Avy Kaufman
Producer, Actor
January 24, 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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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
Known For
Filmography
| 2018 | Wanderland · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Touched with Fire · as Co-ProducerOn Plex |
| 2019 | Love, Antosha · as SelfOn Plex |
| 1958 | Etter Dagsrevyen · as Self - Interviewee (segment "berlinale") |
| 1984 | Alive from Off Center · as Cast |
| 2026 | The Man I Love · as Casting |
| 2026 | Is God Is · as Casting |
| 2026 | Crime 101 · as Casting |
| 2025 | Train Dreams · as Casting |
| 2025 | Task · as Casting |
| 2025 | Eenie Meanie · as Casting |
| 2025 | The Rivals of Amziah King · as Casting |
| 2025 | Sentimental Value · as Casting |
| 2025 | Hurry Up Tomorrow · as Casting |
| 2025 | Death of a Unicorn · as Casting |
| 2025 | Dope Thief · as Casting |
| 2025 | Ricky · as Casting |
| 2024 | Relay · as Casting |
| 2024 | The Friend · as Casting |
| 2024 | William Tell · as Casting |
| 2024 | Babygirl · as Location Manager |
| 2024 | Oh, Canada · as Casting |
| 2024 | Rumours · as Casting |
| 2024 | The Order · as Casting |
| 2024 | The Agency (2024) · as Casting |
| 2024 | Goodrich · as Casting |
| 2024 | A Man in Full · as Casting |
| 2024 | RIPLEY · as Casting |
| 2024 | Bob Marley: One Love · as Casting |
| 2024 | Mothers' Instinct · as Casting |
| 2023 | Eric LaRue · as Casting |
| 2023 | Asleep in My Palm · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2023 | Knox Goes Away · as Casting |
| 2023 | Rustin · as Casting |
| 2023 | A Murder at the End of the World · as Casting |
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers · as Casting |
| 2023 | Nyad · as Casting |
| 2023 | Shelter in Solitude · as Casting |
| 2023 | Jules · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2023 | The Crowded Room · as Casting |
| 2023 | Rare Objects · as Casting |
| 2023 | A Thousand and One · as Casting |
| 2023 | Boston Strangler · as Casting |
| 2023 | Magazine Dreams · as Casting |
| 2022 | Spoiler Alert · as Casting |
| 2022 | Tár · as Casting |
| 2022 | Under the Banner of Heaven · as Casting |
| 2022 | Dog · as Casting |
| 2021 | Encounter · as Casting |
| 2021 | King Richard · as Casting |
| 2021 | Dopesick · as Casting |
| 2021 | The Eyes of Tammy Faye · as Casting |
| 2021 | Montana Story · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2021 | Rushed · as Casting |
| 2021 | The Chair (2021) · as Casting |
| 2021 | Naked Singularity · as Casting |
| 2021 | Mare of Easttown · as Casting |
| 2020 | Bruised · as Casting |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom · as Casting |
| 2020 | The Stand (2020) · as Casting |
| 2020 | Uncle Frank · as Casting |
| 2020 | A Teacher · as Casting |
| 2020 | Critical Thinking · as Casting |
| 2020 | Let Him Go · as Casting Director |
| 2020 | Relic · as Casting |
| 2020 | Bad Therapy · as Casting |
| 2020 | High Fidelity · as Casting |
| 2019 | The Assistant · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2019 | The True Adventures of Wolfboy · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2019 | Waves · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2019 | Hala · as Casting |
| 2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood · as Casting |
| 2019 | Mickey and the Bear · as Casting |
| 2019 | The Report · as Casting |
| 2019 | Motherless Brooklyn · as Casting |
| 2019 | Gemini Man · as Casting |
| 2019 | 21 Bridges · as Casting |
| 2019 | Light of My Life · as Casting |
| 2019 | Share · as Casting |
| 2019 | Driveways · as Casting |
| 2019 | Cold Pursuit · as Casting |
| 2018 | Monster · as Casting |
| 2018 | Suspiria · as Casting |
| 2018 | The House That Jack Built · as Casting |
| 2018 | Hold the Dark · as Casting |
| 2018 | Monsters and Men · as Casting |
| 2018 | Maniac (2018) · as Casting |
| 2018 | Bel Canto · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2018 | Puzzle · as Casting |
| 2018 | Operation Finale · as Casting |
| 2018 | American Animals · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2018 | Book Club · as Casting |
| 2018 | Succession · as Casting |
| 2018 | The Alienist · as Casting |
| 2017 | Submission · as Casting |
| 2017 | The Super · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2017 | Freak Show · as Casting |
| 2017 | Sex Guaranteed · as Casting |
| 2017 | An Ordinary Man · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2017 | Rebel in the Rye · as Casting |
| 2017 | Crown Heights · as Casting |
| 2017 | Person to Person · as Casting |
| 2017 | It Comes at Night · as Casting |
| 2017 | The Circle · as Casting |
| 2017 | Going in Style · as Casting |
| 2017 | Sleepless · as Casting |
| 2016 | The OA · as Casting |
| 2016 | All We Had · as Casting DirectorOn Plex |
| 2016 | The Promise · as Casting |
| 2016 | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk · as Casting |
| 2016 | Little Men · as Casting |
| 2016 | Indignation · as Casting |
| 2016 | Money Monster · as Casting |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the King · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2016 | The Model · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2016 | How to Be Single · as Casting |
| 2016 | Gold · as Casting |
| 2016 | Billions · as Original Casting |
| 2015 | The Family Fang · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2015 | Green Room · as Casting |
| 2015 | Anesthesia · as Casting |
| 2015 | A Bigger Splash · as Casting |
| 2015 | I Smile Back · as Casting |
| 2015 | The Great Gilly Hopkins · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2015 | The End of the Tour · as Casting |
| 2015 | The Slap (US) · as Casting Director |
| 2015 | Sons of Liberty · as Casting |
| 2014 | Before I Disappear · as Casting |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Last Summer · as Casting |
| 2014 | Kill the Messenger · as Casting |
| 2014 | Love Is Strange · as Casting |
| 2014 | Good Kill · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2014 | A Walk Among the Tombstones · as Casting |
| 2014 | Shelter · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2014 | Revenge of the Green Dragons · as Casting |
| 2014 | The Skeleton Twins · as Casting |
| 2014 | Adult Beginners · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2014 | Wish I Was Here · as Casting |
| 2014 | Bird People · as Casting |
| 2014 | Red Knot · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2014 | Crossbones · as Casting |
| 2014 | The Salvation · as Casting |
| 2014 | Growing Up and Other Lies · as Casting |
| 2014 | Taxi Brooklyn · as Casting |
| 2013 | The Counselor · as Casting |
| 2013 | Carrie · as Casting |
| 2013 | Louder Than Words · as Casting |
| 2013 | Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian · as Casting |
| 2013 | Pioneer · as Casting |
| 2013 | Blood Ties · as Casting |
| 2013 | Ain't Them Bodies Saints · as Casting |
| 2013 | Reaching for the Moon · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2013 | Europa Report · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2013 | Syrup · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2013 | A Birder's Guide to Everything · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2013 | Betty and Coretta · as Casting |
| 2013 | Very Good Girls · as Casting |
| 2012 | Greetings from Tim Buckley · as Casting |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep · as Casting |
| 2012 | Smashed · as Casting |
| 2012 | Life of Pi · as Casting |
| 2012 | Lincoln · as Casting |
| 2012 | What Maisie Knew · as Casting |
| 2012 | Nature Calls · as Casting |
| 2012 | Thanks for Sharing · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2012 | Keep the Lights On · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2012 | Prometheus · as Casting |
| 2011 | Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You · as Casting |
| 2011 | Shame · as Casting Director |
| 2011 | Dream House · as Casting |
| 2011 | Apollo 18 · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2011 | The Ledge · as Casting |
| 2011 | The Beaver · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2011 | Scream 4 · as Casting |
| 2011 | The Prodigies · as Casting |
| 2010 | Jack Goes Boating · as Casting |
| 2010 | Welcome to the Rileys · as Casting |
| 2010 | My Soul to Take · as Casting |
| 2010 | An Invisible Sign · as Casting |
| 2010 | Let Me In · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2010 | The Conspirator · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2010 | Salt · as Casting |
| 2010 | Shanghai · as Casting |
| 2010 | Rubicon · as Casting |
| 2010 | Just Wright · as Casting |
| 2010 | 13 · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2009 | Brothers · as Casting |
| 2009 | The Lovely Bones · as Casting |
| 2009 | Amelia · as Casting |
| 2009 | Leaves of Grass · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2009 | Solitary Man · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2009 | Taking Woodstock · as Casting |
| 2009 | Public Enemies · as Casting |
| 2009 | Land of the Lost · as Casting |
| 2009 | State of Play · as Casting |
| 2009 | Mammoth · as Casting |
| 2008 | The Guitar · as Casting |
| 2008 | Body of Lies · as Casting |
| 2008 | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond · as Casting |
| 2008 | What Happens in Vegas · as Casting |
| 2008 | Baby Mama · as Casting |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss · as Casting |
| 2008 | Phoebe in Wonderland · as Casting |
| 2008 | Summerhood · as Casting |
| 2008 | Sunshine Cleaning · as Casting |
| 2007 | Far North · as Casting |
| 2007 | Awake · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2007 | My Blueberry Nights · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2007 | Love Life · as Casting |
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs · as Casting |
| 2007 | American Gangster · as Casting |
| 2007 | Married Life · as Casting |
| 2007 | Meet Bill · as Casting |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum · as Casting |
| 2007 | Damages · as Casting |
| 2007 | The Kill Point · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2007 | 1408 · as Casting |
| 2006 | Shut Up and Sing · as Casting |
| 2006 | Off the Black · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2006 | The Architect · as Casting |
| 2006 | Children of Men · as Casting |
| 2006 | All the King's Men · as Casting |
| 2006 | 10 Items or Less · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2006 | Bonneville · as Casting |
| 2006 | Champions · as Casting |
| 2006 | Whirlygirl · as Casting |
| 2006 | The Sentinel · as Casting |
| 2006 | Take the Lead · as Casting |
| 2005 | Brokeback Mountain · as Casting |
| 2005 | Forty Shades of Blue · as Casting |
| 2005 | Knights of the South Bronx · as Casting |
| 2005 | Syriana · as Casting |
| 2005 | Derailed · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' · as Casting |
| 2005 | Zathura: A Space Adventure · as Casting |
| 2005 | Everything Is Illuminated · as Casting |
| 2005 | The River King · as Casting |
| 2005 | Capote · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2005 | The Return · as Casting |
| 2005 | Manderlay · as Casting |
| 2005 | Empire Falls · as Casting |
| 2005 | Sometimes in April · as Casting |
| 2005 | Dear Wendy · as Casting |
| 2004 | A Series of Unfortunate Events · as Casting |
| 2004 | National Treasure · as Casting |
| 2004 | Piccadilly Jim · as Casting |
| 2004 | Birth · as Casting |
| 2004 | Garden State · as Casting |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days · as Casting |
| 2004 | House of D · as Casting |
| 2004 | Our Italian Husband · as Casting |
| 2004 | Jersey Girl · as Casting |
| 2004 | The Beautiful Country · as Casting |
| 2004 | Against the Ropes · as Casting |
| 2003 | The Human Stain · as Casting |
| 2003 | Spinning Boris · as Casting |
| 2003 | How to Deal · as Casting |
| 2003 | Hulk · as Casting |
| 2003 | Dogville · as Casting |
| 2003 | It Runs in the Family · as Casting |
| 2002 | In America · as Casting |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile · as Casting |
| 2002 | Lathe of Heaven · as Casting |
| 2002 | Close Your Eyes · as Casting |
| 2002 | Just a Kiss · as Casting |
| 2002 | Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood · as Casting Director |
| 2001 | Heist · as Casting |
| 2001 | Don't Say a Word · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2001 | O · as Casting |
| 2001 | Dinner with Friends · as Casting |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence · as Casting |
| 2001 | Chosen · as Casting |
| 2001 | Blow · as Casting |
| 2001 | Scotland, Pa. · as CastingOn Plex |
| 2001 | The Job · as Casting |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance · as Casting |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark · as Casting |
| 2000 | State and Main · as Casting |
| 2000 | Keeping the Faith · as Casting |
| 1999 | My Teacher's Wife · as CastingOn Plex |
| 1999 | Ride with the Devil · as Casting |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart · as Casting |
| 1999 | The Hurricane · as Casting |
| 1999 | A Map of the World · as Casting |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense · as Casting |
| 1998 | A Civil Action · as Casting |
| 1998 | Claire Dolan · as Casting |
| 1998 | Monument Ave. · as Casting |
| 1998 | Rounders · as Casting |
| 1998 | Safe Men · as Casting |
| 1998 | Wide Awake · as Casting |
| 1997 | The Real Blonde · as CastingOn Plex |
| 1997 | Critical Care · as Casting |
| 1997 | Eye of God · as Casting |
| 1997 | The Ice Storm · as Casting |
| 1997 | Drive, She Said · as Casting |
| 1997 | Color of Justice · as Casting |
| 1997 | In His Father's Shoes · as Casting |
| 1997 | Boys Life 2 · as Casting |
| 1996 | Gotti · as Casting |
| 1996 | Walking and Talking · as Casting |
| 1996 | Lone Star · as Casting |
| 1996 | On Seventh Avenue · as Casting |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays · as Casting |
| 1995 | Across the Sea of Time · as Casting |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries · as Casting |
| 1994 | Trevor · as Casting |
| 1991 | Little Man Tate · as Casting |
| 1991 | The Super · as Casting |
| 1990 | The Baby-Sitters Club · as Casting |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker · as CastingOn Plex |
| 1988 | Anna · as Casting |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out · as Location Casting |
| 1987 | Matewan · as Additional Casting |