Oscar 2026: Winners at the Casting Directors’ Guild Awards

Oscar 2026: Winners at the Casting Directors’ Guild Awards

The latest awards season brought recognition from the Guild of Casting Directors for outstanding achievement in film casting for the year 2025. These awards highlight the important work casting directors do in shaping the performances and ensemble dynamics that audiences see on screen.

Best Casting in a Film

Winner: Hamnet
Casting Director: Nina Gold
Associates: Lucy Amos & Amy Beadel
Assistant: Steph Tataryn

Other Nominees

• 28 Years Later — Casting Director: Gail Stevens
• Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy — Casting Director: Lucy Bevan (Co-Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes)
• F1 — Casting Director: Lucy Bevan (Co-Casting Director: Emily Brockmann, Associate: Katie Brydon)
• Warfare — Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane

The win for Hamnet is notable given that several other major cinematic contenders like Sinners and One Battle After Another were not nominated in this category, even though they are strong candidates in other awards races for the 2026 Oscar season. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}