The Casting Society (CSA) announced its 39th Annual Artios Awards winners in film, television, theatre, commercials, short form and short form series on Thursday night, honoring Oscar Best Picture nominees “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Past Lives” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” (which beat out “Oppenheimer”) along with Academy Award animation frontrunner “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” and “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.”
In addition to the film victors, television winners included “The Bear,” “Succession.” “Reservation Dogs,” “The Last of Us” and “Beef,” while the theatre winners spotlighted “Leopoldstadt,” “Into the Woods,” “Downstate,” “Merrily We Roll Along” and “The Inheritance.”
The awards were held in three-pronged ceremonies in Los Angeles (hosted by Niecy Nash-Betts), New York (hosted by Alex Edelman) and London (hosted by Samantha Morton). The award ceremonies hosted more than 1,500 attendees combined.
SEEArtios Awards: Presenters to include Rachel Brosnahan, David Oweloyo, Alfred Molina, James Marsden, Sarah Hyland…
At the Los Angeles ceremony,...
In addition to the film victors, television winners included “The Bear,” “Succession.” “Reservation Dogs,” “The Last of Us” and “Beef,” while the theatre winners spotlighted “Leopoldstadt,” “Into the Woods,” “Downstate,” “Merrily We Roll Along” and “The Inheritance.”
The awards were held in three-pronged ceremonies in Los Angeles (hosted by Niecy Nash-Betts), New York (hosted by Alex Edelman) and London (hosted by Samantha Morton). The award ceremonies hosted more than 1,500 attendees combined.
SEEArtios Awards: Presenters to include Rachel Brosnahan, David Oweloyo, Alfred Molina, James Marsden, Sarah Hyland…
At the Los Angeles ceremony,...
- 3/8/2024
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
The Casting Society (CSA) has announced the film nominees for the 39th Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America. “The Color Purple,” “Saltburn,” “Maestro,” “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Oppenheimer” are among the nominated films in big budget drama.
The awards honor casting directors’ contributions to film, television and theatre. Among the casting directors with multiple nominations are Avy Kaufman and Jessica Sherman. Also nominated are the casting directors behind “Barbie” and “The Iron Claw.”
The winners will be revealed on March 7, with celebrations being held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in New York City at the Edison Ballroom and in London, England.
As previously announced, Ava DuVernay is this year’s recipient of the Lynn Stalmaster Award Career Achievement.
The full list of nominees is below.
Feature Animation
“Elemental”
Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)
“Leo”
Danielle Aufiero, Amber Horn...
The awards honor casting directors’ contributions to film, television and theatre. Among the casting directors with multiple nominations are Avy Kaufman and Jessica Sherman. Also nominated are the casting directors behind “Barbie” and “The Iron Claw.”
The winners will be revealed on March 7, with celebrations being held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in New York City at the Edison Ballroom and in London, England.
As previously announced, Ava DuVernay is this year’s recipient of the Lynn Stalmaster Award Career Achievement.
The full list of nominees is below.
Feature Animation
“Elemental”
Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum (Associate Casting Director)
“Leo”
Danielle Aufiero, Amber Horn...
- 1/12/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Casting Society has made its 2024 callbacks. The group today revealed the film nominees for its 39th Artios Awards, which honor the contribution of casting professionals.
Vying in the Feature Big Budget – Drama category are The Color Purple, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer and Saltburn. The Feature Big Budget – Comedy race will be among Air; Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Asteroid City, Cocaine Bear and Wonka.
Up for the Zeitgeist Award are Barbie, The Flash, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
See the full list below.
The combatants for Feature Studio or Independent – Drama are The Iron Claw, May December, Past Lives, Priscilla and Rustin. Battling for the Feature Studio or Independent – Comedy will be American Fiction, Bottoms, The Holdovers, Joy Ride and Theater Camp.
Last year’s top...
Vying in the Feature Big Budget – Drama category are The Color Purple, Maestro, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer and Saltburn. The Feature Big Budget – Comedy race will be among Air; Are you There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Asteroid City, Cocaine Bear and Wonka.
Up for the Zeitgeist Award are Barbie, The Flash, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
See the full list below.
The combatants for Feature Studio or Independent – Drama are The Iron Claw, May December, Past Lives, Priscilla and Rustin. Battling for the Feature Studio or Independent – Comedy will be American Fiction, Bottoms, The Holdovers, Joy Ride and Theater Camp.
Last year’s top...
- 1/12/2024
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Casting Society (CSA) today announced the the film nominees for the 39th annual Artios Awards, which honor the contribution of casting directors in film, television and theater. The CSA previously announced the nominees for its television, theater, short film and short-form series categories on Oct. 24.
Among the nominees this year are Oscar frontrunners Air, American Fiction, Barbie, The Color Purple, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives and Rustin.
Netflix and Warner Bros. both lead the nominees with five nods apiece, followed by Amazon Studios with four noms.
Three casting directors were honored with three nods: Rich Delia, Adam Richards and Susan Shopmaker. Receiving two nominations each are Dylan Jury, Avy Kaufman, Meagan Lewis, Lisa Lobel, Melissa Morris, Kimberly Ostroy, Angela Peri, Laura Rosenthal, Jessica Sherman, Bernard Telsey and Debra Zane
The 39th annual Artios Awards will be handed out at three simultaneous galas...
Among the nominees this year are Oscar frontrunners Air, American Fiction, Barbie, The Color Purple, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, May December, Oppenheimer, Past Lives and Rustin.
Netflix and Warner Bros. both lead the nominees with five nods apiece, followed by Amazon Studios with four noms.
Three casting directors were honored with three nods: Rich Delia, Adam Richards and Susan Shopmaker. Receiving two nominations each are Dylan Jury, Avy Kaufman, Meagan Lewis, Lisa Lobel, Melissa Morris, Kimberly Ostroy, Angela Peri, Laura Rosenthal, Jessica Sherman, Bernard Telsey and Debra Zane
The 39th annual Artios Awards will be handed out at three simultaneous galas...
- 1/12/2024
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Editors note: Alexis Allen Winter began her casting career in North Carolina in 2007 on One Tree Hill, and moved to L.A. in 2012 where she has worked in the offices of Laray Mayfield, Rich Delia, Courtney Bright and Nicole Daniels, Tamara Notcutt, Gail Goldberg and Sheila Jaffe, winning an Artios in 2020 for her work on To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. Deadline asked her to weigh in on the current autition controversy involving self-tapes and how it is impacting her business.
I, like most of the casting community, have spent time reading over the latest articles on the current state of casting (and the comments on those articles). It has been gut-wrenching to read and try to digest, especially as someone who learned this industry in the Southeast, where self-tapes have been the prominent form of auditions since I started in 2007 working as a casting assistant and in extras casting.
I, like most of the casting community, have spent time reading over the latest articles on the current state of casting (and the comments on those articles). It has been gut-wrenching to read and try to digest, especially as someone who learned this industry in the Southeast, where self-tapes have been the prominent form of auditions since I started in 2007 working as a casting assistant and in extras casting.
- 3/16/2023
- by Alexis Allen Winter
- Deadline Film + TV
The casting branch of the academy is only seven years old and doesn’t have an Oscar category of its own. However, the Casting Society of America has been handing out the Artios Awards for 35 years (“Artios” is from the ancient Greek meaning “perfectly fitted.”). Nominees for feature films were announced on February 19 and many of the leading 2021 Oscar contenders reaped bids across the various categories according to production cost.
Winners will be revealed a virtual ceremony on April 15. In addition, The Actors Fund will be honored with the Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award while casting directors Robi Reed and Tara Rubin will receive the Hoyt Bowers Award.
Last year’s big budget winners were the comedy “Knives Out” and the drama “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” while “Jojo Rabbit” and “Marriage Story” took the equivalent prizes in the independent division. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” won the...
Winners will be revealed a virtual ceremony on April 15. In addition, The Actors Fund will be honored with the Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award while casting directors Robi Reed and Tara Rubin will receive the Hoyt Bowers Award.
Last year’s big budget winners were the comedy “Knives Out” and the drama “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” while “Jojo Rabbit” and “Marriage Story” took the equivalent prizes in the independent division. “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” won the...
- 2/19/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Casting Society of America has made its final callbacks for 2020, unveiling the film nominees for its 36th annual Artios Awards. The winners will be announced during the virtual ceremony April 15.
The casting crews for Da 5 Bloods, Hillbilly Elegy, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mulan and The Trial of the Chicago 7 will vie in the marquee Big Budget – Drama category. In the running for Big Budget – Comedy are Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Enola Holmes, The King of Staten Island, The Prom and On the Rocks.
The folks who cast the voices for The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Soul and Trolls World Tour will battle it out for the Animation trophy. See the film list of nominees below.
The CSA announced last month that the Actors Fund will receive its Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award, and the Hoyt Bowers Award will go to Robi Reed and Tara Rubin, the first...
The casting crews for Da 5 Bloods, Hillbilly Elegy, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mulan and The Trial of the Chicago 7 will vie in the marquee Big Budget – Drama category. In the running for Big Budget – Comedy are Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Enola Holmes, The King of Staten Island, The Prom and On the Rocks.
The folks who cast the voices for The Croods: A New Age, Onward, Soul and Trolls World Tour will battle it out for the Animation trophy. See the film list of nominees below.
The CSA announced last month that the Actors Fund will receive its Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award, and the Hoyt Bowers Award will go to Robi Reed and Tara Rubin, the first...
- 2/19/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix’s “Queer Eye,” HBO’s “Barry,” Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and CBS’ “Young Sheldon” are among the TV nominees for the 34th annual Artios Awards from the Casting Society of America.
On the legit side, “The Boys in the Band,” “Lobby Hero” and “Angels in America” were among the productions recognized.
The Artios kudos will be handed out on Jan. 31 in simultaneous ceremonies held in Beverly Hills and New York.
The casting team behind shows such as “American Horror Story,” “Glee,” and “Supernatural” will be honored. Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson and Carol Kritzer of Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer Casting will receive the Hoyt Bowers Award for their outstanding contribution to the casting profession.
“It has been an exceptional year on stage and screen,” said Russell Boast, Csa president in announcing the first wave of Artios nominations. Nominees for feature film will be unveiled early next year.
Csa members submitted...
On the legit side, “The Boys in the Band,” “Lobby Hero” and “Angels in America” were among the productions recognized.
The Artios kudos will be handed out on Jan. 31 in simultaneous ceremonies held in Beverly Hills and New York.
The casting team behind shows such as “American Horror Story,” “Glee,” and “Supernatural” will be honored. Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson and Carol Kritzer of Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer Casting will receive the Hoyt Bowers Award for their outstanding contribution to the casting profession.
“It has been an exceptional year on stage and screen,” said Russell Boast, Csa president in announcing the first wave of Artios nominations. Nominees for feature film will be unveiled early next year.
Csa members submitted...
- 9/20/2018
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
The Deuce, Atlanta, Game of Thrones, The Boys in the Band and Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert are among the Artios Awards nominees in television, theater and short film announced today by the Casting Society of America.
Recognizing outstanding achievement in casting, the 34th Annual Artios Awards will take place January 31, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles & Stage 48 in New York City.
“It has been an exceptional year on stage and screen,” said Russell Boast, Csa President. “As the profession of casting gains more and more industry recognition we are pleased to announce our first slate of nominees – many of whom have also recently been recognized by our peers at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the American Theatre Wing among many others this awards season.”
All nominees, submitted by Csa members, represent projects that were aired, released or performed between June 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018. Nominees for...
Recognizing outstanding achievement in casting, the 34th Annual Artios Awards will take place January 31, 2019, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles & Stage 48 in New York City.
“It has been an exceptional year on stage and screen,” said Russell Boast, Csa President. “As the profession of casting gains more and more industry recognition we are pleased to announce our first slate of nominees – many of whom have also recently been recognized by our peers at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the American Theatre Wing among many others this awards season.”
All nominees, submitted by Csa members, represent projects that were aired, released or performed between June 1, 2017 and May 31, 2018. Nominees for...
- 9/20/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
There are so many prizes being handed out this weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys that it takes two nights to celebrate them all; Saturday’s awards include Outstanding Animated Program, Short Form Series, and Casting. Below are the official winners, which we’ll update through Sunday as Emmys season comes to a close.
Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Meredith Tucker, Original Casting by
Jeanie Bacharach, Csa, Original Casting by
Cindy Tolan, Csa, Casting by
Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story • FX Networks • Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions
Courtney Bright, Csa, Casting by
Nicole Daniels, Csa, Casting by
Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
The Crown • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
Nina Gold, Csa, Casting by
Robert Sterne, Csa, Casting by
Outstanding...
Outstanding Casting For A Comedy Series
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel • Prime Video • Amazon Studios
Meredith Tucker, Original Casting by
Jeanie Bacharach, Csa, Original Casting by
Cindy Tolan, Csa, Casting by
Outstanding Casting For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story • FX Networks • Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions
Courtney Bright, Csa, Casting by
Nicole Daniels, Csa, Casting by
Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series
The Crown • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures in association with Sony Pictures Television
Nina Gold, Csa, Casting by
Robert Sterne, Csa, Casting by
Outstanding...
- 9/9/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
Night 1 of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards has wrapped with Games Of Thrones taking home the most trophies with seven wins out of its 15 announced categories tonight. The Assassination of Gianni Versace took four statuettes, and The Crown, The Handmaid’s Tale and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel followed with three each.
Guest acting honors went to Tiffany Haddish for Saturday Night Live, Ron Cephas Jones for This Is Us, Samira Wiley for The Handmaid’s Tale and Katt Williams for Atlanta.
The award for outstanding television movie went to “USS Callister”, the first episode of the fourth installment of anthology series Black Mirror. “USS Callister” also won outstanding sound editing for limited series, movie or special.
In all, tonight’s awards encompassed 53 categories honoring outstanding technical and creative achievement for scripted programming, including comedy, drama and limited series, while Creative Arts Sunday will cover the remaining 26 categories in animation, documentary,...
Guest acting honors went to Tiffany Haddish for Saturday Night Live, Ron Cephas Jones for This Is Us, Samira Wiley for The Handmaid’s Tale and Katt Williams for Atlanta.
The award for outstanding television movie went to “USS Callister”, the first episode of the fourth installment of anthology series Black Mirror. “USS Callister” also won outstanding sound editing for limited series, movie or special.
In all, tonight’s awards encompassed 53 categories honoring outstanding technical and creative achievement for scripted programming, including comedy, drama and limited series, while Creative Arts Sunday will cover the remaining 26 categories in animation, documentary,...
- 9/8/2018
- by Antonia Blyth and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
On July 12, “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace” racked up six Emmy nominations in acting alone, plus one for casting directors Courtney Bright and Nicole Daniels. It’s no surprise to see these big names in the context of Emmy nods, but casting known actors to portray the scandalous story wasn’t always a given at the outset. We spoke to the duo about the ups and downs of casting the FX series. “We did a deep dive on Gianni and Donatella Versace, Antonio [D’Amico], and Andrew [Cunanan]. We had photos all over our walls and watched any clips we were able to find,” Bright told Backstage. “We wanted to make sure that we got both a physical and personal sense of who these people were.” When it came to the casting process, the two began their search using actors’ physical likenesses to the actual people as a guiding light,...
- 8/1/2018
- backstage.com
On July 12, “American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace” racked up six Emmy nominations in acting alone, plus one for casting directors Courtney Bright and Nicole Daniels. It’s no surprise to see these big names in the context of Emmy nods, but casting known actors to portray the scandalous story wasn’t always a given at the outset. We spoke to the duo about the ups and downs of casting the FX series. “We did a deep dive on Gianni and Donatella Versace, Antonio [D’Amico], and Andrew [Cunanan]. We had photos all over our walls and watched any clips we were able to find,” Bright told Backstage. “We wanted to make sure that we got both a physical and personal sense of who these people were.” When it came to the casting process, the two began their search using actors’ physical likenesses to the actual people as a guiding light,...
- 8/1/2018
- backstage.com
It’s been a while since there was a well-made, ell-received romcom and Home Again seemed to revive a genre thought dead. To celebrate the season and its release on home video tomorrow, Universal Home Entertainment has provided us with a Combo Pack (Blu-ray, DVD, Digital HD) to give away.
All you need to do is tell us which Reese Witherspoon performance is your favorite and why. Entries should be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, December 15. The contest is open to North American readers only and the judgment of ComicMix‘s judges will be final.
Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) stars in Home Again, a modern romantic comedy about love, family, and new beginnings. Home Again arrives on Digital on November 21, 2017, and on Blu-rayTM, DVD, and On Demand on December 12, 2017, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Smart and oozing with charm, the film takes viewers...
All you need to do is tell us which Reese Witherspoon performance is your favorite and why. Entries should be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, December 15. The contest is open to North American readers only and the judgment of ComicMix‘s judges will be final.
Academy Award® winner Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) stars in Home Again, a modern romantic comedy about love, family, and new beginnings. Home Again arrives on Digital on November 21, 2017, and on Blu-rayTM, DVD, and On Demand on December 12, 2017, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Smart and oozing with charm, the film takes viewers...
- 12/11/2017
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
“Too Old to Die Young,” Amazon’s forthcoming series starring Miles Teller, is gearing up to shoot in Los Angeles. Production for the crime-thriller, from “Drive” filmmaker Nicolas Windin Refn, is slated to begin in November. Courtney Bright and Nicole Daniels (Bright/Daniels Casting) are heading up duties on the casting side of things, while Refn is serving as executive producer. Refn will also direct the entire series, in addition to having written it alongside Ed Brubaker. Depicting the dark underbelly of L.A., the series will see Teller in the leading role of Martin, a police officer who finds himself caught up in the city’s criminal doings. This will be the actor’s first series regular gig on television. Learn more about the production via the Backstage listing right here. For more projects, check out Backstage’s L.A. audition listings!
- 10/12/2017
- backstage.com
Drive and Only God Forgives director Nicolas Winding Refn is back with The Neon Demon this year. Starring Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Jena Malone, Abbey Lee, and Bela Heathcoate, the horror-thriller follows an aspiring model who moves to Los Angeles where her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will go to any lengths to get what she has.
Recently announced to be part of the Cannes Film Festival competition line-up, Amazon Studios have dropped the first trailer ahead of a June release. Steeped in evocative, gorgeous imagery, we get the sense this is Winding Refn’s Suspiria-meets-Black Swan-esque take on the world of modeling, with some of the darker, flat-out bloody elements popping up towards the end of the preview.
“We describe the first half as a melodrama like Valley of The Dolls, and the second half is like Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
Recently announced to be part of the Cannes Film Festival competition line-up, Amazon Studios have dropped the first trailer ahead of a June release. Steeped in evocative, gorgeous imagery, we get the sense this is Winding Refn’s Suspiria-meets-Black Swan-esque take on the world of modeling, with some of the darker, flat-out bloody elements popping up towards the end of the preview.
“We describe the first half as a melodrama like Valley of The Dolls, and the second half is like Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
- 4/14/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Hey, it certainly sounds better than Twixt. THR reports that Francis Ford Coppola is readying a new feature that should appeal to more of his traditional fanbase. The film is currently untitled, but the outlet reports that it “will chronicle an Italian-American family and span from the 1930s to the 1960s.” The project is also described as “a coming-of-age story that focuses on a boy and girl in their late teens.” While details are obviously slim as of now, The Wrap’s Jeff Snider also tweeted today that “Dance will be a key element in the new Francis Ford Coppola movie. That’s all, folks.” So that’s…something. Oh, is this going to be a new Dirty Dancing? Is that it? Coppola is currently writing the screenplay himself, and while the project has no firm studio commitments (despite having offices on the Paramount lot), a pair of casting directors have already been brought on (Courtney Bright and...
- 5/22/2013
- by Kate Erbland
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Francis Ford Coppola is reportedly readying an untitled film chronicling an Italian-American family from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Coppola is writing the screenplay, which is described as a coming-of-age story that focuses on a boy and girl in their late teens.
Coppola has also setup offices at the Paramount lot for the project, but no conversations have yet been held as to whether the studio will be involved with financing or distributing.
Courtney Bright and Nicole Daniels will star in the project, while Fred Roos will produce.
Source: THR...
Coppola is writing the screenplay, which is described as a coming-of-age story that focuses on a boy and girl in their late teens.
Coppola has also setup offices at the Paramount lot for the project, but no conversations have yet been held as to whether the studio will be involved with financing or distributing.
Courtney Bright and Nicole Daniels will star in the project, while Fred Roos will produce.
Source: THR...
- 5/22/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
SPAAmart project Wake Up Dead, to be directed by Joel Kohn, and an adaptation of a stage play by former Sydneysider Jack Feldstein, are among the features being developed under Garry Charny.s new production company, Spotted Turquoise Films.
Charny has kept a low film profile since his former company, April Films, produced Ray Lawrence.s Jindabyne, which was in official selection at Cannes in 2006. He has been keen to re-enter the business, however, and has appointed Vca graduate and short film producer Josh Butt to work with him on development and packaging.
.I want to do films with heart," Charny told If Magazine. "I will never make Snowtown or even Animal Kingdom, not because they are not good -- or bad -- but because they are just not what I want to make....
The film noir detective story Wake Up Dead was in Butt.s portfolio and had already...
Charny has kept a low film profile since his former company, April Films, produced Ray Lawrence.s Jindabyne, which was in official selection at Cannes in 2006. He has been keen to re-enter the business, however, and has appointed Vca graduate and short film producer Josh Butt to work with him on development and packaging.
.I want to do films with heart," Charny told If Magazine. "I will never make Snowtown or even Animal Kingdom, not because they are not good -- or bad -- but because they are just not what I want to make....
The film noir detective story Wake Up Dead was in Butt.s portfolio and had already...
- 6/19/2012
- by Sandy George
- IF.com.au
In just four films—two original and two adaptations—filmmaker Sofia Coppola has proved herself one of the most fascinating American auteurs working today. She makes pensive, intimate portraits in which her protagonists often feel growing pains while transitioning into a new stage in their isolated, privileged lives. Coppola's special brand of "cool" marks each film she touches—a strong sense of personal style that has propelled her far from Francis Ford Coppola's paternal shadow. For her latest film, "Somewhere," Coppola recently became the first American woman to win the Golden Lion Award for best picture at the Venice Film Festival. In the film, Hollywood star Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) is going nowhere in style—driving his Ferrari, ordering strippers like room service, and partying—when his 11-year-old daughter (Elle Fanning), who is fast becoming a woman, reappears in his life. "I thought about how Johnny is at that...
- 12/15/2010
- backstage.com
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