The role of a great casting agent often goes unacknowledged, but not tonight, with winners announced for the 2024 Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) Awards. Winners included Nathan Lloyd taking out the award for ‘Best Casting in a Feature Film’ for his work on the family-friendly Stan Original Windcatcher starring Jessica Mauboy and a cast of Indigenous and First Nations kids.
Established in 2013, the Casting Guild of Australia celebrated its 10th annual CGA Awards tonight (Friday 15 November) at a ceremony in Sydney at the Establishment Hotel . This year’s event was hosted by Connor and Christiaan Van Vurren with a special guest producer Sally Riley.
The CGA Awards is the only casting awards ceremony in the southern hemisphere that celebrates and recognises casting across all mediums including film, television, advertising, theatre and online content. The annual ceremony seeks to acknowledge the critical role casting directors play.
For the second year in a row, Kirsty McGregor and Stevie Ray won ‘Best Casting in a TV Comedy’ for their work on Colin From Accounts, this year for season 2. Amanda Mitchell took home the award for ‘Best Casting in a TV Drama’ for Erotic Stories (Episodes 2-7).
For ‘Best Casting in a Telemovie/Miniseries, Nikki Barrett took out the top prize for her work on Netflix’s acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe while Rhys Velasquez won ‘Best Casting in a Short Film’ for Black Trans Miracle.
ScreenHub: Windcatcher, Stan review – fun family film
CGA names top ten emerging talents of casting in 2024
The CGA officially crowned Australia’s top emerging talent of 2024, highlighting ten actors with the potential to break out on the world stage:
- Alyla Browne (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
- Courtney Monsma (Wicked the Musical Australia, Paper Dolls)
- Danny Ball (Loaded, Totally Completely Fine)
- Felix Cameron (Boy Swallows Universe, Penguin Bloom)
- Grace Chow (Mystery Road: Origin, The Twelve)
- Janet Anderson (Last King of the Cross, Collapsible)
- Lee Tiger Halley (Boy Swallows Universe, Crazy Fun Park)
- Megan Wilding (Gold Diggers, We Are Still Here)
- Michael Logo (Colin From Accounts, In Limbo)
- Michael Theo (Love on the Spectrum, Austin).
The full list of winners of the Casting Guild Australia Awards 2024
Best Casting in A Feature Film
Windcatcher – Nathan Lloyd
Best Casting in a TV Drama
Erotic Stories (Episodes 2 – 7) – Amanda Mitchell
Best Casting in a TV Comedy
Colin From Accounts S2 – Kirsty McGregor and Stevie Ray
Best Casting in a Telemovie/Miniseries
Boy Swallows Universe – Nikki Barrett
Best Casting in a Short Film
Black Trans Miracle – Rhys Velasquez
Best Casting in a TVC – Actor
AAMI ‘Athletes In The Making’ – Megan D’Arcy
Best Casting in a TVC – Community
AAMI ‘When Our Game Has Its Moments’ – Amy Mete, Nick Hamon and Sarah Price
Best Casting in a Theatre Production
Cost of Living – Janine Snape
Achievement in Casting
Cerebral Palsy Alliance – Lucky Price
For further information visit the Casting Guild of Australia.
