Avy Kaufman
Avy Kaufman | |
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Born | 20th century |
Occupation | Casting director |
Years active | Since 1987 |
Avy Kaufman is an American casting director for film and television.
Early life, family and education
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Kaufman is from Atlanta.[1] She relocated to New York City in 1976[1] to study ballet.[2]
Career
Kaufman originally worked in casting for advertising at Foote,Cone & Belding[2] (often print ads)[3] for six years,[2] then transitioned to feature films.[1]
Since 1987, she has worked in casting more than 150 film and television productions. (2009).
Accolades
Kaufman received the 2005 Hollywood Casting Director of the Year award given by the Hollywood Film Festival.[6]
She received a 2008
Empire Falls.[7]
Kaufman has been nominated for eighteen Artios Awards, and has won three.[8]
Filmography
Date | Title | Genre |
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1989 | Miss Firecracker | comedy |
1991 | Little Man Tate | drama
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1991 | The Super | comedy |
1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | drama |
1995 | Home for the Holidays | drama |
1997 | The Ice Storm | drama |
1998 | Rounders | drama |
1999 | The Sixth Sense | psychological thriller
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2000 | State And Main | comedy |
2001 | Save The Last Dance |
romantic dance film |
2001 | Blow | drama |
2003 | Dogville | drama |
2004 | Garden State | comedy drama |
2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events |
dark comedy fantasy
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2005 | Brokeback Mountain | romantic drama |
2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure | science fiction adventure |
2006 | Bonneville | comedy |
2007 | My Blueberry Nights | romance |
2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | action thriller spy |
2007 | American Gangster | biographical crime |
2008 | Sunshine Cleaning | comedy drama |
2009 | Taking Woodstock | comedy drama |
2009 | Solitary Man | romantic comedy drama |
2009 | Leaves of Grass | comedy drama crime |
2009 | Public Enemies | crime |
2009 | Brothers | drama thriller |
2010 | Salt | action thriller |
2010 | Let Me In | romantic horror |
2011 | Scream 4 | horror |
2011 | The Ledge | thriller |
2011 | Shame | drama |
2012 | Prometheus | science fiction horror |
2012 | Life of Pi | adventure drama |
2014 | Before I Disappear | comedy drama |
2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | mystery drama |
2014 | The Skeleton Twins | comedy drama |
2015 | The Salvation | action thriller drama |
2017 | Our Souls at Night |
drama |
2019 | Capone | crime drama |
2019 | Driveways | drama |
2023 | Jules | gentle science fiction |
Television
Date | Title | Genre |
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2005 | Empire Falls |
romance drama |
2007 | Gossip Girl | drama |
2008 | Damages: Pilot | drama |
2016 | The Night Of | crime |
2016 | Billions | drama |
2019-2023 | Succession | drama |
2020 | High Fidelity | comedy drama |
2021 | Mare of Easttown | drama series |
2016 | The OA | drama sci-fi series |
2023 | A Murder at the End of the World | mistery suspense sci-fi series |
See also
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References
- ^ a b c Dundas Wood, Mark (November 4, 2019). "Avy Squad". backstage.com. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c Kaufman, Avy (August 18, 2022). "Succession Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Trusting Her Gut and the Downside of Zoom Auditions". btlnews.com. Interviewed by Ian Spelling. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ Jacobs, Julie (October 8, 2018). "Maniac Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Matching Parts and Players". Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ Staff (May 24, 2009). "Top 25 Power Casting Directors in Film and TV". Backstage. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
- ^ Press release (August 6, 2005). "Hollywood Fest Announces Craft Kudos Honorees – Reccipients To Be Feted at Hollywood Awards Gala" Archived November 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
- ^ Database (n.d.). "Artios Award Winners". Casting Society of America. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
External links
- Avy Kaufman at IMDb