Producers Guild Awards 2021: complete list of winners

Producers Guild Awards 2021: complete list of winners

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The Producers Guild of America Awards awarded Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” with the top prize, one of the main indicators for the Oscars, in particular the category of best film. Bypassing your closest competitors, including Emerald Fennell’s “up-and-coming young woman,” Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” and Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7”, this could end any doubt about whether the moving drama is running away. with the Oscar Grand Prix.

All acceptance speeches were pre-recorded with “Nomadland” giving a more produced and eye-catching presentation than what we saw in other awards.

It should be noted that Sam Mendes’ “1917” last year lost the Oscar after PGA and DGA victories for “Parasite”, which had only the coveted SAG cast award on its resume. Coincidentally, “Nomadland” was not nominated for the SAG in its main category, leaving an opening for a film to gain momentum and try to catch up. Another interesting observation is that every time a film won the award for best film at the Oscars, with no indication of direction, the film won the previous PGA, in the existence of the guild awards.

Pixar’s “Soul” won the animated feature film award, further consolidating its avant-garde status. Producer Dana Murray took advantage of Jodie Foster’s handbook, giving her pajama acceptance speech, with her two children entering the scene.

In the television categories, Pop TV’s “Schitt’s Creek” won the comedy in its final season, while Netflix’s “The Crown” won the drama series.

Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” won the limited series award, while Disney Plus’s “Hamilton” won HBO’s “Bad Education” for notable producers of televised or broadcast films.

The pre-recorded production had two typos, first with host Steven Yeun (spelled as Steven Yuen) introducing “Minari” and later during the “In Memoriam” segment, incorrectly spelling the “Life of Pi” star Irrfan Khan (as Irrif Kahn).

The “In Memoriam” segment had 21 members of the community who died last year. The list included the following – Steve Bing, Chadwick Boseman, Harry Bring, Sue Bruce-Smith, Allan Burns, Kevin Burns, Stuart Cornfeld, Kirk Douglas, Charles Gordon, Buck Henry, Irrfan Khan, Thomas L. Miller, Tom Pollock, Rebecca Ramsey, Carl Reiner, Gene Reynolds, Pamela Ross, Ronald Schwary, Lynn Shelton, Fred Silverman and Jamie Tarses.

The complete list of winners and nominees is below:

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Best Theater Film Producer

  • “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
    Producers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Monica Levinson, Anthony Hines
  • “Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros)
    Producers: Charles D. King, Ryan Coogler, Shaka King
  • “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
    Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black
  • “Mank” (Netflix)
    Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, Douglas Urbanski
  • “Minari” (A24)
    Developer: Christina Oh
  • “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures) – WINNER
    Producers: Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
  • “One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios)
    Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Jody Klein
  • “Promising young woman” (resources in focus)
    Producers: Josey McNamara, Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell
  • “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
    Producers: Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche
  • “The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix)
    Producers: Marc Platt, Stuart Besser

Excellent producer of animated theatrical films

  • “The Croods: A New Age” (DreamWorks Animation)
    Producer: Mark Swift
  • “Onward” (Pixar)
    Producer: Kori Rae
  • “Over the Moon” (Netflix)
    Producers: Gennie Rim, Peilin Chou
  • “Soul” (Pixar) – WINNER
    Producer: Dana Murray
  • “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus / GKIDS)
    Producers: Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants

Norman Felton Award for Best Episodic Television Producer

  • “Better Call Saul” (AMC) – Season 5
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Bridgerton” – (Netflix) – Season 1
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “The Crown” (Netflix) – Season 4 – WINNER
    Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Michael Casey, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison, Oona O’Beirn
  • “The Mandalorian” (Disney Plus) – Season 2
    Producers: Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, Colin Wilson, Karen Gilchrist, John Bartnicki, Carrie Beck
  • “Ozark” (Netflix) – Season 3
    Producers: Jason Bateman, Chris Mundy, Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams, Patrick Markey, John Shiban, Miki Johnson, Matthew Spiegel, Erin Mitchell, Martin Zimmerman, Peter Thorell

Danny Thomas Award for Best Episodic Television Producer – Comedy

  • “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – Season 10
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max) – Season 1
    Producers: Greg Berlanti, Kaley Cuoco, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ullin, Sarah Schechter, Suzanne McCormack, Jess Meyer, Raymond Quinlan, Jennifer Lence, Erika Kennair
  • “Schitt’s Creek” (Pop TV) – 6th season
    Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Kurt Smeaton, Kosta Orfanidis – WINNER
  • “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 1
    Producers: Bill Lawrence, Jason Sudeikis, Jeff Ingold, Bill Wrubel, Liza Katzer, Jane Becker, Jamie Lee, Kip Kroeger, Brendan Hunt, Tina Pawlik, Joe Kelly
  • “What we do in the shadows” (FX) – Season 2
    Producers: Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Paul Simms, Scott Rudin, Garrett Basch, Eli Bush, Stefani Robinson, Sam Johnson, Marika Sawyer, Derek S. Rappaport

David L. Wolper Award for Best Producer of Limited Television Series

  • “I May Destroy You” (HBO)
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Normal people” (Hulu)
    Producers: Lenny Abrahamson, Sally Rooney, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, Anna Ferguson, Catherine Magee
  • “O Gambito da Rainha” (Netflix) – WINNER
    Producers: William Horberg, Allan Scott, Scott Frank, Marcus Loges, Mick Aniceto
  • “The Undoing” (HBO)
    Producers: Susanne Bier, David E. Kelley, Per Saari, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Stephen Garrett, Celia Costas, Deb Dyer
  • “Unorthodox” (Netflix)
    Producers: Anna Winger, Henning Kamm, Alexa Karolinksi

Excellent producer of televised or streamed films

  • “Bad education” (HBO)
    Producers: Fred Berger, Eddie Vaisman
  • “Dolly Parton’s Christmas in the Square”
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Hamilton” (Disney Plus) – WINNER
    Producers: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller
  • “Jane Goodall: The Hope”
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “What the Constitution means to me”
    Producers: pending eligibility determination

Excellent nonfiction television producer

  • “60 Minutes” (CBS) – Season 53
    Producer: Bill Owens
  • “The Last Dance” (ESPN) – Season 1 – WINNER
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Laurel Canyon” (EPIX)
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “McMillion $” (HBO) – Season 1
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness” (Netflix)
    Producers: pending eligibility determination

Excellent Producer of Live Entertainment and Talk Television

  • “8:46 – Dave Chappelle (special)” (Netflix)
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central) – Season 26
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO) – Season 7 – WINNER
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS) – Season 6
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Saturday Night Live” (NBC) – Season 46
    Producers: pending eligibility determination

Excellent producer of games and competition television

  • “The Amazing Race” (CBS) – Season 32
    Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo, Phil Keoghan
  • “The Masked Singer” (FOX) – Season 3, Season 4
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “Nailed it!” (Netflix) – Season 4
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “RuPaul’s Drag Race” (VH1) – Season 12 – WINNER
    Producers: pending eligibility determination
  • “The Voice” (NBC) – Season 18, Season 19
    Producers: pending eligibility determination

Excellent producer of documentaries on the go

  • “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet”
  • “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
  • “My Octopus Teacher” (Netflix) – WINNER
  • “Softie”
  • “A thousand cuts”
  • “Time”
  • “Truffle hunters”

Exceptional sports program

  • “Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics” (S1) (YouTube) – WINNER
  • “Hard Knocks: Los Angeles” (HBO)
  • “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (S26) (HBO)
  • “Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe” (HBO)
  • “The Shop: Ininterrupted With President Barack Obama” (HBO)

Excellent Children’s Program

  • “Animaniacs” (S1) (Hulu)
  • “Carmen Sandiego” (S3) (Netflix)
  • “Looney Tunes Cartoons” (S1) (HBO Max)
  • “The power of us: a special from Sesame Street” (HBO Max) – WINNER
  • “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (S7) (Disney Plus)

Excellent Short Forms Program

  • “Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics with Kim Wexler” (S3) (AMC)
  • “Between The Scenes – The Daily Show” (S5) (Comedy Central)
  • “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” (S3) (Apple TV) – WINNER
  • “Inside Pixar: Inspired” (S1) (Disney Plus)
  • “SNL Presents: Stories from the Show” (S1) (NBC)

Studio Tally

  • Disney Plus – 1
  • ESPN – 1
  • HBO – 1
  • HBO Max – 1
  • Apple TV – 1
  • Netflix – 2
  • Pixar – 1
  • Pop TV – 1
  • Searchlight images – 1
  • VH1 – 1
  • YouTube – 1

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