Casting Society of America, USA: 1996

Artios

Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - John S. Lyons
Other Nominees:
	Flirting with Disaster (1996) - Ellen Parks; Risa Bramon Garcia Get Shorty (1995) - David Rubin (III); Debra Zane (I) Mighty Aphrodite (1995) - Juliet Taylor The Birdcage (1996) - Juliet Taylor; Ellen Lewis (I)

Best Casting for Animated Voiceover


Winner:
	Pocahontas (1995) - Brian Chavanne; Ruth Lambert
Other Nominees:
	"Eek! the Cat" (1992) - Alice Cassidy

Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama


Winner:
	The Usual Suspects (1995) - Francine Maisler
Other Nominees:
	Apollo 13 (1995) - Jane Jenkins (I); Janet Hirshenson Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) - Sharon Bialy Nixon (1995) - Heidi Levitt Primal Fear (1996) - Deborah Aquila; Jane Shannon-Smith

Best Casting for TV Daytime Special


Winner:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) {Daddy's Girl (#24.5)} - Elissa Myers; Paul Fouquet
Other Nominees:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) {Educating Mom (#24.4)} - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II) "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) {Fast Forward (#24.1)} - Barbara Dodd "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1984) {Crosstown (#13.3)} - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II)

Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic


Winner:
	"ER" (1994) - John Frank Levey
Other Nominees:
	"Chicago Hope" (1994) - Debi Manwiller "Law & Order" (1990) - Suzanne Ryan (I); Lynn Kressel "Murder One" (1995) - Junie Lowry-Johnson; Alexa L. Fogel "NYPD Blue" (1993) - Junie Lowry-Johnson; Alexa L. Fogel

Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Pilot


Winner:
	"Murder One" (1995) - Junie Lowry-Johnson; Alexa L. Fogel
Other Nominees:
	"American Gothic" (1995) - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II); Michael A. Katcher "New York News" (1995) - Jay Binder; Jack Bowdan; Theodore S. Hann "Profit" (1996) - Lucy Cavallo "The Client" (1995) - Mark Saks; Jay Binder

Best Casting for TV Miniseries'


Winner:
	Andersonville (1996) (TV) - Marsha Kleinman
Other Nominees:
	"Streets of Laredo" (1995) - Lynn Kressel "The Buccaneers" (1995) - Mary Colquhoun Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV) - Lynn Kressel The Siege at Ruby Ridge (1996) (TV) - Jason La Padura; Natalie Hart (I)

Best Casting for TV Nighttime Special


Winner:
	Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) (TV) - Mike Fenton; Allison Cowitt
Other Nominees:
	Favorite Deadly Sins (1995) (TV) - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II); Patrick Rush

Best Casting for TV, Comedy Episodic


Winner:
	"Frasier" (1993) - Jeff Greenberg (I)
Other Nominees:
	"3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II) "Friends" (1994) - Leslie Litt "Seinfeld" (1990) - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II) "The Larry Sanders Show" (1992) - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II)

Best Casting for TV Soaps


Winner:
	"General Hospital" (1963) - Mark Teschner
Other Nominees:
	"All My Children" (1970) - Judy Wilson (II) "Days of Our Lives" (1965) - Fran Bascom "One Life to Live" (1968) - Sonia Nikore "The City" (1995) - Julie Madison (I)

Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week


Winner:
	Truman (1995) (TV) - Mary Colquhoun
Other Nominees:
	A Streetcar Named Desire (1995) (TV) - Marsha Kleinman The Boys Next Door (1996) (TV) - Phyllis Huffman The Heidi Chronicles (1995) (TV) - Juel Bestrop The Late Shift (1996) (TV) - Nancy Foy

Best Casting for TV, Comedy Pilot


Winner:
	"3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996) - Meg Liberman; Marc Hirschfeld (II); Michael A. Katcher
Other Nominees:
	"Almost Perfect" (1995) - Jeff Greenberg (I); Sheila Guthrie "Caroline in the City" (1995) - Gilda Stratton "High Society" (1995) - Leslie Litt "Partners" (1995) - Megan Branman