Avy Kaufman
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Casting director |
Avy Kaufman is an American casting director for film and television.
Early life
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]
Kaufman initially did not succeed at becoming a casting director for film and worked at casting extras. Eventually director John Sayles came across her doing location casting and hired her to cast his film Matewan. Jodie Foster then hired her to cast Little Man Tate. She later met director Ang Lee, which helped to further her career.[4]
Kaufman has cast more than 150 film and television productions[5] and worked with directors including Steven Spielberg[6] and Wes Craven.[4] Her casting credits include Brokeback Mountain, Mare of Easttown, Succession, Babygirl,[5] Tár and The Sixth Sense.[4]
Accolades
Kaufman received the 2005 Hollywood Casting Director of the Year award given by the Hollywood Film Festival.[7]
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.[8] 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.[8]
Kaufman has been nominated for eighteen Artios Awards, and has won three.[9]
Filmography
| Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | |
| 1991 | Little Man Tate | |
| 1991 | The Super | |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | |
| 1996 | Lone Star | |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm | |
| 1998 | Rounders | |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense | |
| 2000 | State And Main | |
| 2001 | Save The Last Dance | |
| 2001 | Blow | |
| 2003 | Dogville | |
| 2004 | Garden State | |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events | |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | |
| 2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure | |
| 2006 | Bonneville | |
| 2007 | My Blueberry Nights | |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum | |
| 2007 | American Gangster | |
| 2008 | Sunshine Cleaning | |
| 2009 | Taking Woodstock | |
| 2009 | Solitary Man | |
| 2009 | Leaves of Grass | |
| 2009 | Public Enemies | |
| 2009 | Brothers | |
| 2010 | Salt | |
| 2010 | Let Me In | |
| 2011 | Scream 4 | |
| 2011 | The Ledge | |
| 2011 | Shame | |
| 2012 | Prometheus | |
| 2012 | Life of Pi | |
| 2014 | Before I Disappear | |
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones | |
| 2014 | The Skeleton Twins | |
| 2015 | The Salvation | |
| 2017 | Our Souls at Night | |
| 2019 | Capone | |
| 2019 | Driveways | |
| 2020 | Let Him Go | |
| 2023 | Jules | |
| 2025 | Death of a Unicorn |
Television
| Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Empire Falls | |
| 2007 | Gossip Girl | |
| 2008 | Damages | Pilot |
| 2016 | The Night Of | |
| 2016 | Billions | |
| 2019-2023 | Succession | |
| 2020 | High Fidelity | |
| 2021 | Mare of Easttown | |
| 2016 | The OA | |
| 2023 | A Murder at the End of the World | |
| 2025 | Dope Thief |
See also
References
- ^ a b c Dundas Wood, Mark (November 4, 2019). "Avy Squad". Backstage. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c Spelling, Ian (August 18, 2022). "Succession Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Trusting Her Gut and the Downside of Zoom Auditions". btlnews.com. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ Jacobs, Julie (October 8, 2018). "Maniac Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Matching Parts and Players". Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c Nemiroff, Perri (August 25, 2023). "How Avy Kaufman Went from Casting Background Actors to Casting 'Succession'". Collider.
- ^ a b Cadenas, Kerensa (April 30, 2025). "Casting Director Avy Kaufman on Bringing 'Death of a Unicorn' to Life". Backstage.
- ^ Backstage Staff (May 24, 2009). "Top 25 Power Casting Directors in Film and TV". Backstage.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Database (undated). "Award for Avy Kaufman". 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