# Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)

The Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama) is an award handed out annually by the Casting Society of America. The award, in its current incarnation, was first awarded in 2009, when the category made the distinction of award comedic films with larger budgets, and studio backing. Previously, since the second awards ceremony in 1986, the category had only held the distinction of Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama. The award honors the casting directors of higher-budgeted, in comparison to independently-backed, films that the voting body believes featured the best casting.

## Winners and nominees
### 1980s

Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting
| Year | Film | Casting Director(s) |
| 1985 (1st) |
| 1985 (1st) | Amadeus | Mary Goldberg |
| 1985 (1st) | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Terry Liebling |
| 1985 (1st) | The Natural | Ellen Chenoweth |
| 1985 (1st) | Sixteen Candles | Jackie Burch |
| 1985 (1st) | A Soldier's Story | Reuben Cannon |
Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Drama
| Year | Film | Casting Director(s) |
| 1986 (2nd) |
| 1986 (2nd) | The Color Purple | Reuben Cannon |
| 1986 (2nd) | Cocoon | Penny Perry, Beverly McDermott |
| 1986 (2nd) | Mask | Mike Fenton, Jane Feinberg, Judy Taylor |
| 1986 (2nd) | Silverado | Wally Nicita |
| 1986 (2nd) | Witness | Dianne Crittenden |
| 1987 (3rd) |
| 1987 (3rd) | Platoon | Pat Golden, Bob Morones |
| 1987 (3rd) | Aliens | Mike Fenton, Jane Feinberg, Judy Taylor |
| 1987 (3rd) | At Close Range | Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins |
| 1987 (3rd) | Blue Velvet | Johanna Ray, Pat Golden |
| 1987 (3rd) | Stand by Me | Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson |
| 1988 (4th) |
| 1988 (4th) | The Last Emperor | Joanna Merlin |
| 1988 (4th) | The Big Easy | Lynn Stalmaster, David Rubin |
| 1988 (4th) | Fatal Attraction | Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins |
| 1988 (4th) | Gaby: A True Story | Johanna Ray |
| 1988 (4th) | Weeds | Cathy Henderson, Barbara Hanley |
| 1989 (5th) |
| 1989 (5th) | Mississippi Burning | Howard Feuer, Juliet Taylor |
| 1989 (5th) | Dominick and Eugene | Julie Hughes, Barry Moss |
| 1989 (5th) | Field of Dreams | Margery Simkin |
| 1989 (5th) | Mystic Pizza | Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson |
| 1989 (5th) | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson |

### 1990s

| Year | Film | Casting Director(s) |
| 1990 (6th) |
| 1990 (6th) | Dead Poets Society | Howard Feuer |
| 1990 (6th) | Born on the Fourth of July | Risa Bramon, Billy Hopkins |
| 1990 (6th) | Enemies, A Love Story | Ellen Chenoweth |
| 1990 (6th) | Glory | Mary Colquhoun |
| 1990 (6th) | Longtime Companion | Jason LaPadura, Natalie Hart |
| 1990 (6th) | sex, lies, and videotape | Deborah Aquila |
| 1991 (7th) |
| 1991 (7th) | Dances with Wolves | Howard Feuer |
| 1991 (7th) | Avalon | Ellen Chenoweth |
| 1991 (7th) | The Grifters | Juliet Taylor |
| 1991 (7th) | Miller's Crossing | Donna Isaacson, John Lyons |
| 1991 (7th) | Reversal of Fortune | Howard Feuer |
| 1991 (7th) | The Silence of the Lambs | Howard Feuer |
| 1992 (8th) |
| 1992 (8th) | Fried Green Tomatoes | David Rubin |
| 1992 (8th) | Barton Fink | Donna Isaacson, John Lyons |
| 1992 (8th) | Bugsy | Ellen Chenoweth |
| 1992 (8th) | JFK | Judy Taylor, Lynda Gordon, Geoffrey Johnson, Vincent Liff, Andrew Zerman |
| 1992 (8th) | The Waterdance | Pam Dixon |
| 1993 (9th) |
| 1993 (9th) | Malcolm X | Robi Reed |
| 1993 (9th) | Chaplin | Mike Fenton |
| 1993 (9th) | A River Runs Through It | Elisabeth Leustig |
| 1993 (9th) | Scent of a Woman | Ellen Lewis |
| 1993 (9th) | School Ties | Pat McCorkle, Lisa Beach |
| 1994 (10th) |
| 1994 (10th) | The Joy Luck Club | Heidi Levitt, Risa Bramon Garcia |
| 1994 (10th) | A Bronx Tale | Ellen Chenoweth |
| 1994 (10th) | Philadelphia | Howard Feuer |
| 1994 (10th) | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Avy Kaufman |
| 1994 (10th) | What's Love Got to Do with It | Reuben Cannon |
| 1995 (11th) |
| 1995 (11th) | Pulp Fiction | Ronnie Yeskel, Gary Zuckerbrod |
| 1995 (11th) | Forrest Gump | Ellen Lewis |
| 1995 (11th) | Little Women | Carrie Frazier, Shani Ginsberg |
| 1995 (11th) | My Family, Mi Familia | Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, Roger Mussenden |
| 1995 (11th) | The Shawshank Redemption | Deborah Aquila |
| 1996 (12th) |
| 1996 (12th) | The Usual Suspects | Francine Maisler |
| 1996 (12th) | Apollo 13 | Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson |
| 1996 (12th) | Mr. Holland's Opus | Sharon Bialy |
| 1996 (12th) | Nixon | Heidi Levitt |
| 1996 (12th) | Primal Fear | Deborah Aquila, Jane Shannon Smith |
| 1997 (13th) |
| 1997 (13th) | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Francine Maisler, Jo Doster (location casting) |
| 1997 (13th) | Big Night | Ellen Lewis |
| 1997 (13th) | The English Patient | David Rubin |
| 1997 (13th) | Lone Star | Avy Kaufman, Francine Maisler |
| 1997 (13th) | Romeo + Juliet | David Rubin |
| 1998 (14th) |
| 1998 (14th) | L.A. Confidential | Mali Finn |
| 1998 (14th) | The Horse Whisperer | Ellen Chenoweth, Gretchen Rennell Court |
| 1998 (14th) | The Ice Storm | Avy Kaufman |
| 1998 (14th) | Primary Colors | Juliet Taylor, Ellen Lewis, Juel Bestrop |
| 1998 (14th) | Titanic | Mali Finn |
| 1999 (15th) |
| 1999 (15th) | Saving Private Ryan | Denise Chamian |
| 1999 (15th) | Go | Joseph Middleton |
| 1999 (15th) | October Sky | Nancy Foy, Jo Doster (location casting) |
| 1999 (15th) | Out of Sight | Francine Maisler |
| 1999 (15th) | Pleasantville | Ellen Lewis, Debra Zane |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Casting Director(s) |
| 2000 (16th) |
| 2000 (16th) | American Beauty | Debra Zane |
| 2000 (16th) | Erin Brockovich | Margery Simkin |
| 2000 (16th) | Girl, Interrupted | Lisa Beach |
| 2000 (16th) | The Sixth Sense | Avy Kaufman |
| 2000 (16th) | The Talented Mr. Ripley | Deborah Aquila |
| 2001 (17th) |
| 2001 (17th) | Traffic | Debra Zane |
| 2001 (17th) | The Contender | Mary Jo Slater |
| 2001 (17th) | Finding Forrester | Francine Maisler, Bernard Telsey |
| 2001 (17th) | The Patriot | April Webster, David Bloch, Fincannon & Assoc. (location casting) |
| 2001 (17th) | Remember the Titans | Ronna Kress |
| 2002 (18th) |
| 2002 (18th) | Moulin Rouge! | Ronna Kress |
| 2002 (18th) | A Beautiful Mind | Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson |
| 2002 (18th) | Crazy/Beautiful | Sarah Halley Finn, Randy Hiller |
| 2002 (18th) | Life as a House | Sarah Halley Finn, Randy Hiller |
| 2002 (18th) | Mulholland Drive | Johanna Ray |
| 2003 (19th) |
| 2003 (19th) | The Hours | Daniel Swee |
| 2003 (19th) | Igby Goes Down | Ronnie Yeskel, Richard Hicks |
| 2003 (19th) | The Italian Job | Sheila Jaffe |
| 2003 (19th) | Minority Report | Denise Chamian |
| 2003 (19th) | Road to Perdition | Debra Zane, Mickie Paskal, Rachel Tenner (location casting) |
| 2004 (20th) |
| 2004 (20th) | Mystic River | Phyllis Huffman, Carolyn Pickman (location casting) |
| 2004 (20th) | Big Fish | Denise Chamian |
| 2004 (20th) | House of Sand and Fog | Deborah Aquila, Tricia Wood |
| 2004 (20th) | Seabiscuit | Debra Zane |
| 2004 (20th) | 21 Grams | Francine Maisler |
| 2005 (21st) |
| 2005 (21st) | Crash | Sarah Halley Finn, Randi Hiller |
| 2005 (21st) | Kinsey | Cindy Tolan |
| 2005 (21st) | Million Dollar Baby | Phyllis Huffman |
| 2005 (21st) | The Notebook | Matthew Barry, Nancy Green-Keyes |
| 2005 (21st) | Ray | Nancy Klopper, Mark Fincannon (location casting) |
| 2006 (22nd) |
| 2006 (22nd) | Brokeback Mountain | Avy Kaufman |
| 2006 (22nd) | Capote | Avy Kaufman; Heike Brandstatter, Coreen Mayrs (location casting) |
| 2006 (22nd) | Memoirs of a Geisha | Francine Maisler |
| 2006 (22nd) | Syriana | Avy Kaufman, Lora Kennedy, Lucinda Syson |
| 2006 (22nd) | Walk the Line | Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman |
| 2007 (23rd) |
| 2007 (23rd) | Dreamgirls | Debra Zane, Jay Binder |
| 2007 (23rd) | The Good Shepherd | Amanda Mackey, Cathy Sandrich Gelfond |
| 2007 (23rd) | Hollywoodland | Joanna Colbert |
| 2007 (23rd) | The Lookout | Marcia S. Ross, Robin Cook (Toronto casting) |
| 2007 (23rd) | The Namesake | Cindy Tolan |
| 2007 (23rd) | World Trade Center | Mary Vernieu |
Outstanding Achievement in Casting: Studio Feature – Drama
| Year | Film | Casting Director(s) |
| 2008 (24th) |
| 2008 (24th) | No Country for Old Men | Ellen Chenoweth, Jo Edna Boldin (location casting) |
| 2008 (24th) | Across the Universe | Bernard Telsey |
| 2008 (24th) | American Gangster | Avy Kaufman |
| 2008 (24th) | Iron Man | Sarah Halley Finn, Randi Hiller |
| 2008 (24th) | Michael Clayton | Ellen Chenoweth |
Outstanding Achievement in Casting: Big Budget Feature (Drama)
| Year | Film | Casting Director(s) |
| 2009 (25th) |
| 2009 (25th) | Star Trek | April Webster, Alyssa Weisberg |
| 2009 (25th) | Changeling | Ellen Chenoweth |
| 2009 (25th) | The Dark Knight | John Papsidera |
| 2009 (25th) | Duplicity | Ellen Chenoweth |
| 2009 (25th) | State of Play | Avy Kaufman |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Casting Director(s) |
| 2010 (26th) |
| 2010 (26th) | Inglourious Basterds | Johanna Ray, Jenny Jue |
| 2010 (26th) | Avatar | Margery Simkin, Mali Finn (initial casting) |
| 2010 (26th) | Nine | Francine Maisler |
| 2010 (26th) | Sherlock Holmes | Reg Poerscout-Edgerton |
| 2010 (26th) | Shutter Island | Ellen Lewis, Carolyn Pickman (location casting) |
| 2011 (26th) |
| 2011 (26th) | The Social Network | Laray Mayfield |
| 2011 (26th) | The Fighter | Sheila Jaffe, Angela Peri (location casting) |
| 2011 (26th) | Inception | John Papsidera |
| 2011 (26th) | The Town | Lora Kennedy, Carolyn Pickman (location casting) |
| 2011 (26th) | True Grit | Ellen Chenoweth; Rachel Tenner, JoEdna Boldin (location casting) |
| 2012 (27th) |
| 2012 (27th) | The Help | Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee |
| 2012 (27th) | The Descendants | John Jackson, John McAlary (associate) |
| 2012 (27th) | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Laray Mayfield |
| 2012 (27th) | The Hunger Games | Debra Zane, Jackie Burch (location casting) |
| 2012 (27th) | Moneyball | Francine Maisler, Lauren Grey (associate) |
| 2013 (28th) |
| 2013 (28th) | Argo | Lora Kennedy |
| 2013 (28th) | Les Misérables | Nina Gold |
| 2013 (28th) | Life of Pi | Avy Kaufman |
| 2013 (28th) | Lincoln | Avy Kaufman; Erica Arvold, Pat Moran (location casting) |
| 2013 (28th) | Zero Dark Thirty | Mark Bennett, Richard Hicks; Seher Latif (location casting); Charley Medigovich (associate) |
| 2015 (29th) |
| 2015 (29th) | 12 Years a Slave | Francine Maisler, Meagan Lewis (location casting), Melissa Kostenbauder (associate) |
| 2015 (29th) | American Hustle | Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham; Angela Peri (location casting) |
| 2015 (29th) | Captain Phillips | Francine Maisler; Donna M. Belajac, Daniel Hubbard (location casting) |
| 2015 (29th) | Foxcatcher | Jeanne McCarthy; Rori Bergman, Donna M. Belajac (location casting); Matthew Maisto (associate) |
| 2015 (29th) | Gone Girl | Laray Mayfield, Annie Hamilton (location casting) |
| 2015 (29th) | Selma | Aisha Coley, Robyn Owen (associate) |
| 2016 (30th) |
| 2016 (30th) | Straight Outta Compton | Cindy Tolan, Victoria Thomas; Meagan Lewis, Beth Sepko, Carolyn Pickman, Lucinda Syson, Pat Moran (location casting); Judith Sunga (associate) |
| 2016 (30th) | Bridge of Spies | Ellen Lewis, Kate Sprance (associate) |
| 2016 (30th) | Mad Max: Fury Road | Ronna Kress, Nikki Barrett |
| 2016 (30th) | Spotlight | Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee; John Buchan, Jason Knight, Carolyn Pickman (location casting); Joey Montenarello, Adam Richards (associates) |
| 2016 (30th) | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Nina Gold, April Webster, Alyssa Weisberg; Jessica Sherman (associate) |
| 2017 (31st) |
| 2017 (31st) | Hidden Figures | Victoria Thomas; Jackie Burch (location casting); Bonnie Grisan (associate) |
| 2017 (31st) | Arrival | Francine Maisler, Lucie Robitaille (location casting) |
| 2017 (31st) | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Fiona Weir, Jim Carnahan (location casting) |
| 2017 (31st) | The Girl on the Train | Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee; Joey Montenarello, Adam Richards (associates) |
| 2017 (31st) | Nocturnal Animals | Francine Maisler |
| 2018 (32nd) |
| 2018 (32nd) | Dunkirk | John Papsidera |
| 2018 (32nd) | Baby Driver | Francine Maisler, Meagan Lewis (location casting) |
| 2018 (32nd) | Detroit | Victoria Thomas, Richard Hicks (New York casting), Carolyn Pickman (location casting), Scotty Anderson (associate) |
| 2018 (32nd) | The Post | Ellen Lewis, Rori Bergman; Kate Sprance, Karlee Fomalont (associates) |
| 2018 (32nd) | Wonder Woman | Lora Kennedy, Kristy Carlson, Lucinda Syson; Jeanette Benzie (associate) |
| 2019 (33rd) |
| 2019 (33rd) | Vice | Francine Maisler, Amber Wakefield (additional casting) |
| 2019 (33rd) | Boy Erased | Carmen Cuba; Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris (location casting); Shelby Cherniet (associate) |
| 2019 (33rd) | The Hate U Give | Yesi Ramirez; Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris (location casting) |
| 2019 (33rd) | A Star Is Born | Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham; Raylin Sabo (associate) |
| 2019 (33rd) | Widows | Francine Maisler; Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Paskal (location casting); Amber Wakefield (associate) |

## Individuals with multiple awards
### 4 awards

* Francine Maisler

### 3 awards

* Howard Feuer
* Debra Zane

### 2 awards

* Meagan Lewis
* Carolyn Pickman