The Oscar race for best picture could become a little clearer Saturday evening when the Producers Guild of America holds its annual awards ceremony, with its choice for best film of the year often leading to success at the Academy Awards.
Since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expanded from five to 10 nominees, no film had won the best picture Oscar without first winning the PGA Award — but that trend was bucked the last two years. In 2016, the PGA Award went to “The Big Short,” but the Oscar went to “Spotlight.” Last year, “La La Land” won the PGA honor, while the Academy honored “Moonlight.”
The crime drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which won the Golden Globe Award for best drama film, and the fantasy romance “The Shape of Water,” which won the top prize at the Critics’ Choice Awards, have emerged as front-runners during awards season, and they’ll battle for the PGA’s coveted Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
The teen drama “Lady Bird,” which won the Globe for best comedy/musical film, is also in the running for the PGA honor. Also nominated are “Call Me By Your Name,” “The Big Sick,” “Dunkirk,” “Get Out,” “I, Tonya,” “Molly’s Game,” “The Post” and “Wonder Woman.”
For animated films, producers of “The Boss Baby,” “Coco,” “Despicable Me 3,” “Ferdinand” and “The Lego Batman Movie” are all nominated for the PGA honor.
Documentary nominees are the producers of “Chasing Coral,” “City of Ghosts,” “Cries from Syria,” “Earth: One Amazing Day,” “Jane,” “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” and “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee.”
On the small screen, the producers of “Big Little Lies,” “The Crown,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Stranger Things” will compete for top drama series. For comedies, the nominees are producers of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Master of None,” “Silicon Valley” and “Veep.”
The producers of “Get Out,” the horror film-turned-social commentary on race relations, will be honored during the ceremony with the guild’s Stanley Kramer Award, which recognizes films focused on important social issues.
Also during the show, Donna Langley, chair of Universal Pictures, will receive the guild’s Milestone Award, the organization’s “most prestigious honor.” Producer Charles Roven will receive the David O. Selznick Acheivement Award recognizing his career in film production, while Ryan Murphy will receive the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television.
Producer/director Ava DuVernay will receive the Visionary Award, recognizing cultural contributions through storytelling.
The 29th annual Producers Guild Awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton.
Here is a complete list of nominations:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
— “The Big Sick,” Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel
— “Call Me By Your Name,” Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito
— “Dunkirk,” Producers: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
— “Get Out,” Producers: Sean McKittrick & Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Jason Blum, Jordan Peele
— “I, Tonya,” Producers: Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley
— “Lady Bird,” Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill
— “Molly’s Game,” Producers: Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson
— “The Post,” Producers: Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger
— “The Shape Of Water,” Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
— “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Producers: Graham Broadbent & Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
— “Wonder Woman,” Producers: Charles Roven & Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
— “The Boss Baby,” Producer: Ramsey Naito
— “Coco,” Producer: Darla K. Anderson
— “Despicable Me 3,” Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
— “Ferdinand,” Producers: Lori Forte, Bruce Anderson
— “The Lego Batman Movie,” Producers: Dan Lin, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures:
— “Chasing Coral,” Producers: Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes
— “City of Ghosts,” Producer: Matthew Heineman
— “Cries from Syria,” Producers: Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, Aaron I. Butler
— “Earth: One Amazing Day,” Producer: Stephen McDonogh
— “Jane,” Producers: Brett Morgan, Bryan Burk, Tony Gerber, James Smith
— “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower,” Producers: Matthew Torne, Mark Rinehart, Joe Piscatella
— “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee,” Producers: Teddy Kunhardt, George Kunhardt
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The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
— “Big Little Lies” (Season 1), Producers: David E. Kelley, Jean- Marc Vallee, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross, Barbara A. Hall
— “The Crown” (Season 2), Producers: Peter Morgan, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Philip Martin, Suzanne Mackie, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison
— “Game of Thrones” (Season 7), Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Frank Doelger, Bernadette Caulfield, Bryan Cogman, Chris Newman, Lisa McAtackney, Greg Spence
— “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Season 1), Producers: Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Sheila Hockin, Eric Tuchman, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Joseph Boccia, Elisabeth Moss, Kira Snyder, Leila Gerstein
— “Stranger Things,” (Season 2), Producers: Iain Paterson, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, The Duffer Brothers, Rand Geiger, Justin Doble
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
— “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (Season 9), Producers: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Jeff Schaffer, Justin Hurwitz, Jon Hayman, Laura Streicher, Mychelle Deschamps
— “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Season 1), Producers: Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Sheila Lawrence, Dhana Rivera Gilbert
— “Master of None” (Season 2), Producers: Aziz Ansari, Alan Yang, Michael Schur, David Miner, Dave Becky, Igor Srubshchik, Andrew Blitz, Eric Wareheim
— “Silicon Valley” (Season 4), Producers: Mike Judge, Alec Berg, Jim Kleverweis, Jamie Babbit, Clay Tarver, Dan O’Keefe, Chris Provenzano, Graham Wagner, Carrie Kemper, Aaron Zelman, Adam Countee
— “Veep” (Season 6), Producers: David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Georgia Pritchett, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Steve Hely, Ted Cohen, David Hyman, Rachel Axler, Billy Kimball, Dale Stern, Erik Kenward, Dan Mintz
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
— “Black Mirror,” (Season 4), Producers: Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker
— “Fargo” (Season 3), Producers: Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, John Cameron, Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi, Monica Beletsky, Kim Todd, Leslie Cowan, Regis Kimble, Chad Oakes, Michael Frislev
— “FEUD: Bette and Joan” (Season 1), Producers: Ryan Murphy, Dede Gardner, Tim Minear, Alexis Martin Woodall, Chip Vucelich, John J. Gray, Jaffe Cohen, Renee Tab, Michael Zam, Jessica Lange, Susan Sarandon
— “Sherlock: The Lying Detective,” Producers: Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Sue Vertue, Beryl Vertue, Rebecca Eaton
— “The Wizard of Lies,” Producers: Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Berry Welsh, Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana, Jason Sosnoff, Joseph E. Iberti
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
— “30 for 30” (Season 8), Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Libby Geist, Erin Leyden, Adam Neuhaus, Jenna Anthony, Gentry Kirby, Marquis Daisy, Andy Billman, Deirdre Fenton
— “60 Minutes” (Season 50), Producer: Jeff Fager
— “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (Season 9, Season 10), Producers: Anthony Bourdain, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Sandra Zweig
— “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” (Season 1, Season 2), Producers: Leah Remini, Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Myles Reiff, Adam Saltzberg, Erin Gamble, Lisa Rosen, Grainne Byrne, Taylor Levin, Alex Weresow, Rachelle Mendez
— “Spielberg,” Producers: Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin, Emma Pildes
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
— “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (Season 2), Producers: Samantha Bee, Jo Miller, Jason Jones, Tony Hernandez, Miles Kahn, Alison Camillo, Pat King, Allana Harkin
— “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Season 15), Producers: Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Jason Schrift, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Gary Greenberg, Jennifer Sharron, Tony Romero, Ken Crosby, Josh Weintraub, Seth Weidner, Molly McNearney
— “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (Season 4), Producers: John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton
— “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (Season 3), Producers: Stephen T. Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, Jon Stewart, Barry Julien, Tanya Michnevich Bracco, Aaron Cohen, Paul Dinello, Emily Gertler, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Michael Brumm, Paige Kendig, Jake Plunkett
— “Saturday Night Live” (Season 43), Producers: Lorne Michaels, Steve Higgins, Erik Kenward, Lindsay Shookus, Erin Doyle, Tom Broecker, Ken Aymong
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
— “The Amazing Race” (Season 29), Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo
— “American Ninja Warrior” (Season 9), Producers: Arthur Smith, Kent Weed, Anthony Storm, Brian Richardson, Kristen Stabile, David Markus, Royce Toni, Stephen Saylor, J.D. Pruess, Jeffrey J. Hyman, D. Max Poris, Briana Vowels, Jonathan Provost
— “Lip Sync Battle” (Season 3), Producers: Casey Patterson, Jay Peterson, John Krasinski, Stephen Merchant, James McKinlay, Leah Culton Gonzalez, Pete DiObilda, LL Cool J, Genna Gintzig, Lindsay John, Jacob Burke, Diane Perrotta
— “Top Chef” (Season 14), Producers: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Casey Kriley, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Doneen Arquines, Gaylen Gawlowski, Erica Ross, Blake Davis, Scott Patch, Patrick Schmedeman, Elida Carbajal Araiza, Daniel Calin, Zoe Jackson
— “The Voice” (Season 12, Season 13), Producers: John de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Lee Metzger, Chad Hines, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Jay Bienstock, Stijn Bakkers, Mike Yurchuk, Teddy Valenti, Carson Daly
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program:
— “Better Call Saul’s Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training” (Season 1)
— “Carpool Karaoke” (Season 1)
— “Humans of New York: The Series” (Season 1)
— “National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts” (Season 3)
— “Viceland at the Women’s March” (Season 1)
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program:
— “All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams” (Season 2)
— “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers” (Season 12)
— “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (Season 23)
— “SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt” (Season 3)
— “VICE World of Sports” (Season 2)
The Award for Outstanding Children*s Program:
— “Doc McStuffins” (Season 4)
— “Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2017”
— “School of Rock” (Season 3)
— “Sesame Street” (Season 47)
— “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Season 10, Season 11)
—City News Service