Casting Society
The Casting Society, formerly known as the Casting Society of America, is a professional association of about 1,200 casting directors and associate casting directors for film, television, theatre, and commercials in Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa, and the United States. The nonprofit organization was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1982, and announced its name change from the Casting Society of America to the Casting Society on February 10, 2022. The society is not to be confused with an industry union. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represent most of the major casting directors and associate casting directors in Hollywood. Members use the post-nominal letters "CSA" when credited for their work.
Membership eligibility
The following requirements must be met to join the CSA:- Sponsorship letters from at least two current members of the CSA.
- Two years of screen or stage credit as Primary Casting Director.
Artios Awards
Since October 1985, the Casting Society has presented the Artios Awards for excellence in casting. Members are honored in over 25 different casting categories in simultaneous events held in Beverly Hills, New York City and London.List of ceremonies
- 2025 – 41st Artios Awards
- 2024 – 40th Artios Awards
- 2023 – 39th Artios Awards
- 2022 – 38th Artios Awards
- 2021 – 37th Artios Awards
- 2020 – 36th Artios Awards
- 2019 – 35th Artios Awards
- 2018 – 34th Artios Awards
- 2017 – 33rd Artios Awards
- 2016 – 32nd Artios Awards
- 2015 – 31st Artios Awards
- 2014 – 30th Artios Awards
- 2013 – no awards
- 2012 – 29th Artios Awards
- 2011 – 28th Artios Awards
- 2010 – 27th Artios Awards
- 2009 – 26th Artios Awards
- 2008 – 25th Artios Awards
- 2007 – 24th Artios Awards
- 2006 – 23rd Artios Awards
- 2005 – 22nd Artios Awards
- 2004 – 21st Artios Awards
- 2003 – 20th Artios Awards
- 2002 – 19th Artios Awards
- 2001 – 18th Artios Awards
- 2000 – 17th Artios Awards
- 1999 – 16th Artios Awards
- 1998 – 15th Artios Awards
- 1997 – 14th Artios Awards
- 1996 – 13th Artios Awards
- 1995 – 12th Artios Awards
- 1994 – 11th Artios Awards
- 1993 – 10th Artios Awards
- 1992 – 9th Artios Awards
- 1991 – 8th Artios Awards
- 1990 – 7th Artios Awards
- 1989 – 6th Artios Awards
- 1988 – 5th Artios Awards
- 1987 – 4th Artios Awards
- 1986 – 3rd Artios Awards
- 1985 – 2nd Artios Awards
- 1984 – 1st Artios Awards
Categories
Film
- Animated Voice-Over Casting
- Big Budget Feature Casting – Comedy
- Big Budget Feature Casting – Drama
- Studio or Independent – Comedy
- Studio or Independent – Drama
- Low Budget – Comedy Or Drama
- Micro Budget – Comedy or Drama
Television
- Comedy Episodic Casting
- Dramatic Episodic Casting
- Movie of the Week Casting
- Mini-Series Casting
- Daytime Casting
- Soaps Casting
- Pilot Casting
- Animated Voice-Over Casting
- Nighttime Special Casting
- Comedy Pilot Casting
- Dramatic Pilot Casting
- Daytime Special Casting
Theatre
- Theatre Casting – Plays
- Theatre Casting – Musical
Miscellaneous
- Lifetime Achievement Award
1st Artios Awards
Winners and nominees
| Category | Winner | Other Nominees |
| Feature Film Casting | Amadeus, Mary Goldberg | • Sixteen Candles, Jackie Burch • A Soldier's Story, Reuben Cannon • The Natural, Ellen Chenoweth • Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai, Terry Liebling |
| Comedy Episodic Casting | Cheers, Steve Kolzak & Lori Openden | • Night Court, Eileen Knight • Kate & Allie, Lynn Kresel & Geoffrey Johnson • Newhart, Molly Lopata • Brothers, Helen Mossler & Marry Ann Barton |
| Dramatic Episodic Casting | Cagney & Lacey, Diane Dimeo Hill Street Blues, Lori Openden & Simon Ayer | • St. Elsewhere, Eugene Blythe • Call to Glory, Carol Dudley • Dynasty, Gary Shaffer & Mark Schwartz |
| Mini-Series or Movie of the Week Casting | Fatal Vision, Karen Hendel | • The First Olympics, Fran Bascom • Heartsounds, Eve Brandstein • The Burning Bed, Ross Brown & Marry West • Something About Amelia, Lynn Stalmaster & Toni Toward |
2nd Artios Awards
1986 Artios Awards for the calendar year 1985 – October 29, 1986, except for Episodic Television which was June 1, 1985, to May 31, 1986, and short order series aired between January 1, 1985, and May 31, 1985.Winners and nominees
| Category | Winner | Other Nominees |
| Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Prizzi's Honor, Alixe Gordon | • Desperately Seeking Susan, Risa Bramon & Billy Hopkins • After Hours, Mary Colquhoun • Back to the Future, Mike Fenton, Jane Feinberg & Judy Taylor • The Purple Rose of Cairo, Juliet Taylor |
| Feature Film Casting – Drama | The Color Purple, Reuben Cannon | • Mask, Jackie Burch • Witness, Dianne Crittenden • Silverado, Wally Nicita •Cocoon, Penny Perry & Beverly McDermott |
| Daytime Casting | All My Children, Joan D'Incecco One Life to Live, Mary JoSlater | • Santa Barbara, Reuben Cannon, Ruth Conforte, Eileen Knight & Barbara Claman • General Hospital, Marvin Paige • The Young & the Restless, Tom Palmer |
| Comedy Episodic Casting | Night Court, Gilda Stratton | • The Cosby Show, Julie Hughes, Barry Moss, & Peter Golden • Kate & Allie, Lynn Kressel • Newhart, Molly Lopata • All is Forgiven, Lori Openden, Randy Stone • Cheers, Randy Stone |
| Dramatic Episodic Casting | St. Elsewhere, Eugene Blythe | • Moonlighting, Reuben Cannon, Carol Dudley • Cagney & Lacey, Diane Dimeo • The Equalizer, Lois Planco • Hill Street Blues, Sally Powers |
| Movie of the Week Casting | Love Is Never Silent, Mary Colquhoun | • Toughlove, Ross Brown & Mary West • Do You Remember Love, Nancy Foy • The Execution of Raymond Graham, Marsha Kleinman • Surviving, Marsha Kleinman & Kathleen Letterie |
| Mini-Series Casting | The Atlanta Child Murders, Marsha Kleinman & Kathleen Letterie | • Wallenberg: A Hero's Story, Eleanor Cooke • North & South, Book I, Phyliss Hufman & Jennifer Jackson Part • The Long Hot Summer, Marsha Kelinman & Kathleen Letterie • Space, Lynn Stalmaster & David Rubin |
3rd Artios Awards
1987 Artios Awards for the calendar year 1986 – October 30, 1987, except for Episodic Television which was June 1, 1986, to May 31, 1987, and short order series aired between January 1, 1986, and May 31, 1986.Winners and nominees
| Category | Winner | Other Nominees |
| Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Hannah and Her Sisters, Juliet Taylor | • Something Wild, Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins • Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Ellen Chenoweth • Ruthless People, Ellen Chenoweth • Little Shop of Horrors, Margery Simkin |
| Feature Film Casting – Drama | Platoon, Pat Golden & Bob Morones | • At Close Range, Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins • Aliens, Mike Fenton, Jane Feinberg & Judy Taylor • Stand By Me, Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson • Blue Velvet, Johanna Ray, Pat Golden |
| Daytime Casting | Babies Having Babies, Marc Hirschfeld | • Santa Barbara, Barbara Claman • All My Children, Joan D'Incecco • Have You Tried Talking to Patty?, Patricia Mock • Are You My Mother?, Barbara Remsen |
| Comedy Episodic Casting | The Days of Nights of Molly Dodd, Meg Liberman | • Designing Women, Fran Mascom • The Cavanaughs, Susan Bluestein & Renee Rousselot • Night Court, Harriet B. Helberg • Married... with Children, Marc Hirschfeld • Newhart, Molly Lopata |
| Dramatic Episodic Casting | L.A. Law, Nan Dutton Robert W. Harbin | • St. Elsewhere, Eugene Blythe • Cagney & Lacey, Diane Dimeo • The Equalizer, Lois Planco • Hill Street Blues, Sally Powers |
| Movie of the Week Casting | Nobody's Child, Mary Colquhoun | • Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry, John Conwell • Unnatural Causes, Mike Fenton, Jane Feinberg & Judy Taylor • Promise, Marsha Kleinman • Resting Place, Marsha Kleinman • Alex: The Life of a Child, Meg Simon, Fran Kumin |
| Mini-Series Casting | A Year in the Life, Debra Rubinstein | • Blood & Orchids, Melinda Gartzman • The Deliberate Stranger, Melinda Gartzman • Anastasia, Lynn Kressel • Fresno, Molly Lopata |
4th Artios Awards
1988 Artios Awards for the calendar year 1987 – October 26, 1988Winners and nominees
| Category | Winners | Other Nominees |
| Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Moonstruck, Howard Feuer | • Baby Boom, Pam Dixon • Broadcast News, Ellen Chenoweth • The Princess Bride, Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson • Radio Days, Juliet Taylor |
| Feature Film Casting – Drama | The Last Emperor, Joanna Merlin | • Fatal Attraction, Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins • Gaby – A True Story, Johanna Ray •The Big Easy, Lynn Stalmaster, David Rubin • Weeds, Cathy Henderson, Barbara Hanley |
| Daytime Casting | Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story, Barbara Remsen | • All My Children, Joan D'Incecco • As the World Turns, Phyllis Kasha, Vince Liebhart • Paul Reiser – Out On a Whim, Jeff Greenberg • Santa Barbara, Barbara Claman • Pee-wee's Playhouse, Diane Dimeo |
| Comedy Episodic Casting | The Wonder Years, Mary V. Buck, Susan Edelman | • Cheers, Jeff Greenberg • The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Meg Liberman, Marc Hirschfeld • Frank's Place, Deborah Barylski • The 'Slap' Maxwell Story, Meg Liberman, Marc Hirschfeld |
| Dramatic Episodic Casting | thirtysomething, Judith Holstra, Marcia Ross | • Beauty and the Beast, Vicki Rosenberg, Joyce Robinson & Penny Ellers • L.A. Law, Robert W. Harbin • St. Elsewhere, Eugene Blythe • Wiseguy, Victoria Burrows, Vicki Huff |
| Movie of the Week Casting | LBJ, Judith Holstra, Marcia Ross | • Baby Girl Scott, Mary V. Buck, Susan Edelman • The Betty Ford Story, Phyllis Huffman, Christopher Gorman • Daddy, Susan Bluestein • Sworn to Silence, Marc Schwartz, Vicki Huff |
| Mini-Series Casting | Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder, Kathleen Letterie, Christopher Gorman | • Amerika, Carol Dudley • Billionaire Boys Club, Mike Fenton, Judy Taylor • Echoes in the Darkness, Marc Schwartz • Murder Ordained, Barbara Claman |
| Theatre Casting – Plays | Fences, Meg Simon, Fran Kumin | • Breaking the Code, Julie Hughes, Barry Moss • Coastal Disturbances, Meg Simon, Fran Kumin • Elektra By Ezra Pound, Ellen Novack • The Boys Next Door, Pat McCorkle |
| Theatre Casting — Musical | Les Miserables, Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent G. Liff & Andrew Zerman | • Anything Goes, Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins • Dreamgirls, Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent G. Liff • Les Miserables, Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent G. Liff & Andrew Zerman • Me and My Girl, Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent G. Liff & Andrew Zerman • Starlight Express, Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent G. Liff |