The BAFTA Award for Best Casting is a film award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts at the annual British Academy Film Awards. It was introduced in the 73rd British Academy Film Awards in 2020.
History In August 2019, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the introduction of the category. BAFTA chair Pippa Harris said in a statement: "We are delighted this year to be including the highly skilled work of casting directors for the first time. Casting is essential to the screen industries, and vital in terms of promoting diversity and inclusion on screen. We hope this Award will also help to promote an understanding of casting".
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Film Casting director(s) Joker Shayna Markowitz Marriage Story Douglas Aibel and Francine Maisler Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Victoria Thomas The Personal History of David Copperfield Sarah Crowe The Two Popes Javier Braier, Barbara Giordani, Nina Gold, Francesco Vedovati and Gabriel Villegas
2020s Year Film Casting director(s) Rocks Lucy Pardee Calm with Horses Shaheen Baig Judas and the Black Messiah Alexa L. Fogel Minari Julia Kim Promising Young Woman Lindsay Graham Ahanonu and Mary Vernieu West Side Story Cindy Tolan Boiling Point Carolyn McLeod Dune Francine Maisler The Hand of God Massimo Appolloni and Annamaria Sambucco King Richard Rich Delia and Avy Kaufman Elvis Nikki Barrett and Denise Chamian Aftersun Lucy Pardee All Quiet on the Western Front Simone Bär Everything Everywhere All at Once Sarah Halley Finn Triangle of Sadness Pauline Hansson The Holdovers Susan Shopmaker All of Us Strangers Kahleen Crawford Anatomy of a Fall Cynthia Arra How to Have Sex Isabella Odoffin Killers of the Flower Moon Ellen Lewis and Rene Haynes Anora Sean Baker and Samantha Quan The ApprenticeStephanie Gorin and Carmen Cuba A Complete UnknownYesi Ramirez ConclaveNina Gold and Martin Ware KneecapCarla Strange I Swear Lauren Evans Marty Supreme Jennifer Venditti One Battle After Another Cassandra Kulukundis Sentimental Value Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman Sinners Francine Maisler
Multiple nominations 3 nominations Francine Maisler
2 nominations Nina Gold Avy Kaufman Lucy Pardee
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