The Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy) is an award handed out annually by the Casting Society of America. The award, in its current incarnation, was first awarded in 2010, when the category made the distinction of award comedic films with larger budgets, and studio backing. Previously, since the second awards ceremony in 1986, the category had only held the distinction of Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy. The award honors the casting directors of higher-budgeted, in comparison to independently-backed, films that the voting body believes featured the best casting.
Winners and nominees 1980s Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting Year Film Casting Director(s) 1985(1st) Amadeus Mary Goldberg The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Terry Liebling The Natural Ellen Chenoweth Sixteen Candles Jackie Burch A Soldier's Story Reuben Cannon
Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy Year Film Casting Director(s) 1986(2nd) Prizzi's Honor Alixe Gordon After Hours Mary Colquhoun Back to the Future Mike Fenton, Jane Feinberg and Judy Taylor Desperately Seeking Susan Risa Bramon and Billy Hopkins The Purple Rose of Cairo Juliet Taylor 1987(3rd) Hannah and Her Sisters Juliet Taylor Down and Out in Beverly Hills Ellen Chenoweth Little Shop of Horrors Margery Simkin Ruthless People Ellen Chenoweth Something Wild Risa Bramon and Billy Hopkins 1988(4th) Moonstruck Howard Feuer Baby Boom Pam Dixon Broadcast News Ellen Chenoweth The Princess Bride Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson Radio Days Juliet Taylor 1989(5th) Bagdad Cafe Al Onorato and Jerold Franks Big Juliet Taylor, Paula Herold Crossing Delancey Meg Simon, Fran Kumin Married to the Mob Howard Feuer Working Girl Juliet Taylor
1990s Year Film Casting Director(s) 1990(6th) Parenthood Jane Jenkins and Jane Hirshenson House Party Eileen Knight The Little Mermaid Mary V. Buck, Susan Edelman The War of the Roses David Rubin When Harry Met Sally... Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson 1991(7th) Home Alone Jane Jenkins and Jane Hirshenson Alice Juliet Taylor Dick Tracy Jackie Burch The Freshman Mike Fenton, Judy Taylor, Lynda Gordon Postcards from the Edge Juliet Taylor 1992(8th) The Fisher King Howard Feurer The Addams Family David Rubin City Slickers Pam Dixon Sister Act Judy Taylor, Lynda Gordon, Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent Liff, Andrew Zerman This Is My Life Juliet Taylor 1993(9th) A League of Their Own Ellen Lewis and Amanda Mackey Honeymoon in Vegas Mike Fenton Husbands and Wives Juliet Taylor Mr. Saturday Night Pam Dixon Used People Mary Colquhoun 1994(10th) Sleepless in Seattle Juliet Taylor Angie Juliet Taylor Cool Runnings Chemin Sylvia Bernard Mrs. Doubtfire Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins The Hudsucker Proxy Donna Isaacson, John Lyons The Ref Howard Feuer 1995(11th) Bullets Over Broadway Juliet Taylor The Brady Bunch Movie Deborah Aquila, Jane Shannon The Mask Fern Champion, Mark Paladini Miami Rhapsody Renee Rousselot While You Were Sleeping Amanda Mackey, Cathy Sandrich 1996(12th) Fargo John Lyons The Birdcage Juliet Taylor, Ellen Lewis Flirting with Disaster Ellen Parks, Risa Bramon Get Shorty David Rubin, Debra Zane Mighty Aphrodite Juliet Taylor To Die For Howard Feurer 1997(13th) That Thing You Do! John Lyons Everyone Says I Love You Juliet Taylor The First Wives Club Ilene Starger Grosse Pointe Blank Junie Lowry Johnson Walking and Talking Avy Kaufman 1998(14th) Boogie Nights Christine Sheaks As Good as It Gets Francine Maisler In & Out Margery Simkin My Best Friend's Wedding David Rubin The Opposite of Sex Amanda Mackey, Cathy Sandrich Wag The Dog Ellen Chenoweth, Debra Zane 1999(15th) Election Lisa Beach 10 Things I Hate About You Marcia Ross and Donna Morong Celebrity Juliet Taylor Pushing Tin Ellen Chenoweth The Parent Trap Ilene Starger
2000s Year Film Casting Director(s) 2000(16th) American Pie Joseph Middleton and Michelle Morris Gertz Bowfinger Margery Simkin Galaxy Quest Debra Zane Keeping the Faith Avy Kaufman Man on the Moon Francine Maisler 2001(17th) State and Main Avy Kaufman Bring It On Margery Simkin The Family Man Matthew Barry, Nancy Green-Keyes A Knight's Tale Francine Maisler What Women Want Deborah Aquila, Howard Feuer 2002(18th) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins Legally Blonde Joseph Middleton, Michelle Morris Gertz Ocean’s Eleven Debra Zane The Princess Diaries Marcia Ross, Donna Morong, Gail Goldberg Spider-Man Francine Maisler, Lynn Kressel 2003(19th) About Schmidt Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman, John Jackson (Location Casting) Barbershop Felicia Fasano, Mary Vernieu Chasing Papi Chemin Sylvia Bernard Holes Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond Old School Joseph Middleton 2004(20th) School of Rock Ilene Starger Along Came Polly Kathleen Chopin Bad Santa Mary Vernieu, Felicia Fasano Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Ronna Kress Something’s Gotta Give Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson 2005(21st) Sideways John Jackson and Ellen Parks The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Marcia Ross In Good Company Joseph Middleton Meet the Fockers Francine Maisler Shall We Dance? Richard Hicks 2006(22nd) Wedding Crashers Lisa Beach & Sarah Katzman The Family Stone Mindy Marin Mr. & Mrs. Smith Joseph Middleton, Michelle Morris Gertz A Prairie Home Companion Francine Maisler Thank You for Smoking Mindy Marin 2007(23rd) Night at the Museum Ilene Starger, Coreen Mayrs, Heike Brandstatter (Vancouver Casting) Blades of Glory Juel Bestrop, Seth Yanklewitz Click Roger Mussenden Music and Lyrics Ilene Starger Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Denise Chamian
Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Studio Feature – Comedy Year Film Casting Director(s) 2008(24th) Juno Mindy Marin, Coreen Mayrs (Location Casting), Heike Brandstatter (Location Casting) 27 Dresses Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Amanda Mackey Dan in Real Life Bernard Telsey Enchanted John Papsidera, Marcia Ross, Susan Shopmaker (Location Casting) Hairspray David Rubin, Richard Hicks
Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature Casting (Comedy) Year Film Casting Director(s) 2009(25th) Tropic Thunder Francine Maisler Burn After Reading Ellen Chenoweth Confessions of a Shopaholic Bernard Telsey Get Smart Roger Mussenden Yes Man David Rubin, Richard Hicks
2010s Year Film Casting Director(s) 2010(26th) Julie & Julia Francine Maisler Couples Retreat Sarah Halley Finn, Randi Hiller Date Night Donna Isaacson The Proposal Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Angela Peri (Location Casting) Valentine’s Day Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood 2011(27th) Red Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood, Craig Fincannon (Location Casting), Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Robin D. Cook (Location Casting) How Do You Know Francine Maisler, Lynn Kressel (Location Casting) Morning Glory Ellen Lewis Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Francine Maisler, Lucy Bevan Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Jennifer Euston, Robin D. Cook 2012(28th) Crazy, Stupid, Love Mindy Marin, Kara Lipson (Associate) 21 Jump Street Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera, Elizabeth Coulon (Location Casting), Yesi Ramirez (Associate) Horrible Bosses Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman The Muppets Marcia Ross, Gail Goldberg, Brittainy Roberts (Associate) The Rum Diary Denise Chamian, Angela Demo (Associate) 2013(29th) Silver Linings Playbook Mary Vernieu and Lindsay Graham; Diane Heery, Jason Loftus (Location Casting) Oz the Great and Powerful John Papsidera Pain & Gain Denise Chamian, Lori Wyman (Location Casting), Ania Kamieniecki-O’Hare (Associate) Ted Sheila Jaffe, Angela Peri (Location Casting) The Watch Alyssa Weisberg, Shay Bentley Griffin (Location Casting); Yesi Ramirez, Karina Walters (Associates) 2015(30th) The Wolf of Wall Street Ellen Lewis Guardians of the Galaxy Sarah Finn, Reg Poerscout-Edgerton, Tamara Hunter (Associate) Into the Woods Francine Maisler, Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Rachel Tenner; Charlene Lee, Bess Fifer (Associates) This Is Where I Leave You Cindy Tolan, Adam Caldwell (Associate) We're the Millers Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting); Jeremy Gordon, Beth Lipari, Dana Salerno (Associates) 2016(31st) The Big Short Francine Maisler, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting) The Intern Bernard Telsey, Laray Mayfield, Tiffany Little Canfield, David Vaccari (Associate) Joy Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham, Angela Peri (Location Casting) Sisters Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee; Joey Montenarello, Adam Richards (Associates) Tomorrowland April Webster, Alyssa Weisberg; Corinne Clark, Jennifer Page (Location Casting) 2017(32nd) La La Land Deborah Aquila and Tricia Wood Deadpool Ronna Kress; Jennifer Page, Corinne Clark (Location Casting) Hail, Caesar! Ellen Chenoweth, Susanne Scheel (Associate) Rules Don't Apply David Rubin, Melissa Pryor (Associate) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Jo Edna Boldin (Location Casting); Conrad Woolfe, Marie A.K. McMaster (Associates) 2018(33rd) The Greatest Showman Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Rori Bergman (Additional Casting), Patrick Goodwin (Associate) Beauty and the Beast Lucy Bevan; Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield (Location Casting) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Sarah Halley Finn; Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris (Location Casting) Logan Lucky Carmen Cuba; Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris (Location Casting); Charley Medigovich (Associate) Wonder Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood; Kara Eide, Kris Woz (Location Casting) 2019(34th) Green Book Rick Montgomery, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Thomas Sullivan (Associate) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Ellen Chenoweth, Jo Edna Boldin (Location Casting), Susanne Scheel (Associate), Marie A.K. McMaster (Location Associate) Deadpool 2 Mary Vernieu, Marisol Roncali; Corinne Clark, Nina Henninger, Jennifer Page, Yumi Takada (Location Casting); Raylin Sabo (Associate) Game Night Rich Delia; Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris (Location Casting); Adam Richards (Associate) Mary Poppins Returns Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Conrad Woolfe (Associate), Sarah Trevis (UK Associate)
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