Casting directors are the invisible architects of your film's most visible element: the actors. You probably won't spot them on set. These crucial team members rarely appear once filming starts ...

In 2024, the Academy finally decided to honor the work of casting directors — and quite rightly so. They are among the very first to make the very biggest decisions about a film, and the casts they ...

Ask a casting director about their job — usually her job — and you will hear words like intuition and alchemy. Ideally, they work closely with their director to create the human canvas of a project.

HOLLYWOOD — Casting directors, members of one of the last non-union trades in Hollywood, have started to move toward representation through the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters. A majority of the ...

As the Oscars approach their 98th iteration, it seems strange that after nearly 100 years the Academy is only now bringing in an award to honor the work of casting directors. At Deadline’s Contenders ...