PGA nominee Tom Cruise (“Top Gun: Maverick”) is honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award.
The 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
A strong barometer of the Oscars’ top prize, seven of this year’s Best Picture nominees are recognized by the guild in the film category: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Everything Everywhere’ All at Once’, ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘Tár’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’.
This was the first year the PGA nominated four sequels, which also included “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”.
Actor-producer Tom Cruise is honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award, which recognizes a producer or producing team for their outstanding body of work in motion pictures. The Selznick Award has an impressive history with previous recipients including such legendary producers as Steven Spielberg, Barbara Broccoli, Mary Parent, Brian Grazer, David Heyman and Kevin Feige.
Four of the five PGA nominees are Oscar nominees on the animation side, except for the blockbuster “Minions: The Rise of Gru.”
Since 2009, only three films have won at PGA and failed to win the Academy Award for Best Picture: ‘The Big Short’ (2015), ‘La La Land’ (2016) and ‘1917’ (2019). Even critically divisive movies like “Green Book” (2018) and last year’s last-minute shocker “CODA” (2021) proved their strength with the group before nabbing the Oscar statuette.
Final Oscar voting begins on March 2.
Winners will be updated as they are announced.
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Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Best Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“Everything Everywhere at Once” (A24)
“The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
“Tar” (focus functions)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Images)
“The Whale” (A24)
Outstanding producer of documentary cinema films
“Everything That Breathes” (HBO)
“Descendant” (Netflix)
“Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary/Neon)
“Navalny” (CNN/Warner Bros.)
“Nothing Compares” (Showtime)
“Retrograde” (National Geographic)
“The Territory” (National Geographic)
Outstanding producer of animated feature films
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes on” (A24)
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” (Enlightenment)
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks animation)
“Turn Red” (Pixar)
Norman Felton Award for Best Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Andor (Disney+)
“You Better Call Saul” (AMC)
Ozark (Netflix)
“Severance Pay” (Apple TV+)
“The White Lotus” (HBO) — WINNER
Danny Thomas Award for Best Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
“Abbott Elementary School” (ABC)
“Barrie” (HBO)
“The Bear” (FX)
“Hacking” (HBO Max)
“Only Kills in the Building” (Hulu)
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer or Limited of Anthology Series Television
“Dahmer – Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer” (Netflix)
“The Dropout” (Hulu)
“Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
“Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)
“Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
Outstanding producer of televised or streamed motion pictures
“Island of Fire” (Hulu)
“Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+)
“Pinocchio” (Disney+)
“Prey” (Hulu)
“Weird: The Story of Al Yankovic” (The Roku Channel)
Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
“30 for 30” (ESPN)
“60 Minutes” (CBS)
“The American Dream of George Carlin” (HBO)
“Lucy and Desi” (Amazon Prime Video)
“Stanley Tucci: In Search of Italy” (CNN)
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO) – WINNER
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Outstanding Producer of Game and Competition Television
“The Great Race” (CBS)
“Lizzo’s Beware the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (VH1)
“Top Chef” (Bravo)
“The Voice” (NBC)
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