Casting Society of America, USA: 2005

Artios

Date:	1 November
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA Penthouse Lobby, American Airlines Theatre, New York, New York, USA

Best Short Film Casting


Winner:
	Hello (2005) - Stephen Salamunovich
Other Nominees:
	Act, The (2004) - Matthew Lessall Driver's Ed (2005) - Stephen Salamunovich Saddam 17 (2005) - Gillian O'Neill (I) Saint Henry (2004) - Robert McGee (I)

Best Comedy Pilot Casting


Winner:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Junie Lowry-Johnson; Scott Genkinger
Other Nominees:
	"Committed" (2005) - Debby Romano; Brett Benner "Entourage" (2004) - Sheila Jaffe; Georgianne Walken "Stacked" (2005) - Geraldine Leder "Unscripted" (2005) - Amanda Mackey Johnson; Cathy Sandrich

Best Daytime Episodic Casting


Winner:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Judy Wilson (II)
Other Nominees:
	"Guiding Light, The" (1952) - Rob Decina "One Life to Live" (1968) - Julie Madison (I); Victoria Visgilio "Passions" (1999) - Jacklynn Briskey "Young and the Restless, The" (1973) - Marnie Saitta

Best Children's Programming


Winner:
	"That's So Raven" (2003) - Joey Paul
Other Nominees:
	"Fatherhood" (2004) - Sarah Noonan; Meredith Layne (casting supervisor) "Unfabulous" (2004) - Sharon Chazin Lieblein; Harriet Greenspan "Zoey 101" (2005) - Sharon Chazin Lieblein Raise Your Voice (2004) - Joey Paul

Best Dramatic Pilot Casting


Winner:
	"Lost" (2004) - April Webster
Other Nominees:
	"Grey's Anatomy" (2005) - Linda Lowy "House M.D." (2004) - Amy Lippens; Coreen Mayrs (location casting); Heike Brandstatter (location casting) "Huff" (2004) {Pilot (#1.1)} - Susan Edelman; Michelle Allen (I) (Canadian casting) "Jack & Bobby" (2004) - Patrick Rush; Jo Edna Boldin (Texas casting)

Best Animated Voice-Over Feature Casting


Winner:
	Shark Tale (2004) - Leslee Feldman
Other Nominees:
	Madagascar (2005) - Leslee Feldman Robots (2005) - Christian Kaplan

Best Comedy Episodic Casting


Winner:
	"Entourage" (2004) - Sheila Jaffe; Georgianne Walken
Other Nominees:
	"Desperate Housewives" (2004) - Junie Lowry-Johnson; Scott Genkinger "Scrubs" (2001) - Brett Benner; Debby Romano "Two and a Half Men" (2003) - Nikki Valko; Ken Miller (IV) "Will & Grace" (1998) - Tracy Lilienfield

Best Movie of the Week Casting


Winner:
	Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) - John Papsidera; Wendy O'Brien (I) (casting associate)
Other Nominees:
	Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005) (TV) - Maureen A. Arata; Mark Paladini; Lynne Carrow (Canadian casting); Susan Taylor Brouse (Canadian casting) Exonerated, The (2005) (TV) - Nina Pratt Five People You Meet in Heaven, The (2004) (TV) - Lynn Kressel; Coreen Mayrs (Vancouver casting); Heike Brandstatter (Vancouver casting) Warm Springs (2005) (TV) - Lynn Kressel

Best Independent Feature Film Casting


Winner:
	Heights (2005) - James Calleri
Other Nominees:
	Ballad of Jack and Rose, The (2005) - Cindy Tolan P.S. (2004) - Amanda Mackey Johnson; Cathy Sandrich; Wendy Weidman (III) Testosteroni (2005) - Steve Brooksbank When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003) - James Calleri

Best Feature Film Casting - Comedy


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - John Jackson (X); Ellen Parks
Other Nominees:
	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The (2005) - Marcia Ross In Good Company (2004) - Joseph Middleton (I) Meet the Fockers (2004) - Francine Maisler Shall We Dance (2004) - Richard Hicks (II)

Best Dramatic Episodic Casting


Winner:
	"Nip/Tuck" (2003) - Robert J. Ulrich; Eric Dawson; Carol Kritzer
Other Nominees:
	"24" (2001) - Debi Manwiller; Peggy Kennedy (I) "Boston Legal" (2004) - Ken Miller (IV); Nikki Valko "Lost" (2004) - April Webster; Mandy Sherman "Six Feet Under" (2001) - Junie Lowry-Johnson

Best Feature Film Casting - Drama


Winner:
	Crash (2004/I) - Sarah Finn; Randi Hiller
Other Nominees:
	Kinsey (2004) - Cindy Tolan Million Dollar Baby (2004) - Phyllis Huffman Notebook, The (2004) - Matthew Barry (I); Nancy Green-Keyes Ray (2004/I) - Nancy Klopper; Mark Fincannon (location casting)

Best Mini Series Casting


Winner:
	Empire Falls (2005) (TV) - Avy Kaufman
Other Nominees:
	"Frankenstein" (2004) - Matthew Lessall "Grid, The" (2004) - Lynn Kressel "Revelations" (2005) - John Papsidera; Wendy O'Brien (I); John Buchan (II) (Toronto casting) Elvis (2005) (TV) - Mary Jo Slater; Steve Brooksbank