Sam Mendes’ 1917 received a major boost in terms of its Best Picture hopes at the Oscars last night with the Producers Guild of America bestowing its top honour, The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, on the World War I epic at the 30th annual PGA Awards.
Throughout its history, the Producers Guild has correctly predicted the Academy Award for Best Picture 21 times, including last year’s Green Book and 2018’s The Shape of Water. This year’s PGA nominations included all nine Best Picture nominees – Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Parasite – along with Knives Out.
Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 4 received the award for Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, while on the TV side of things there were more wins for Fleabag, Succession and Chernobyl; check out the full list of winners here…
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
1917 (Universal)
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Toy Story 4 (Disney/Pixar)
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Apollo 11 (Neon)
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Succession (Season 2; HBO)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Fleabag (Season 2; Amazon)
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
Chernobyl (HBO)
Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Apollo: Missions to the Moon (National Geographic)
Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
Leaving Neverland (HBO)
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 6; HBO)
Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 11; VH1)
Outstanding Sports Program
What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali (HBO)
Outstanding Children’s Program
Sesame Street (Season 49; PBS)
Outstanding Short-Form Program
Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee (Season 11; Netflix)
The PGA Innovation Award
Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series – Episode I
HONORARY AWARDS
Milestone Award
Ted Sarandos
Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
Marta Kauffman
Visionary Award
Octavia Spencer
Stanley Kramer Award
Bombshell
David O. Selznick Award
Plan B (Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Brad Pitt)
Charles FitzSimons Award
Mari Jo Winkler
