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The Producers Guild said Monday that its 12th annual Produced By Conference has been set for June 6-7 at Fox Studios in Los Angeles. Participants will be revealed at a later date for this year’s event, which gathers veteran and emerging producers across film, TV, streaming and tech for a weekend of panels and…

UPDATED with full list of winners: The Producers Guild unveiled the year’s best in film and TV producing Saturday at the 31st annual PGA Awards at the Hollywood Palladium, with Universal’s 1917 taking the top film prize. It keeps the momentum going strong for Sam Mendes’ World War I epic, which is produced and…

The Producers Guild’s 31st annual PGA Awards on Saturday at the Hollywood Palladium was the firsts of the major guild gauntlets of the movie-awards season that includes Sunday night’s SAG Awards, followed by the DGAs and WGAs. The PGA named 1917 the winner of its marquee Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer…

EXCLUSIVE: The Producers Guild and industry database IMDbPro are teaming on a collaboration that includes adding the PGA’s Producers Mark certification alongside names of credited producers on IMDb and IMDbPro’s name and title pages. The initiative kicks off Wednesday with the mark now live for qualifying PGA Award nom…

The Producers Guild of America is out with the nominees for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures at its 31st annual Producers Guild Awards. They are: Advocate, directed by Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaïche, about Lea Tsemel, a Jewish Israeli lawyer who defends Palestinian political prisoners. Amer…

The Producers Guild of America said Friday that Oscar-winning actress and producer Octavia Spencer will be honored with the guild’s Visionary Award, which is given to producers “who share inspiring, uplifting stories that add unique value to society and culture.” The honor will be bestowed at the 31st annual PGA…

Emmy and Golden Globe-winning writer, producer and showrunner Marta Kauffman will be honored at this year’s Producers Guild Awards with the Norman Lear Achievement Award. The 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards will take place on January 18, 2020 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The Producers Guild of America…

Netflix head Ted Sarandos will receive the 2020 Milestone Award from The Producers Guild of America, the guild announced today. The award will be handed out at the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. "Ted continues to push the industry to new…

The PGA Foundation has rounded out its lineup for next month Produced By: New York conference, with teams behind awards-season films Dark Waters and Honey Boy joining the event’s masterclass agenda and Dan Lin, Elaine Frontain Bryant, Lori McCreary and Banks Tarver toplining the closing keynote panel entitled “The…

The Producers Guild of America has created the PGA Innovation Award, which will be presented for the first time the 31st annual PGA Awards in January. The Innovation Award will honor outstanding entertainment endeavors across VR, AR, experiential and other emerging media. The new award, along with other key awards…

The Producers Guild of America said Wednesday that Netflix film boss Scott Stuber will be the keynote speaker kicking off the guild’s sixth annual Produced By: New York conference, which is tweaking its format for this year’s edition, set for November 9 at Florence Gould Hall in New York City. Stuber will be in…

The Producers Guild of America has revealed the graduates from their 15th annual Power of Diversity Master Workshop. 14 producers representing eleven projects in TV, film, and documentary have completed the eight-week workshop, led by PGA member Chairs Sasheen R. Artis and Matt Johnson. The workshop, which is free and…