The Producers Guild of America hosted its annual West Coast celebration of the 2023 PGA nominees last night at Tiato in Santa Monica. The celebration is the second in a week’s worth of bicoastal events culminating with the PGA Awards tomorrow (2/25).
During the evening, winners for two of the PGA Awards categories were announced. The producing team for Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question (Season 2) was presented with the award for Outstanding Short Form Program, and the producing team for Stay Alive, My Son was presented with the PGA Innovation Award, which celebrates outstanding entertainment endeavors across VR, AR, experiential and other emerging media.
In attendance were producing team members from nominated productions and PGA guests including: John Adams (Top Chef Season 19), Kathryn Alsman (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Maria Andreotti (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On), Marco Franzitta (Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls), Catie Bellinger (The Amazing Race), Thea Berns (RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars), Brendan Bragg (Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers), Jessica Dubone (The Voice), Jeanne Elfant Festa (Lucy and Desi), Chad Engel (Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question), Ina Fichman (Fire of Love), Halley Zachary (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story), Alexandra Hannibal (Navalny), Matthew Heineman (Retrograde), Nic Hill (Stranger Things Immersive Watch Party), Brianna Hoskins (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Kevin Howard (Better Call Sual: Filmmaker Training), Todd James (Sesame Street), Sam Jones (Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off), Garrett Kynard (Abbott Elementary), Jeffrey Lampart (Tár), Stella Levy (Love, Death & Robots), Kristin Mann (Descendant), Michael Mansouri (NASA Artemis), Patrick McCormick (Elvis), Angelic & Irfan Merchant (PerfectoVerse), Jennifer Mizener (The Fabelmans), Jordana Mollick (The Dropout), Adam Neuhaus (30 for 30), Egor Povolotskiy (Severance), Ron Rapiel (Pam & Tommy), Jon Read (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Kathia Sanchez-Aldana (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story) and Mark Williams (Ozark).
The remaining Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced at the annual award show on Saturday, February 25 at the Beverly Hills Hilton. A star-studded lineup of presenters has been set for that 34th annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony, including Angela Bassett, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Austin Butler, Billy Eichner, Bob Odenkirk, Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett, Danielle Deadwyler, Dave Burd, Diego Luna, Eugenio Derbez, Hannah Einbinder, Hong Chau, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jay Ellis, Kate Hudson, Ke Huy Quan, Kerry Condon, Leslie Odom, Jr., Michelle Williams, Michelle Yeoh, Mo Amer, Monica Barbaro, Nicole Byer, Paul Dano, Robert Rodriguez, Ron Howard, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sandra Oh, Sherry Lansing, and Stephanie Hsu.
Each year, the PGA Awards attracts acclaimed producers, industry leaders, and their producing teams to celebrate the art and craft of producing by honoring the producers behind the best films, television series, and new media projects of the year. Widely known as a reliable bellwether for the Best Picture category at the Oscars, the PGA has nominated Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Glass Onion: Knives Out Mystery, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick and The Whale for its Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures Award.
The evening will also recognize previously announced honorees Tom Cruise (David O. Selznick Award), Mindy Kaling (Norman Lear Award), and Warner Bros. Pictures Group CEOs Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy (Milestone Award), and Till (Stanley Kramer Award), for their achievements and contributions to the industry.
The 2023 Producers Guild Awards Event chairs are Mike Farah, CEO at Funny Or Die, and Joe Farrell, chief creative officer at Funny Or Die. The 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards is produced by Anchor Street Collective for the Producers Guild of America. Branden Chapman is executive producer, Carleen Cappelletti is co-executive producer, Matt Ullian and Jane Sarkin of Boldface Partners are talent executives, and Jim Piccirillo is director.
