Producers Guild of America
The 2023 PGA Awards are currently underway as the Producers Guild of America honors their picks for the year’s best in film and television.
Daveed Diggs opened the show with opening comments. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio was the evening’s first winner, presented by Hacks’ Hannah Einbinder, noting that it’s been “an amazing year for animation, every artist in this category is trying to push it forward,” reiterating that that animation is an art form for an audience beyond children.
BJ Novak presented Mindy Kaling with the Norman Lear Achievement Award on TV, recalling their early days at The Office and their careers since. “She knows a lot about producing now, but she’s been great at it before, because she’s a great producer for the same reason that a lot of people, including her, are instant great parents. She cares so much that she either knows what to do or finds out quickly,” he said, adding, “She cares so much, and I care so much about her.”
Upon her acceptance, Kaling dedicated the award to her late mother and thanked producers Greg Daniels and Howard Klein of The Office for starting it. She also hailed Lear for “paving the way for all types of people to focus on television — nuanced, three-dimensional people who are sometimes awkward or selfish but always hilarious.” Kaling also thanked her studio exec- Partners, “powerful people who all believed in me, believed in the good business of inclusive content and encouraged me to fill my productions with tons of new talent, especially women of color.”
Eugenio Derbez presented The White Lotus for Best Episodic TV Drama to producer David Bernad, who jokingly apologized to the people in the crowd who had voted for the show and were hoping to see Mike White or Jennifer Coolidge speak, and Dave Burd excelled at presenting live entertainment, variety, sketch, standup and TV talk on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale are ready for the Night’s greatest honor, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Producer.
In the TV categories, Andor, Better Call Saul, Ozark, Severance and The White Lotus are nominated for Drama, while Abbott Elementary, Barry, The Bear, Hacks and Only Murders in the Building are nominated for Comedy. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, The Dropout, Inventing Anna, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Pam & Tommy round out the limited series or anthology category.
Aside from the competition awards, Tom Cruise will be honored with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award, Till with the Stanley Kramer Award and Warner Bros.’ Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy with the Milestone Awards.
The non-televised show, now in its 34th year, will be held at the Beverly Hilton.
Read on for a full list of this year’s nominees, which will be updated once the winners are announced live. Update for the latest.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Producer
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees by Inisherin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
elvis
Everything everywhere at once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
tar
Top Gun: Maverick
The whale
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Feature Films
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro (WINNER)
Marcel the Shell with shoes on
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
To redden
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Andor
Better call Saul
ozark
severance pay
The White Lotus (WINNER)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Abbott Elementary School
barry
The bear
Chop
Only murders in the building
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Edition Television Series or Anthology
Dahmer – Monsters: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer
The Dropout
invent Anna
Obi Wan Kenobi
Pam & Tommy
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
fire island
Hocus pocus 2
Pinocchio
prey
Strange: The Al Yankovic Story
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction
30 for 30
60 minutes
George Carlin’s American Dream
Lucie and Desi
Stanley Tucci: In Search of Italy
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Last week tonight with John Oliver (WINNER)
The late show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday night live
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game and Competition Television
The amazing race
Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls (WINNER)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars
top chef
The voice
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Films
Anything that breathes
descendant
fire of love
Navalny
Nothing compares
declining
the territory
There’s more to come.