Casting Guild of Australia

The Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) is a professional society, founded in 2013 in Victoria, Australia. It consists over 90% of all Australian casting directors for film, television, and theatre.[1]

Formation

According to Nick Hamon, casting director and Vice President of CGA that the idea of setting up a casting guild was in minds of Australian casting directors committee quite sometime. But it was not actualised until in 2013, committee member Mel Mackintosh wrote an email, emphasising on the need of the guild.[2]

Nominations and winners

The winners are mentioned first and highlighted.[3]

2015

Category Nominees Film
Best Casting in a Feature Film Kirsty McGregor Last Cab to Darwin
Nikki Barrett Holding the Man
Nikki Barrett and Ronna Kress Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Television Casting (Up to 6 Hours) Anousha Zarkesh Redfern Now
Christine King The Code
Alison Telford Glitch
Christine King and Anousha Zarkesh Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door
Best Television Casting (More Than 6 Hours) Alison Telford Please Like Me
Anousha Zarkesh Rake
Christine King Hiding

2016

Category Nominees Film
Best Casting in a Feature Film Stevie Ray and Kirsty McGregor Down Under
Nikki Barrett The Daughter
Christine King The Dressmaker
Anousha Zarkesh Alex & Eve
Best Casting in a TV Drama Anousha Zarkesh Cleverman
Anousha Zarkesh Ready for This
Nikki Barrett Jack Irish
Kirsty McGregor Doctor Doctor
Best Casting in a TV Comedy Tom McSweeney and David Newman The Family Law
Anousha Zarkesh Rake
Anousha Zarkesh Black Comedy
Kirsty McGregor The Letdown
Best Casting in a TV Miniseries or Telemovie Anousha Zarkesh The Principal
Kirsty McGregor The Kettering Incident
Nick Hamon Divorce
Kirsty McGregor Secret City
Best Casting in a Short Film Danny Long Dream Baby
Nick Hamon St Kilda Film Festival Trailer
Stevie Ray and Kirsty McGregor Problem Play
Anousha Zarkesh The Mother Situation

Sirius Award

The Sirius Award has been created to recognise Australia's emerging actors, modelled on the Berlin Film Festival's Shooting Stars initiative. In 2015 Mark Coles Smith and Odessa Young won the award.[4] In 2016 the Sirius Award were given to Katherine Langford and Jacob Collins Levy.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "THE CASTING GUILD OF AUSTRALIA LAUNCH THEMSELVES ONTO THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "THE CASTING GUILD OF AUSTRALIA – VITAL FOR OUR ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ARENA". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Nominees unveiled for Casting Guild of Australia Awards". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "New award for Australia's rising stars". Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sirisu Awards 2016". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.