The Casting Guild of Australia (CGA) is a

professional society A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and the ...

, founded in 2013 in

Victoria, Australia Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state in ...

. It consists over 90% of all Australian

casting director In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra for a particular role or part in a script, screenp ...

s for film, television, and theatre.

Formation

According to Nick Hamon, casting director and Vice President of CGA that the idea of setting up a casting guild was in minds of Australian casting directors committee quite sometime. But it was not actualised until in 2013, committee member Mel Mackintosh wrote an email, emphasising on the need of the guild.

Nominations and winners

The winners are mentioned first and highlighted.

2015

2016

Sirius Award

The Sirius Award has been created to recognise Australia's emerging actors, modelled on the Berlin Film Festival's Shooting Stars initiative. In 2015

Mark Coles Smith Mark Coles Smith (born 1989) is an Indigenous Australian actor originally from Broome in Western Australia. He is known for his roles in '' Last Cab to Darwin'' (2015), '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (2018) and '' Occupation: Rainfall'' (2020), a ...

and Odessa Young won the award. In 2016 the Sirius Award were given to

Katherine Langford Katherine Langford (born 29 April 1996) is an Australian actress. After appearing in several independent films, she had her breakthrough starring as Hannah Baker in the Netflix television series ''13 Reasons Why'' (2017–2018), which earned he ...

and Jacob Collins Levy.

References

External links

Casting Guild of Australia WebsiteCasting Guild of Australia at IMDB
Entertainment industry societies Australian film awards Australian television awards Casting awards {{film-org-stub