Interview with Tom Donahue, Kate Kiley, Ilan Arboleda on "Casting By" and Oscar's casting category

In September 2012, Casting By premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. What began as a look at the incredible, underdiscussed career of legendary casting director Marion Dougherty evolved into a film that advocated strongly for the recognition of a role critical to the success of any film. Now, the Oscars have officially added a new category: one for casting that will finally highly the people responsible for finding the right actors to populate a rich and effective ensemble.

I had the chance to speak with director Tom Donahue and producers Kate Kiley and Ilan Arboleda about what went into their film, what has changed in the industry since then, and how they reacted to the news of the Oscars adding this new honor that they’ve thought should have been cited for many years now.

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