2012 Artios Awards – winners

The Casting Society of America held its 28th Annual Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The event was hosted by Nicole Sullivan. However, the joint ceremony at the XL Nightclub, Cabaret and Lounge in New York was canceled because of Hurricane Sandy. The award's name derives from an ancient Greek term meaning "perfectly fitted."

The winners for Big Budget Feature – Drama were Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee for The Help. They beat the casting directors for The Descendants, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Hunger Games and Moneyball.

Mindy Marin and Kara Lipson won Big Budget Feature – Comedy for Crazy, Stupid, Love. For Studio or Independent films, the Drama winners were Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood and Nina Gold for My Week With Marilyn, while the Comedy prize went to Heidi Levitt and Michael Sanford for the Oscar-winner The Artist.

In television, the Lena Dunham series Girls won for both Television Pilot Comedy and Television Series Comedy. Homeland also won twice, taking Television Pilot Drama and tying for Television Series Drama with The Good Wife.

Ten-time nominee Bernard Telsey was unfortunately shut out of the prizes in all ten of his categories.

Special awards were presented to casting director Lora Kennedy (Hoyt Bowers Award given for excellence in casting); Harvey Fierstein (The New York Apple Award given to individual for contributions to the New York casting community); and Ben Affleck (Career Achievement Award).

Nominations for the 28th Annual Artios Awards


Complete list of winners for the 28th Annual Artios Awards

Big Budget Feature – Drama
The Help – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, *

Big Budget Feature – Comedy
Crazy, Stupid, Love – Mindy Marin, Kara Lipson (Associate)

Feature – Studio or Independent – Drama
My Week With Marilyn – Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood, Nina Gold (Location Casting)

Feature – Studio or Independent – Comedy
The Artist – Heidi Levitt, Michael Sanford (Associate)

Low Budget Feature – Comedy or Drama
Martha Marcy May Marlene – Susan Shopmaker, *

Animation Feature
Happy Feet Two – Kristy Carlson

Daytime Drama Series
The Young and the Restless – Judy Blye Wilson

Television Pilot Drama
Homeland – Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Julie Tucker, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Craig Fincannon (Location Casting)

Television Pilot Comedy
Girls – Jennifer Euston

Television Series Drama – TIE
The Good Wife – Mark Saks, John Andrews (Associate)
Homeland – Judy Henderson, Craig Fincannon (Location Casting), Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting)

Television Series Comedy
Girls – Jennifer Euston

Television Movie or Mini Series
Game Change – David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran (Location Casting), Kathleen Chopin (Location Casting), Anne Davison (Associate)

Children’s Series
Wizards of Waverly Place – Ruth Lambert, Robert McGee

Television Animation
Family Guy – Linda Lamontagne

New York Broadway Theatre – Drama
Death of a Salesman – Mele Nagler

New York Broadway Theatre – Comedy
Venus in Fur – Nancy Piccione, James Calleri

New York Broadway Theatre – Musical
Once – Jim Carnahan, *

New York Theatre – Comedy or Musical
The Cherry Orchard – James Calleri

New York Theatre – Drama
Tribes – Pat McCorkle

Special Theatrical Performance
Merrily We Roll Along, Jay Binder

Regional Theatre East
A Doll’s House – James Calleri

Regional Theatre West
Hands On A Hardbody – Rachel Hoffman

Los Angeles Theatre
Art – Jeff Greenberg

Special Awards

Hoyt Bowers Award
Lora Kennedy

New York Apple Award
Harvey Fierstein

Career Achievement Award
Ben Affleck

* Shared Credit with Non-CSA Casting Director(s)