8th Golden Laurel Awards explained

8th Annual Golden Laurel Awards
Location:	Universal Hilton Hotel, Hollywood, California
Country:	United States
Presenter:	Producers Guild of America
Award1 Type:	Best Producer(s) Motion Picture:
Award1 Winner:	The English Patient – Saul Zaentz
Previous:	7th
Main:	PGA Awards
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The 8th PGA Golden Laurel Awards, honoring the best film and television producers of 1996, were held at Universal Hilton Hotel in Hollywood, California on March 12, 1997.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The motion picture nominees were announced on January 22, 1997, and the television nominees on February 20, 1997.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Winners and nominees

Television

Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television
Law & Order – Dick Wolf, Edwin Sherin, Michael S. Chernuchin, René Balcer, Ed Zuckerman, Arthur W. Forney, Gardner Stern, Jeffrey M. Hayes, Lewis Gould, Billy Fox and Jeremy R. Littman
Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
Prime Suspect: The Lost Child – Rebecca Eaton, Sally Head, Paul Marcus and Brian Park

Special

Lifetime Achievement Award in Motion Picture
Billy Wilder
Lifetime Achievement Award in Television
Edgar J. Scherick
Most Promising Producer in Theatrical Motion Pictures
Mission: Impossible – Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner
Most Promising Producer in Television
Touched by an Angel and Promised Land – Martha Williamson
Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
Norman Felton
Visionary Award – Theatrical Motion Pictures
The English Patient – Saul Zaentz
Visionary Award – Television
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century – Blaine Baggett, Jay Winter, and Carl Byker

PGA Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame – Motion Pictures
12 Angry Men (1957) All About Eve (1950) A Place in the Sun (1951)
Hall of Fame – Television Programs
Eleanor and Franklin (1976) Holocaust (1978) The Missiles of October (1974)

Notes and References

1. News: Johnson. Ted. Zaentz doesn't rest on his Golden Laurel. October 12, 2017. Variety. March 16, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923124124/http://variety.com/1997/film/news/zaentz-doesn-t-rest-on-his-golden-laurel-1117342616/. September 23, 2017. live.
2. News: Copeland. Jeff. Producers Honor a Very Patient Zaentz. October 12, 2017. E! News. March 13, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923124356/http://www.eonline.com/news/34197/producers-honor-a-very-patient-zaentz. September 23, 2017. live.
3. News: Snow. Shauna. Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. October 12, 2017. Los Angeles Times. March 14, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110041716/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-03-14/entertainment/ca-37986_1_general-hospital. November 10, 2012. live.
4. Web site: The 1997 Golden Laurel Awards . Point of View Online . https://web.archive.org/web/19990501230436/http://producersguild.com/gla.html . May 1, 1999 . January 3, 2021 . dead.
5. News: Snow. Shauna. Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. October 12, 2017. Los Angeles Times. January 23, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923124234/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-01-23/entertainment/ca-21178_1_santa-monica. September 23, 2017. live.
6. News: Johnson. Ted. Producers Guild unveils TV noms. October 12, 2017. Variety. February 20, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20170923124014/http://variety.com/1997/scene/vpage/producers-guild-unveils-tv-noms-1117435205/. September 23, 2017. live.
7. Web site: PGA Award Winners 1990–2010 – Producers Guild of America. Producers Guild of America. August 27, 2017.