Avy Kaufman


Avy Kaufman is an American casting director for film and television.

Career

Since 1987, she has worked in casting more than 150 film and television productions.
Based in New York City, New York, Kaufman has worked with directors including Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee and Wes Craven. Her casting credits include the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense, the romantic drama film Brokeback Mountain and the crime drama film Public Enemies.

Accolades

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 the drama television series Damages. 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.

Filmography

DateTitleGenre--
1989Miss FirecrackerComedy--
1991Little Man TateDrama--
1991The SuperComedy--
1993Searching for Bobby FischerDrama--
1995Home for the HolidaysDrama--
1998RoundersDrama--
1999The Sixth Sensepsychological thriller--
2000State And MainComedy--
2001Save The Last Dancedrama dance film--
2001Blowdrama drama film--
2003Dogvilledrama--
2004Garden State comedy-drama--
2004Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate EventsDark Comedy Fantasy--
2005Brokeback Mountainromantic drama--
2005science fiction adventure--
2007My Blueberry Nightsdrama--
2007The Bourne Ultimatumaction thriller spy--
2007American Gangsterbiographical crime--
2008Sunshine Cleaningcomedy-drama--
2009Taking Woodstockcomedy-drama--
2009Solitary Manromantic comedy-drama--
2009Leaves of Grasscomedy-drama crime--
2009Public Enemiescrime drama--
2009Brothersdrama thriller--
2010Saltaction thriller--
2010Let Me Inromantic horror--
2011Scream 4horror--
2011The Ledgethriller--
2011Shamedrama--
2012Prometheusscience fiction horror--
2012Life of Piadventure drama--
2014Before I Disappearcomedy-drama--
2014A Walk Among the Tombstonesmystery drama--
2015The Salvationaction thriller drama--
2017Our Souls at Nightdrama Capone crime drama

Television

DateTitleGenre
2005Empire Fallsromance drama
2008Damagesdrama
2016The Night Ofcrime
2016 -Billionsdrama series