The 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards are held underground at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
A strong bellwether for the top Academy Award, seven of this year’s best picture nominations are recognized by the association 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 marked the first year the PGA recommended four sequels, which also included “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Actor-producer Tom Cruise will be honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award, which recognizes a producer or production team for outstanding work in motion pictures. The Selznick Award has a distinguished history with past recipients including legendary producers such 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 animated side, in addition to the box office hit “Minions: The Rise of Gru.”
Since 2009, only three films have won at the PGA and not won the Oscar for best picture — “The Big Short” (2015), “La La Land” (2016) and “1917” (2019). Even critically divisive films like “Green Book” (2018) and last year’s shocker “CODA” (2021) proved their mettle with the band before taking home the Oscar statuette.
Final voting for the Oscars begins March 2.
Winners will be notified as they are announced.
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Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Theatrical Film Producer
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
“Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
“Everything everything everywhere at once” (A24)
“The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
“Tar” (Focus Functions)
“Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
“The Whale” (A24)
Outstanding Theatrical Documentary Film Producer
Everything That Breathes (HBO)
“Descendant” (Netflix)
“Fire of Love” (National Geographic Documentary/Neon)
“Navalny” (CNN/Warner Bros.)
“Nothing Compares” (View Price)
“Retrospective” (National Geographic)
“The Territory” (National Geographic)
Outstanding producer of animated theatrical films
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
“Minions: The Rise of Gru” (Illumination)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (DreamWorks Animation)
“Turning Red” (Pixar)
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
“Andor” (Disney+)
Better Call Saul (AMC)
“Ozark” (Netflix)
“Dismissal” (Apple TV+)
“The White Lotus” (HBO)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
“Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
“Barry” (HBO)
“The Bear” (FX)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
“Dahmer-Monsters: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
“The Dropout” (Hulu)
“Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
“Obi Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)
“Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
Excellent producer of TV or streaming movies
“Fire Island” (Hulu)
“Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+)
“Pinocchio” (Disney+)
“Prey” (Hulu)
“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)
Excellent producer of non-fiction television
“30 for 30” (ESPN)
“60 Minutes” (CBS)
George Carlin’s American Dream (HBO)
“Lucy and Desi” (Amazon Prime Video)
“Stanley Tucci: Looking for Italy” (CNN)
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk TV
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ALPHABET)
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC)
Outstanding Game & Competition TV Producer
“The Amazing Race” (CBS)
“Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video)
“RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (VH1)
“Top Boss” (Bravo)
“The Voice” (NBC)
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