Producers Guild of America Awards explained

Producers Guild of America Awards
Current Awards:35th Producers Guild of America Awards
Awarded For:Excellence in motion picture, television and new media productions by members of the Producers Guild of America
Presenter:PGA
Country:United States
Former Name:Golden Laurel Award
Year:1990

The Producers Guild of America Awards were originally established in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) as the Golden Laurel Awards,[1] created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern, in order to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion picture and television product. The ceremony has been hosted each year by celebrity host/presenters, including Nick Clooney, Michael Douglas, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Garry Marshall, Walter Matthau, Ronald Reagan, Marlo Thomas, Grant Tinker, Ted Turner, and Karen S. Kramer among others.

Ceremonies

EditionDateLocationBest Theatrical Motion Picture
1st Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 28, 1990Beverly Wilshire HotelDriving Miss Daisy
2nd Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 5, 1991Dances with Wolves
3rd Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 4, 1992The Silence of the Lambs
4th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 3, 1993The Crying Game
5th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 2, 1994Schindler's List
6th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 8, 1995Forrest Gump
7th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 6, 1996Apollo 13
8th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 12, 1997Universal Hilton HotelThe English Patient
9th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 3, 1998The Beverly HiltonTitanic
10th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 3, 1999The Century Plaza HotelSaving Private Ryan
11th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 2, 2000American Beauty
12th Golden Laurel AwardsMarch 3, 2001Gladiator
13th Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 3, 2002Moulin Rouge!
14th Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 2, 2003Chicago
15th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 17, 2004
16th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 22, 2005Culver StudiosThe Aviator
17th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 22, 2006Universal Hilton HotelBrokeback Mountain
18th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 20, 2007The Century Plaza HotelLittle Miss Sunshine
19th Producers Guild of America AwardsFebruary 2, 2008The Beverly HiltonNo Country for Old Men
20th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 24, 2009Hollywood PalladiumSlumdog Millionaire
21st Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 24, 2010The Hurt Locker
22nd Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 22, 2011The Beverly HiltonThe King's Speech
23rd Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 21, 2012The Artist
24th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 26, 2013Argo
25th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 19, 201412 Years a Slave & Gravity
26th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 24, 2015The Century Plaza HotelBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
27th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 23, 2016The Big Short
28th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 28, 2017The Beverly HiltonLa La Land
29th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 20, 2018The Shape of Water
30th Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 19, 2019Green Book
31st Producers Guild of America AwardsJanuary 18, 2020Hollywood Palladium1917
32nd Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 24, 2021Virtual ceremonyNomadland
33rd Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 19, 2022The Century Plaza HotelCODA
34th Producers Guild of America AwardsFebruary 25, 2023The Beverly HiltonEverything Everywhere All at Once
35th Producers Guild of America AwardsFebruary 25, 2024Ovation HollywoodOppenheimer
36th Producers Guild of America AwardsFebruary 8, 2025[2] Fairmont Century PlazaTBA

Producers of the Year Awards

* Denotes a film that also won a corresponding Academy Award

Film winners

Best Theatrical Motion Picture

See main article: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture.

by producers Lili Fini Zanuck and Richard D. Zanuck

by producers Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner

by producers Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ron Bozman

by producer Stephen Woolley

by producers Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, and Steven Spielberg

by producers Wendy Finerman, Charles Newirth, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch

by producers Brian Grazer and Todd Hallowell

by producer Saul Zaentz

by producers James Cameron and Jon Landau

by producers Steven Spielberg, Allison Lyon Segan, Bonnie Curtis, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn

by producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks

by producers Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick

by producers Fred Baron, Martin Brown, and Baz Luhrmann

by producers Martin Richards

by producers Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, and Fran Walsh

by producers Graham King and Michael Mann

by producers Diana Ossana and James Schamus

by producers Albert Berger, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, and Ron Yerxa

by producers Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen

by producer Christian Colson

by producers Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, and Greg Shapiro

by producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin

by producer Thomas Langmann

by producers Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, and George Clooney

by producers Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt, and Dede Gardner

Gravity (TIE)

by producers Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman

by producers Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole

by producers Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner

by producers Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, and Marc Platt

by producers Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale

by producers Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga

by producers Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall

by producers Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Jenvey, Chloé Zhao

by producers Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi, Patrick Wachsberger

by producers Jonathan Wang, Dan Kwan, and Daniel Scheinert

by producers Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven and Emma Thomas

Best Animated Motion Picture

See main article: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Animated Motion Picture.

by producers Claire Jennings and Nick Park

by producer Darla K. Anderson

by producer Brad Lewis

by producer Jim Morris

by producer Jonas Rivera

by producer Darla K. Anderson

by producers Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, and Kathleen Kennedy

by producer Clark Spencer

by producer Peter Del Vecho

by producer Dan Lin

by producer Jonas Rivera

by producer Clark Spencer

by producer Darla K. Anderson

by producers Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

by producers Mark Nielsen, and Jonas Rivera

by producer Dana Murray

by producers Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer

by producers Guillermo del Toro, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley

by producers Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Christina Steinberg

Stanley Kramer Award

Since 2002, this award has been given for films that "illuminate provocative social issues"

by producers Jessie Nelson, Barbara Hall, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, and Richard Solomon

by producers Todd Black, Randa Haines, and Denzel Washington

by producers Jim Sheridan and Arthur Lappin

by producer Terry George

Voces inocentes (Innocent Voices) (TIE)

by producer Lawrence Bender

by producer Grant Heslov

by producers Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns, and Laurie David

by producers Todd Black, Kate Forte, Joe Roth, and Oprah Winfrey

by producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen

by producers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, and Gary Magness

first person to receive a Stanley Kramer Award

by producers Angelina Jolie, Graham King, and Timothy Headington

by producers Cynthia Lowen, Lee Hirsch, and Cindy Waitt

by producers Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi

by producers Scott Ferguson and Alexis Martin Woodall

by producer Amy Ziering

by producers Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, et al.

by producers Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., and Jordan Peele

by producers Aaron L. Glibert, Jay Roach, et al.

Television winners

Best Episodic Comedy

See main article: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Comedy.

Best Episodic Drama

See main article: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama.

Best Long-Form Television

See main article: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Long-Form Television.

Best Limited Series Television

See main article: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Limited Series Television.

Best Streamed or Televised Movie

See main article: Producers Guild of America Award for Best Streamed or Televised Movie.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Organization . . 26 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Hipes . Patrick . Pedersen . Erik . Producers Guild Awards Sets 2025 Date & Timeline . . May 21, 2024 . April 22, 2024.