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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Casting is a very easy thing for others to credit for': Richard E Grant on cinema's invisible moguls

Casting directors are pivotal industry figures who identify talent, navigate actor temperaments, and secure project financing through years of unpaid work, yet remain largely invisible until now receiving inaugural Academy Award recognition.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

Casting nominee reacts to Oscars' first new category in 25 years

The Oscars introduces its first new category since 2001: Best Casting Director, honoring the behind-the-scenes work essential to bringing scripts to life with the right actors.
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Best Casting Jobs in Hollywood History

The Oscars added a Best Casting category for the first time in 25 years, formally recognizing casting directors' vital but previously underrecognized creative contributions.
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

The Winners of the Best Casting Oscar from the Last 25 Years, According to IndieWire

Casting as an artistic discipline has been around in its current form for decades, despite the proliferation of Zoom and self-tapes. Meticulous research, intuition, collaboration, and creative ability to expand on the filmmakers' vision all go into the casting process. We see no reason IndieWire can't retroactively reward that effort - albeit with no statues or acceptance speeches, unfortunately - to build a sense of what could have been a list of the Best Casting Award Winners for the first quarter of the 21st Century.
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Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

It had to be Jessie Buckley': star-maker Nina Gold glimpses Oscar chance for Hamnet casting

Casting directors will be honoured by the Academy for the first time, recognizing their role in discovering and pairing stars like Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal.
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fromVulture
9 months ago

'The Job I Signed Up for Doesn't Exist Anymore'

Casting directors play a crucial role in shaping films, balancing intuition with collaboration to achieve a filmmaker’s vision.
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