George Miller and Sarah Snook are set to present the first Casting Guild of Australia Awards for casting directors in film, television, theatre and advertising.
The CGA members boast a list of some major casting directors in the country.
Credits include: Gatsby, Pirates of the Carribbean, Animal Kingdom, Top of the Lake, The Code, Redfern Now, Rake, Mad Max, to name a few.
Combined, our members have cast in excess of 150 feature films, a mountain of TV series and TV Commercials well into their hundreds of thousands.
Miller (Mad Max Fury Road) will present the Sirius Award – New Talent of the Future.
This recognises the skill to foresee and identify the future stars of the industry and the unique contribution made by Casting Directors.
Sarah Snook (The Dressmaker) and Ewen Leslie (The Daughter) will be co-hosting the event in Sydney on November 23.
CGA ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING
SIRIUS AWARDS-NEW TALENT OF THE FUTURE
CGA ANNUAL AWARDS EVENING
NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCMENTS
BEST FILM CASTING
Holding the Man – Nikki Barrett
Last Cab to Darwin – Kirsty McGregor
Mad Max Fury Road – Nikki Barrett and Ronna Kress
BEST TELEVISION CASTING (Up to Six Hours)
The Code – Christine King
Redfern Now – Anousha Zarkesh
Glitch – Telford
Peter Allen – Not the Boy Next Door – Christine King & Anousha Zarkesh
BEST TELEVISION CASTING (More than 6 hours)
Rake – Anousha Zarkesh
Hiding – Christine King
Please – Like Me Alison Telford