Juliet Taylor

Juliet Taylor is an American casting director. A six-time Casting Society of America award winner, she has cast more than 100 movies, including 43 of Woody Allen's films. In November 2024, she received the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in film.

Early life and education Taylor grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and attended Miss Porter's School and Smith College, where she majored in drama.

Career Taylor moved to New York following her graduation, and through a connection at Smith, she was hired as a receptionist for David Merrick, a theater producer. A year later she began working for casting director Marion Dougherty, who became her mentor. Her first solo casting credit was for The Exorcist. In 1979, in a feature story titled "The Casting Director," New York Magazine wrote: "It is commonly conceded within the film industry that Juliet Taylor is the best and by far the most important of the casting directors."

In addition to casting films including Taxi Driver, Sleepless in Seattle and Schindler's List, Taylor has cast 43 Woody Allen movies, beginning with 1975's Love and Death. He credits her with introducing him to Jeff Daniels, Mary Beth Hurt, Patricia Clarkson, Mariel Hemingway, Dianne Wiest, Meryl Streep, Joaquin Phoenix, and Parker Posey, among others.

Taylor was featured in the 2013 HBO documentary, Casting By. She was awarded the Smith College Medal in 1990. She received the Academy Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement in November 2024. She was the second casting director to receive the award, which was presented to her by Nicole Kidman.

Angels in America (with Ellen Lewis)

Casting Society of America Awards 1985 Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy The Purple Rose of Cairo 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters 1987 Radio Days 1988 Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama Mississippi Burning Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy Working Girl Big 1990 Postcards from the Edge Alice Best Casting for Feature Film, Drama The Grifters 1992 Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy Husbands and Wives This Is My Life 1993 Sleepless in Seattle 1994 Angie 1994 Bullets Over Broadway 1995 Mighty Aphrodite 1996 The Birdcage 1997 Everyone Says I Love You 1998 Primary Colors 1999 Celebrity 1997 As casting director, 1997Hoyt Bowers Award 2006 As casting director, 2006 Golden Apple Award 2013 Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy Blue Jasmine 2016 Café Society