Casting directors call to be included in the Oscars
“We work with human beings, not inanimate objects. The casting director brings the film to life,” says casting director Laray Mayfield, who cast David Fincher’s ensemble film “Mank,” featuring Arliss Howard as Louis B. Mayer and Charles Dance as William Randolph Hearst, above.
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The Emmys, Spirits, Canada’s Geminis, Australia’s AACTAs and Britain’s BIFAs and BAFTAs each bestow an annual prize upon casting directors in recognition of the central role they play in show business. At the Oscars, no such accolade exists. Some say that’s odd.