This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Ensemble. First given in 2006, this award is given to the casting directors. Victoria Thomas holds the record for most wins in this category with 3.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s Year Film Casting Director Ref 2006 Crash Sarah Halley Finn and Randi Hiller 2006 Black Reel Awards Four Brothers Kimberly Hardin Hustle & Flow Chris Gray and Kimberly Hardin Rent Tiffany Little Canfield and Bernard Telsey Roll Bounce Monica Swann 2007 colspan="3" 2008 Cadillac Records Michelle Adams and Kimberly Hardin 2008 Black Reel Awards Honeydripper John Hubbard Miracle at St. Anna Kim Coleman, Béatrice Kruger and Karen Kaia Livers The Secret Life of Bees Aisha Coley, Craig and Mark Fincannon Slumdog Millionaire Gail Stevens and Loveleen Tandan
2010s Year Film Casting Director Ref 2010 Precious Billy Hopkins and Jessica Kelly 2010 Black Reel Awards American Violet Susan Shopmaker Notorious Tracy Bird and Pamela Frazier Passing Strange Heidi Griffiths and Jordan Thaler The Princess and the Frog Jen Rudin 2011 For Colored Girls Robi Reed 2011 Black Reel Awards Brooklyn’s Finest Suzanne Smith and Mary Vernieu Night Catches Us Lois J. Drabkin Takers Lisa Hayes Kroeger and David Rapaport Unstoppable Denise Chamian 2012 The Help Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee 2012 Black Reel Awards Attack the Block Nina Gold Fast Five Debra Zane Jumping the Broom Tracy Byrd Mooz-lum Aleta Chappelle Pariah Eyde Belasco 2013 Django Unchained Victoria Thomas Flight Victoria Burrows Middle of Nowhere Aisha Coley Sparkle Tracy Byrd Think Like a Man Kim Hardin 2014 12 Years a Slave Francine Maisler 42 Victoria Thomas The Best Man Holiday Julie Hutchinson The Butler Leah Daniels and Billy Hopkins Fruitvale Station Nina Henninger 2015 Selma Aisha Coley 2015 Black Reel Awards Belle Toby Whale Dear White People Kim Coleman Get On Up Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee Top Five Victoria Thomas 2016 Straight Outta Compton Victoria Thomas and Cindy Tolan 2016 Black Reel Awards Chi-Raq Kim Coleman Concussion Lindsay Graham and Mary Vernieu Creed Francine Maisler Dope Kim Coleman 2017 Moonlight Yesi Ramirez 2016 Black Reel Awards The Birth of a Nation Andrea Craven, Craig Fincannon, Lisa Mae Fincannon, Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd Fences Victoria Thomas Hidden Figures Victoria Thomas Keanu Nicole Abellera and Jeanne McCarthy 2018 Mudbound Billy Hopkins (Casting Director), Ashley Ingram (Casting Director) Get Out Dominates the Black Reel Awards Black Reel Awards. 13 December 2017.Get Out “Sinks” the Competition at The Black Reel Awards Black Reel Awards. 23 February 2018. Detroit Victoria Thomas Get Out Terri Taylor Girls Trip Michelle Wade Byrd & Mary Vernieu Marshall Victoria Thomas 2019 Black Panther Sarah Halley Finn 2019 Black Reel Awards BlacKkKlansman Kim Coleman If Beale Street Could Talk Cindy Tolan Sorry to Bother You Cindy Tolan Widows Francine Maisler, Mickie Paskal & Jennifer Rudnicke
2020s Year Film Casting Director Ref 2020 Dolemite Is My Name Lindsay Graham, Mary Vernieu 2020 Black Reel Awards Just Mercy Carmen Cuba The Last Black Man in San FranciscoJulia Kim Us Terri Taylor Waves Avy Kaufman 2021 One Night in Miami... Kim Hardin Da 5 Bloods Kim Coleman Judas and the Black Messiah Alexa L. Fogel Ma Rainey's Black BottomAvy Kaufman Miss Juneteenth Chelsea Ellis Bloch 2022 The Harder They Fall Victoria Thomas In the Heights Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey King Richard Rich Delia & Avy Kaufman Passing Kim Ostroy & Laura Rosenthal Zola Kim Coleman
Multiple nominations and wins Multiple wins 3 Wins Victoria Thomas
2 Wins Sarah Halley Finn Kim Hardin Billy Hopkins Victoria Thomas
Multiple nominations
9 Nominations Victoria Thomas
7 Nominations Kim Coleman
5 Nominations Mary Vernieu Kim Hardin
3 Nominations Twinkie Byrd Francine Maisler Cindy Tolan Billy Hopkins Aisha Coley Avy Kaufman
2 Nominations Tiffany Little Canfield Terri Taylor Sarah Halley Finn Paul Schnee Michelle Wade Byrd Lisa Mae Fincannon Lindsay Graham Kerry Barden Craig Fincannon Bernard Telsey
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