Producers Guild of America
PGA Awards: Martin Scorsese Remembers Kissing Elke Sommer at 1965 Ceremony As He Celebrates “Full-Circle” Moment
In 1965, Martin Scorsese was 22 and surrounded by legends when he won the Jesse L. Laskey Intercollegiate Award at the Milestone Awards dinner hosted by the then-called Screen Producers Guild on March 8, 1965. Now, almost 60 years later, the filmmaker received the David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the 2024 PGA Awards in […]
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PGA Awards: ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes Top Film Prize
Oppenheimer took the top prize at the 2024 Producers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night. The film won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures, a day after taking top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Other big winners were Beef, which also won at the SAG Awards […]
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PGA Announces Initiative to Fund Health Insurance for Producers
At the 35th annual PGA Awards on Sunday, the Producers Guild of America announced an initiative aimed at ensuring health insurance benefits for every qualified producer working full-time in the film and TV industry. “Producers, unlike unionized creative professionals in the industry, lack guaranteed health insurance benefits. No one should go without these essential benefits. […]
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Producers Guild Reveals 2024 Innovation Award Nominees
The Producers Guild of America have announced the nominees for the PGA Innovation Award ahead of the 35th Annual PGA Awards, set to take place on Feb. 25. The PGA Innovation Award recognizes the production of a noteworthy, impactful new media program that significantly elevates the audience’s viewing experience. The nominees, in alphabetical order, are Body […]
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‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Crown’ Among 2024 Producers Guild Awards Nominees
On Friday, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) revealed its list of nominations for the 2024 PGA Awards. The Darryl F. Zanuck Award (the award most informative about the best picture Oscar race. 15 of the previous 20 winners have gone on to win the Academy Award) included the following nominees: American Fiction, Anatomy of […]
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Will the Producers Guild Noms Predict the Oscar Lineup?
No Oscar precursor’s top award is more informative about the best picture Oscar race than the Producers Guild of America’s, known as the Darryl F. Zanuck Award. The PGA is about the same size as the Academy — both have about 10,000 members. The PGA and the Academy each nominates 10 films for its top […]
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Charles D. King to Receive Milestone Award at 2024 PGA Awards
The Producers Guild of America will honor film producer Charles D. King with the Milestone Award at the 2024 PGA Awards. King will accept the accolade, which is the PGA’s most prestigious honor, at the 35th annual awards show on Feb. 25. The award recognizes producers or production teams that have made historic contributions to […]
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‘Beckham,’ ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Among 2024 PGA Sports, Children’s and Shortform Nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced its 2024 nominees in the sports, children’s and shortform categories. Netflix’s Beckham and season 2 of HBO’s 100 Foot Wave were among the nominees in the outstanding sports program category, while Goosebumps and The Velveteen Rabbit were nominated in the children’s category. Carpool Karaoke season 5 and I […]
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PGA Awards: ‘American Symphony,’ ‘Beyond Utopia’ Among Documentary Nominees
The Producers Guild of America has announced its 2024 Documentary Motion Picture nominees for the 35th annual Producers Guild Awards. The following films are nominated in the category of outstanding producer of documentary motion picture: 20 Days in Mariupol American Symphony Beyond Utopia The Disappearance of Shere Hite The Mother of All Lies Smoke Sauna […]
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PGA Awards: Martin Scorsese Tapped for David O. Selznick Award in Recognition of Producing Achievements
Martin Scorsese, the legendary filmmaker currently generating awards buzz for his Apple film Killers of the Flower Moon, has been tapped by the Producers Guild of America to receive the David O. Selznick Achievement Award, which recognizes producers for their outstanding body of work in motion pictures, at the 35th PGA Awards, the guild announced […]
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Jamie Lee Curtis Remembers ‘Halloween’ Producer Debra Hill as “Ride or Die” Best Friend at PGA Event
Jamie Lee Curtis turned up at UTA headquarters in Beverly Hills on Thursday to help the Producers Guild of America announce the recipient of a fellowship bestowed upon a producer identified as a next-generational talent. Before she handed over the certificate, the Oscar winning actress looked to the past to honor the fellowship’s namesake, the […]
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Producers Guild Presidents to Writers: Why We’re With You in This Fight
On May 19 at a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Sean Penn railed against the Producers Guild of America and called us the “Bankers’ Guild,” which is hilarious, because we’re anything but the Bankers’ Guild. Sean admittedly confused us with the AMPTP, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, a group that negotiates […]
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