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Aliases: Avi Kaufman , Amy Kaufman , Amy Kaufmann , Avy Kausman

Gender: Female

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Movie Involvements: 281

TV Involvements: 30


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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Avy Kaufman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Dope Thief
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Dope Thief

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Billions
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Billions

(2016) Original Casting
Babygirl
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Babygirl

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Damages
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Damages

(2007) Casting
Succession
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Succession

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The Agency
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The Agency

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Death of a Unicorn
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Death of a Unicorn

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The Sixth Sense
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The Sixth Sense

(1999) Casting

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2024 Location Manager
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2012 Casting
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2011 Casting Director
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2005 Casting
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1987 Additional Casting
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