Avy Kaufman

Producer, Acteur

24 januari 1954 (72 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Scream 4
    Scream 42011
  • Capote
    Capote2005
  • Let Me In
    Let Me In2010
  • It Comes at Night
    It Comes at Night2017
  • Awake
    Awake2007
  • Europa Report
    Europa Report2013
  • Derailed
    Derailed2005
  • Don't Say a Word
    Don't Say a Word2001
  • Apollo 18
    Apollo 182011
  • My Blueberry Nights
    My Blueberry Nights2007
  • American Animals
    American Animals2018
  • The Beaver
    The Beaver2011
  • A Hologram for the King
    A Hologram for the King2016
  • The Skeleton Twins
    The Skeleton Twins2014
  • 13
    132010
  • The End of the Tour
    The End of the Tour2015
  • The Conspirator
    The Conspirator2010
  • Thanks for Sharing
    Thanks for Sharing2012
  • The Assistant
    The Assistant2020
  • Double Trouble
    Double Trouble2009

Known For

  • The Sixth Sense
    The Sixth Sense1999
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence2001
  • Public Enemies
    Public Enemies2009
  • Life of Pi
    Life of Pi2012
  • Prometheus
    Prometheus2012
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
    The Bourne Ultimatum2007
  • What Happens in Vegas
    What Happens in Vegas2008
  • American Gangster
    American Gangster2007
  • National Treasure
    National Treasure2004
  • Body of Lies
    Body of Lies2008
  • Dancer in the Dark
    Dancer in the Dark2000
  • Salt
    Salt2010
  • Blow
    Blow2001
  • Sentimental Value
    Sentimental Value2025
  • Capote
    Capote2005
  • Gold
    Gold2016
  • 1408
    14082007
  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye2021
  • Dogville
    Dogville2003
  • State of Play
    State of Play2009

Cinematografie

2018
Wanderland · as Executive Producer
2015
Touched with Fire · as Co-ProducerOp Plex