After a pair of coastal events, the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards are taking place tonight at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
The biggest award of the night, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, has historically been considered a strong prognosticator for the Best Picture Oscar each year.
Tonight’s ceremony will also be honoring the following:
- Tom Cruise (David O. Selznick Achievement Award)
- Mindy Kaling (Norman Lear Achievement Award)
- Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy (Milestone Award)
- Till (Stanley Kramer Award sponsored by Delta Air Lines)
The complete winners list for the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards is listed below:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Everything Everywhere All At Once (Producers: Jonathan Wang, p.g.a., Dan Kwan, p.g.a., Daniel Scheinert, p.g.a.)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Producers: Guillermo Del Toro, p.g.a., Gary Ungar, p.g.a., Alex Bulkley, p.g.a.)
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
The White Lotus (Producers: Mike White, David Bernad, Mark Kamine, Heather Persons, John M. Valerio)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
The Bear (Producers: Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Christopher Storer, Hiro Murai, Rene Gube, Tyson Bidner)
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
The Dropout (Producers: Elizabeth Meriwether, Katherine Pope, Michael Showalter, Jordana Mollick, Rebecca Jarvis, Taylor Dunn, Victoria Thompson, Liz Heldens, Liz Hannah, Hilton Smith, Dan LeFranc, Amanda Seyfried, Hilary Bettis, Megan Mascena)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (Producers: Whitney Hodack, p.g.a., Mike Farah, p.g.a., Joe Farrell, p.g.a., Lia Buman, p.g.a., Max Silva, p.g.a., Al Yankovic, p.g.a.)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (Producers: Tom Barry, Adam Hawkins, Eve Kay, Stanley Tucci, Francesco Ficarra, Shauna Minoprio, Robin O’Sullivan, Fiona Cleary)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Producers: John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jon Thoday, James Taylor, Jeremy Tchaban, Catherine Owens, Whit Conway, Kaye Foley, Laura L. Griffin, Christopher McDaniel, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Megan Peck Shub, Wynn Van Dusen, Marian Wang, Charles Wilson)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (Producers: Lizzo, Makiah Green, Kevin Beisler, Julie Pizzi, Farnaz Farjam, Myiea Coy, Kimberly Goodman, Glenda N. Cox, Alana Balden)
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Navalny (Producers: Odessa Rae, p.g.a., Diane Becker, p.g.a. & Melanie Miller, p.g.a., Shane Boris, p.g.a.)
The categories below were previously announced at the PGA Awards East Coast Nominees Celebration on February 21st, and the PGA Awards West Coast Nominees Celebration on February 23rd:
East Coast Celebration
Outstanding Sports Program: Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off
Outstanding Children’s Program: Sesame Street (Season 52)
West Coast Celebration
Outstanding Short Form Program: Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question (Season 2)
PGA Innovation Award: Stay Alive, My Son
The Producers Guild Awards are often a bellwether for the Oscars. Since its inception, the PGA has predicted 23 of the 33 winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The 2023 Producers Guild Awards took place tonight at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
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