How ‘One Battle After Another’ won the first-ever Oscar for Best Casting in an upset

And the first Oscar for Casting went to... Cassandra Kulukundis, for her work on One Battle After Another, including the discovery of Chase Infiniti.
GQ

The “Best Casting” Oscar is Brand New This Year. Here's How Casting Directors Finally Got Their Due

As the buzz around this year’s Best Picture and Best Actor races reaches deafening levels, there’s another narrative going into the 98th Academy Awards that’s a little more inside baseball but no less ...
Vulture

Who Should Win the First Ever Casting Oscar?

Keeping pace with Hollywood’s awards horserace. Sign up for the newsletter here. It’s another craft category filled with Best Picture nominees, but each one reveals something about the Academy’s ...
Noozhawk

5 Nominees for First-Ever Casting Director Oscar Shine at Film Festival Panel

The panelists for SBIFF’s first Casting Directors Panel are all nominated for Oscars this year in a new category. On the Red Carpet are (from left) moderator Debra Birnbaum, Francine Maisler (“Sinners ...