work for Sentimental Value win out, despite her narrow miss with the Academy (she was shortlisted at the Oscars), over other acclaimed titles like Blue Moon and Train Dreams. Other films to win include big-budget feature comedy Jay Kelly, which Gold cast with Douglas Aibel; Rental Family, the Brendan Fraser-led, Japan-set studio/independent comedy cast by Kei Kawamura; animated feature Zootopia 2; international feature The Fisherman; and the A24 darling Sorry Baby, triumphing in the low-budget field. (Some Oscar contenders unaffiliated with the Casting Society, like One Battle After Another, were not eligible for any Artios Awards.)
Over in TV, several Emmy favorites again repeated, with Cathy Sandrich Gelfond of The Pitt snagging best first-season drama and Adolescence’s Shaheen Baig coming out on top for limited series. Because the Casting Society separates returning and new programming, this paved the way for Severance and Hacks to win their categories’ top awards as well.
Three Artios ceremonies were held concurrently on Thursday, with What We Do in the Shadows’ Harvey Guillén hosting at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, Somebody Somewhere’s Jeff Hiller at The Edison Ballroom in New York and Baby Reindeer’s Jessica Gunning at One Moorgate Place in London. Presenters included Oscar winners Marcia Gay Harden and Marlee Matlin, Heated Rivalry breakout François Arnaud and The Pitt stars Supriya Ganesh and Sepideh Moafi.
See below for the full list of winners, including special career awards.
FEATURE FILM WINNERS
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
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
TELEVISION (SCRIPTED AND UNSCRIPTED), COMMERCIALS, SHORT FILM, SHORT FORM SERIES WINNERS
FILM, FIRST RELEASED FOR TELEVISION OR STREAMING
- BRIDGET JONES MAD ABOUT THE BOY: Lucy Bevan, Olivia Grant, Associate Casting Director: Lucy Downes
TELEVISION SERIES: COMEDY
TELEVISION SERIES: DRAMA
- SEVERANCE (S2): Rachel Tenner, Associate Casting Director: Rick Messina, Location Casting Director: Bess Fifer
TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON: COMEDY
- THE STUDIO: Melissa Kostenbauder, Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Director: Jesse Haddock
TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON: DRAMA
- THE PITT: Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Associate Casting Director: Seth Caskey
LIMITED SERIES
- ADOLESCENCE: Shaheen Baig
REALITY SERIES: COMPETITION
- RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE (S17): Goloka Bolte, Michelle Redwine, Adam Cook
REALITY SERIES: STRUCTURED & UNSTRUCTURED
- QUEER EYE (S9): Pamela Vallarelli, Jessica Jorgensen, Natalie Pino
LIVE ACTION CHILDREN & FAMILY SERIES
- XO, KITTY (S2): Lyndsey Baldasare, David H. Rapaport, Associate Casting Director: Claire Yenson, Location Casting Director: Su Kim
ANIMATED PROGRAM FOR TELEVISION
- BIG MOUTH (S8): Julie Ashton
INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SERIES
- OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY (S1): Alexandra Montag
SHORT FORM SERIES
- DIE HART (S3): Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington, Associate Casting Director: Jane Flowers, Location Casting Director: Tara Feldstein Bennett
SHORT FILM
COMMERCIALS
- LISTENING IS A FORM OF LOVE: Angela Mickey, Associate Casting Director: Aika Greenidge
THEATER WINNERS
BROADWAY: COMEDY OR DRAMA
- ENGLISH: Stephen Kopel, Associate Casting Director: Sujotta Pace
BROADWAY: MUSICAL (TIE)
- BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB: Xavier Rubiano, Tara Rubin, Associate Casting Director: Frankie Ramirez
- MAYBE HAPPY ENDING: Craig Burns, Associate Casting Director: Jimmy Larkin
NEW YORK THEATER: COMEDY OR DRAMA
- SH¡T. MEET. FAN: Bernard Telsey, Will Cantler, Destiny Lilly
NEW YORK THEATER: MUSICAL
- THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT: Rachel Hoffman, Associate Casting Director: Charlie Hano
LONDON THEATRE *NEW CATEGORY*
- THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: Alastair Coomer
LOS ANGELES THEATER
- STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S OLD FRIENDS: Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano, Peter Van Dam, Associate Casting Director: Louis DiPaolo
REGIONAL THEATER
- MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL: Lauren Port, Patrick Goodwin
THEATER TOURS
SPECIAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
- THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE: Geoff Josselson
SPECIAL AWARDS
LYNN STALMASTER AWARD FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
- AYO DAVIS, president of Disney Branded Television
ROSALIE JOSEPH HUMANITARIAN AWARD
- LAURA ADLER, casting director and former CSA Administrator (posthumous)
HOYT BOWARS AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CASTING
- JULIE ASHTON, casting director
CAPELIER-SHAW AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN CASTING
- KATE RHODES JAMES, casting director
MARION DOUGHERTY NEW YORK APPLE AWARD
- BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
GLOBAL IMPACT AWARD
ASSOCIATE CASTING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT AWARD: LOS ANGELES
ASSOCIATE CASTING DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHT AWARD: NEW YORK