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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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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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
8 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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