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Film’s star, Chase Infiniti, pays tribute to Kulukundis, who has cast nearly all of Paul Anderson’s films since Magnolia

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Cassandra Kulukundis has won the first ever Oscar for casting for her work on Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. That film’s star, Chase Infiniti, paid tribute to her on stage before Kulukundis was awarded.

Kulukundis began her career as an intern on Anderson’s debut, Hard Eight, before casting almost all his films since 1999’s Magnolia, including There Will Be Blood and Inherent Vice. Other credits include Ghost World, A Late Quartet, Her and last year’s Oscar heavyweight The Brutalist.