Braving the rain and cold, many of Los Angeles’ biggest names headed to the Beverly Hilton for the 2023 PGA Awards. One of the few guild honors this season where a potential strike wasn’t the biggest topic of conversation. And, following The Daniels’ win at the DGA Awards a week ago, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” solidified its claim as the Best Picture winner frontrunner taking the PGA Awards top prize, Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.
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Since the PGA Awards went to 10 nominees and a ranked voting system comparable to the Oscars in 2010, 10 of the last 12 PGA Award winners have gone on to win Best Picture. “1917” and “The Big Short” are the only PGA champs not to pull off that feat. And, notably, both “12 Years A Slave” and “Gravity” tied for the PGA in 2014.
Despite losing the BAFTA Award for Best Film to “All Quiet on the Western Front” (not nominated by the Producers Guild membership), A24’s indie darling can arguably lock up the Best Picture race by taking the SAG Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture on Sunday night. The last film to win all three guild honors was “Parasite” in 2020.
As expected “Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio” took the Animated Feature honor. Also repeating a BAFTA win was “Navalny” which took the Documentary Producer award.
On the television side, “The White Lotus” took the Episodic Drama award while “The Bear” surprised winning the Comedy Series humor. “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” won the Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television award. “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” followed up its Emmy win with the PGA for Outstanding Reality Competition TV Series. The Non-Fiction Television honor went to the now-canceled “Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy.” Shot in just 18 days, “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” won the Motion Picture for Television award. “The Dropout” took the Limited Series award.
Mindy Kaling received the Norman Lear Achievement in Television (introduced hilariously by B.J. Novak). The PGA Milestone award went to Michael De Luca and Pamela Addy (introduced by Ron Howard). “Till” was honored with the Stanley Kramer Award. The legendary former head of Paramount Pictures, Sherry Lansing, presented the David O. Selznick Award to Tom Cruise for theatrical producing.
Three awards were announced the week before the ceremony. “Sesame Street” took Outstanding Children’s Program, “Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off” won the Outstanding Sports Program honor, and “Only Murders In The Building: One Killer Question” took the Outstanding Short-Form Award.
The complete list of this year’s winners and nominees is as follows:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Elvis
- Everything Everywhere All At Once – WiNNER
- The Fabelmans
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Tár
- Top Gun: Maverick
- The Whale
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – WINNER
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Turning Red
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
- Andor
- Better Call Saul
- Ozark
- Severance
- The White Lotus – WINNER
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
- Abbott Elementary
- Barry
- The Bear – WINNER
- Hacks
- Only Murders in the Building
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
- The Dropout – WINNER
- Inventing Anna
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Pam & Tommy
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
- Fire Island
- Hocus Pocus 2
- Pinocchio
- Prey
- Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – WINNER
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- 30 for 30
- 60 Minutes
- George Carlin’s American Dream
- Lucy and Desi
- Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy – WINNER
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 & 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 following nominees were previously announced.
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
- All That Breathes
- Descendant
- Fire of Love
- Navalny – WINNER
- Nothing Compares
- Retrograde
- The Territory
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
- Formula 1: Drive to Survive
- Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions
- Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers
- McEnroe
- Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Come Off – ***WINNER***
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
- Green Eggs and Ham
- Sesame Street – ***WINNER***
- Snoopy Presents: It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown
- Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program
- Better Call Saul: Filmmaker Training
- Love, Death + Robots
- Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question – ***WINNER***
- Sesame Street’s #ComingTogether Word of the Day Series
- Tales of the Jedi
