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Avy Kaufman

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Biography: 1954-01-01 (71 years old)

Biography

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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Filmography

all 331

Movies 302

Director 132

TV Shows 29

Producer 2

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Avy Kaufman

Biography

Filmography

all 331

Movies 302

Director 132

TV Shows 29

Producer 2

William Tell (2025)

Babygirl (2024)

Oh, Canada (2024)

The Order (2024)

The Agency (2024)

Rumours (2024)

Goodrich (2024)

Relay (2024)

The Friend (2024)

A Man in Full (2024)

RIPLEY (2024)

Knox Goes Away (2024)

Asleep in My Palm (2024)

Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

Mothers' Instinct (2024)

A Murder at the End of the World (2023)

Rustin (2023)

Fellow Travelers (2023)

NYAD (2023)

Shelter in Solitude (2023)

Jules (2023)

The Crowded Room (2023)

Rare Objects (2023)

A Thousand and One (2023)

Boston Strangler (2023)

Magazine Dreams (2023)

Spoiler Alert (2022)

TÁR (2022)

Montana Story (2022)

Under the Banner of Heaven (2022)

Dog (2022)

The 355 (2022)

Encounter (2021)

King Richard (2021)

Dopesick (2021)

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)

Rushed (2021)

The Chair (2021)

Naked Singularity (2021)

Monster (2021)

Mare of Easttown (2021)

Spiked (2021)

Critical Thinking (2020)

Driveways (2020)

The Stand (2020)

Uncle Frank (2020)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

A Teacher (2020)

Let Him Go (2020)

Joe Bell (2020)

Bruised (2020)

Relic (2020)

Bad Therapy (2020)

Spy Intervention (2020)

High Fidelity (2020)

The Assistant (2020)

The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)

Hala (2019)

Waves (2019)

Mickey and the Bear (2019)

Crown Vic (2019)

Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

21 Bridges (2019)

White Echo (2019)

Gemini Man (2019)

The Report (2019)

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)

Sonora: The Devil’s Highway (2019)

Light of My Life (2019)

The Mountain (2019)

The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)

The Divorce Party (2019)