'The industry’s in a sad place right now, so who knows what’s gonna happen.'
The Big Picture The Oscars are arguably the biggest awards show in Hollywood, celebrating some of the best films and the work that went into making them what they are. Nominated features gain recognition across a variety of categories, including acting, writing, costume design, editing, music, and more. However, one element that currently doesn't have a category is casting.
During a Collider Ladies Night interview with Perri Nemiroff, Kaufman weighed in as to why casting hasn't become an Oscar category yet. She first shares that she isn't the kind of person whose primary goal is to gain an Oscar nomination or win, not wanting to focus on just being better than everyone else.
"Number one, I’m not one of those people that’s going, 'Gimme! We gotta get Oscars,' because really and truly, who’s better than somebody? But this used to happen to me a lot, things still happen, but this used to happen to me a lot: I would get a call from a producer who said, ‘So I’m in the van, and we have a lot of people. We’re gonna give you a whole bunch of names.’ Everybody in the van, everyone’s a casting director.
Kaufman Is an Emmy Award-Winning Casting Director While Kaufman and casting directors in general have yet to receive any Oscars love, Kaufman is a multi-Emmy award-winner and nominee for casting television series. Most notably, Kaufman cast HBO's hit series Succession, which recently ended its four season run in May. Kaufman earned the win for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for Succession in 2022 and 2020. She gained the win in 2008 for casting drama series Damages.
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