Avy Kaufman
Avy Kaufman is an American casting director for film and television. Kaufman is from Atlanta. She relocated to New York City in 1976 to study ballet. Kaufman originally worked in casting for advertising at Foote, Cone & Belding (often print ads) for six years, then transitioned to feature films. Since 1987, she has worked in casting on more than 150 film and television productions. Kaufman has worked with directors including Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, and Wes Craven. Her casting credits include the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense (1999), the romantic drama film Brokeback Mountain (2005), and the crime drama film Public Enemies (2009). Kaufman received the 2005 Hollywood Casting Director of the Year award given by the Hollywood Film Festival. She received a 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for her work on Damages: Season 1 and in 2020 & 2022 for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series for Succession: Seasons 2-3. She had earlier been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special for her work on the romance drama television miniseries Empire Falls. Kaufman has been nominated for eighteen Artios Awards and has won three. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avy Kaufman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (179)
Crime 101
Is God Is
The Rivals of Amziah King
Relay
Death of a Unicorn
Eenie Meanie
Train Dreams
The Friend
William Tell
Magazine Dreams
Hurry Up Tomorrow
Knox Goes Away
Babygirl
The Order
Mothers' Instinct
Bob Marley: One Love
Oh, Canada
Goodrich
A Thousand and One
Boston Strangler
NYAD
Jules
Dog
TÁR
Spoiler Alert
Montana Story
Naked Singularity
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Bruised
Monster
Encounter
Relic
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Let Him Go
Uncle Frank
The Assistant
Critical Thinking
Gemini Man
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Cold Pursuit
The Report
21 Bridges
Light of My Life
Motherless Brooklyn
Waves
The True Adventures of Wolfboy
Mickey and the Bear
Suspiria
The House That Jack Built
Submission
Operation Finale
Puzzle
Book Club
It Comes at Night
Going in Style
The Circle
Sleepless
An Ordinary Man
Rebel in the Rye
Green Room
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Money Monster
How to Be Single
Gold
The Family Fang
Little Men
A Hologram for the King
The Promise
Good Kill
A Bigger Splash
Kill the Messenger
A Walk Among the Tombstones
The Skeleton Twins
The Salvation
Wish I Was Here
Europa Report
Carrie
The Counselor
Blood Ties
What Maisie Knew
Louder Than Words
Thanks for Sharing
Prometheus
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Company You Keep
Scream 4
Dream House
Apollo 18
Shame
The Beaver
The Ledge
The Conspirator
Let Me In
My Soul to Take
Salt
Shanghai
13
Jack Goes Boating
Just Wright
Welcome to the Rileys
Amelia
Public Enemies
The Lovely Bones
Brothers
Land of the Lost
State of Play
Solitary Man
Leaves of Grass
Taking Woodstock
What Happens in Vegas
Baby Mama
Body of Lies
Married Life
Stop-Loss
Sunshine Cleaning
1408
The Bourne Ultimatum
American Gangster
Awake
Meet Bill
Lions for Lambs
My Blueberry Nights
Children of Men
The Return
All the King's Men
The Sentinel
10 Items or Less
Bonneville
Take the Lead
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Brokeback Mountain
Syriana
Capote
Derailed
Manderlay
Everything Is Illuminated
Sometimes in April
Around the World in 80 Days
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Jersey Girl
Garden State
National Treasure
Birth
House of D
Against the Ropes
The Beautiful Country
Hulk
The Human Stain
In America
Dogville
Moonlight Mile
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Blow
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Don't Say a Word
Save the Last Dance
Heist
Dancer in the Dark
Keeping the Faith
State and Main
The Sixth Sense
The Hurricane
Ride with the Devil
Music of the Heart
Rounders
A Civil Action
The Ice Storm
Critical Care
Lone Star
Gotti
Walking and Talking
Home for the Holidays
The Basketball Diaries
Little Man Tate
The Super
Eight Men Out
