Ep. 31 - Avy Kaufman on Succession, Capote and Steven Spielberg

Avy Kaufman’s filmography includes projects which changed the landscape of cinema. The three-time Emmy winning casting director has worked on over 300 films and television shows including The Sixth Sense, Artificial Intelligence, Brokeback Mountain, American Gangster and Capote. In television, she has cast acclaimed shows including Succession, Mare of Easttown, Damages and Dopesick. In our conversation, we discussed her Atlanta upbringing and concurrent interest in ballet; working with Steven Spielberg, Jodie Foster and Ang Lee; as well as how casting continues to evolve in a post-pandemic world.

Opening Credits: Arkana Music - Through Sacco's Eyes I Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0); Lisa Hammer - Jazzy Inquisitors I Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0); Closing Credits: Ketsa - Sunnyside I Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).