INTO THE WOODS, BIRDMAN & More Nominated for Artios Awards; Rob Marshall to be Honored at Ceremony

The Casting Society of America (CSA) has unveiled its feature film nominees for the 30th Annual Artios Awards. Final film ballots have been distributed and votes can be entered at http://www.castingsociety.com/, through Monday, January 12th. All winners for film, television, theater and new media categories will be announced at the 30th Annual Artios Awards on January 22, 2015 with award ceremonies to be held simultaneously at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles (reception will commence at 6:00 p.m. PDT) and at 42WEST (formerly XL Nightclub), Cabaret & Lounge (514 West 42nd Street) in New York (reception will commence at 6:00 p.m. EDT).

The bicoastal awards show will be hosted by Patton Oswalt (Los Angeles) and Michael Urie (New York City). The evening will also honor two-time Academy Award-nominee Richard Linklater (Boyhood) with the Career Achievement Award; Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning director Rob Marshall (Into the Woods) with the New York Apple Award; and Emmy Award-winning casting director Ellen Lewis with the Hoyt Bowers Award.

Francine Maisler leads the film contenders with four nominations for her work in casting: Into the Woods, Birdman, 12 Years a Slave and Captain Phillips. Due to the Artios Awards date change this year, the eligibility period for film projects was expanded for this award ceremony only, to include films released theatrically from July 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014.

Across all categories, James Calleri leads with eight nominations (theater categories), followed by Bernard Telsey (television, theater and film categories) and Daniel Swee (theater categories) with seven nominations each.

Feature Film Nominees announced today include:

Big Budget Comedy

Guardians of the Galaxy - Sarah Finn, Reg Poerscout-Edgerton, Tamara Hunter (Associate)
Into The Woods - Francine Maisler, Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Rachel Tenner, Charlene Lee (Associate), Bess Fifer (Associate)
This is Where I Leave You - Cindy Tolan, Adam Caldwell (Associate)
We're the Millers - Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman, Lisa Mae Fincannon (Location Casting), Jeremy Gordon (Associate), Beth Lipari (Associate), Dana Salerno (Associate)
The Wolf of Wall Street - Ellen Lewis

Big Budget Drama

12 Years a Slave - Francine Maisler, Meagan Lewis (Location Casting), Melissa Kostenbauder (Associate)
American Hustle - Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham, Angela Peri (Location Casting)
Captain Phillips - Francine Maisler, Donna M. Belajac (Location Casting)
Foxcatcher - Jeanne McCarthy, Rori Bergman (Location Casting), Donna M. Belajac (Location Casting), Matthew Maisto (Associate)
Gone Girl - Laray Mayfield, Annie Hamilton (Location Casting)
Selma - Aisha Coley, Robyn Owen (Associate)

Studio or Independent Comedy

Big Eyes - Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera, Coreen Mayrs (Location Casting), Heike Brandstatter (Location Casting)
Chef - Sarah Finn, Tamara Hunter (Associate)
The Grand Budapest Hotel - Douglas Aibel, Jina Jay, Henry Russell Bergstein (Associate)
Pride - Fiona Weir
St. Vincent - Laura Rosenthal
Top Five - Victoria Thomas, Matthew Maisto (Associate)

Studio or Independent Drama

Birdman - Francine Maisler
Blue Jasmine - Juliet Taylor, Patricia DiCerto, Nina Henninger (Location Casting)
Dallas Buyers Club - Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Rich Delia, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting), Allison Estrin (Associate)
Inside Llewyn Davis - Ellen Chenoweth, Amelia McCarthy (Associate)
The Theory of Everything - Nina Gold
Whiplash - Terri Taylor

Low Budget Comedy

Adult World - Jennifer Euston
Believe Me - JC Cantu, Beth Sepko (Location Casting)
Dear White People - Kim Taylor-Coleman
The Double - Douglas Aibel, Henry Russell Bergstein (Associate)
Space Station 76 - Eric Souliere
Two Night Stand - Angela Demo, Julie Schubert (Location Casting)

Low Budget Drama

Boyhood - Beth Sepko
Cake - Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham
Camp X-Ray - Richard Hicks
Lonely Boy - Howard Meltzer
Short Term 12 - Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Rich Delia, Allison Estrin (Associate)
The Spectacular Now - Angela Demo, Tracy Kilpatrick (Location Casting)

Animation

Big Hero 6 - Jamie Sparer Roberts
The Book of Life - Christian Kaplan
Frozen - Jamie Sparer Roberts
Monsters University - Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon
Planes - Jason Henkel
Rio 2 - Christian Kaplan

Past Artios Award winners include the casting directors of Silver Linings Playbook, Argo, The King's Speech, The Social Network, Girls, Homeland, Modern Family, The Mindy Project, House of Cards, The Book of Mormon and Carousel. Previous attendees and presenters have included critically acclaimed talent, such as Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, J.J. Abrams, Neil Patrick Harris, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Pine, Kerry Washington, Jeremy Renner, Diane Lane, Aisha Tyler and Marg Helgenberger. 'Artios' is an ancient Greek word meaning 'perfectly fitted' and the adjective is always used in the plural form.