Oscar-Nominated Casting Directors Celebrate Academy’s New Category: ‘People Really Don’t Understand What We Do’ | Video

After nearly 100 ceremonies, the Academy Awards will finally recognize casting directors. When four of the first five Oscar nominees in the category assembled at the Culver Theater in Culver City on Wednesday for a panel hosted by TheWrap, the group shared a similar sentiment: It’s about time.

“I think it’s kind of sad that it took that long,” said Cassandra Kulukundis, nominated this year for “One Battle After Another.” “I’m realizing on this journey that people really don’t understand what we do.