Avy Kaufman

Avy Kaufman is an American casting director for film and television.

Avy Kaufman
Avy Kaufman (left) and Lena Dunham, US Dramatic Jurors, 2016 Sundance Film Festival Awards
Born20th century
OccupationCasting director
Years activeSince 1987

Early life, family and education

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.[4] Kaufman has worked with directors including Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee and Wes Craven.[5] Her casting credits include the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense (1999), the romantic drama film Brokeback Mountain (2005) and the crime drama film Public Enemies (2009).

Accolades

Kaufman received the 2005 Hollywood Casting Director of the Year award given by the Hollywood Film Festival.[6]

She received a 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for her work on Damages: Season 1 and in 2020 & 2022 for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for Succession: Seasons 2-3.[7] She had earlier been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special for her work on the romance drama television miniseries Empire Falls.[7]

Kaufman has been nominated for eighteen Artios Awards, and has won three.[8]

Filmography
Date Title Genre
1989Miss Firecrackercomedy
1991Little Man Tatedrama
1991The Supercomedy
1993Searching for Bobby Fischerdrama
1995Home for the Holidaysdrama
1997The Ice Stormdrama
1998Roundersdrama
1999The Sixth Sensepsychological thriller
2000State And Maincomedy
2001Save The Last Danceromantic dance film
2001Blowdrama
2003Dogvilledrama
2004Garden State comedy drama
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Eventsdark comedy fantasy
2005Brokeback Mountainromantic drama
2005Zathura: A Space Adventurescience fiction adventure
2007My Blueberry Nightsromance
2007The Bourne Ultimatumaction thriller spy
2007American Gangsterbiographical crime
2008Sunshine Cleaningcomedy drama
2009Taking Woodstockcomedy drama
2009Solitary Manromantic comedy drama
2009Leaves of Grasscomedy drama crime
2009Public Enemiescrime
2009Brothersdrama thriller
2010Saltaction thriller
2010Let Me Inromantic horror
2011Scream 4horror
2011The Ledgethriller
2011Shamedrama
2012Prometheusscience fiction horror
2012Life of Piadventure drama
2014Before I Disappearcomedy drama
2014A Walk Among the Tombstonesmystery drama
2014The Skeleton Twinscomedy drama
2015The Salvationaction thriller drama
2017Our Souls at Nightdrama
2019Caponecrime drama
2019Drivewaysdrama

Television
Date Title Genre
2005Empire Fallsromance drama
2007Gossip Girldrama
2008Damages: Pilotdrama
2016The Night Ofcrime
2016Billionsdrama
2019-Successiondrama
2020High Fidelitycomedy drama
2021Mare of Easttowndrama series

See also
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References
  1. Dundas Wood, Mark (November 4, 2019). "Avy Squad". backstage.com. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. Jacobs, Julie (October 8, 2018). "Maniac Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Matching Parts and Players". Retrieved February 22, 2023.
  4. Database (undated). "Avy Kaufman – Film by Type". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  5. Staff (May 24, 2009). "Top 25 Power Casting Directors in Film and TV". Backstage. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  6. 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.
  7. Database (undated). "Award for Avy Kaufman". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
  8. Database (n.d.). "Artios Award Winners". Casting Society of America. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
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