{"id":2129232,"date":"2025-11-01T18:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2129232"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:23:57","slug":"international-casting-directors-talk-gently-pushing-the-oscars-over-several-years-to-add-casting-category-how-ai-can-help-hurt-their-process-thessaloniki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/international-casting-directors-talk-gently-pushing-the-oscars-over-several-years-to-add-casting-category-how-ai-can-help-hurt-their-process-thessaloniki\/","title":{"rendered":"International Casting Directors Talk \u201cGently Pushing\u201d The Oscars Over Several Years To Add Casting Category &#038; How AI Can Help &#038; Hurt Their Process \u2014\u00a0Thessaloniki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">\u201cNo one with any real deep knowledge of this industry could think AI can start casting films,\u201d veteran casting director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0843514\/\">Lucinda Syson<\/a> concluded this morning during a panel discussion at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Syson, whose credits include ensemble titles like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0093940\/\">September<\/a> 5 and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt17491088\/\">The Diplomat<\/a>, as well as blockbusters like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0451279\/\">Wonder Woman<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0372784\/\">Batman Begins<\/a>, was joined on stage by fellow international casting directors <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1560324\/\">Tanja Grunwald<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10288566\/\">Another Round<\/a>), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3017953\/\">Yngvill Kolset-H\u00e5ga<\/a> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27714581\/\">Sentimental Value<\/a>), and David Zitzlsperger, founder of the Germany-based software company Denkungsart GmbH.<\/p>\n<p>The panel was dominated by discussion on the use of AI in the industry today and how it might influence how films are made in the future. On the topic, Syson explained that the role of a casting director requires a lot of administrative work, such as wading through information on performers and updating files, which technology could ultimately make more efficient moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNo one with any real deep knowledge of this industry could think AI can start casting films,\u201d veteran casting director Lucinda Syson concluded this morning during a panel discussion at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece. 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