The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has unveiled nominations in its television specialty categories for the 32nd Annual Producers Guild Awards. The PGA Awards virtual awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. The winners of the Sports, Children’s and Short Form categories, as well the PGA Innovation Award, will be announced during a new nominees event titled “A Day with the PGA Awards Nominees,” being held virtually on Saturday, March 20. The event will also feature panels with nominated producers and is an expansion of the annual PGA Nominees breakfast, traditionally held the morning of the annual Awards show. Additional information is forthcoming.
The 2021 Producers Guild Awards nominees in the Sports, Children’s and Short Form categories are listed below in alphabetical order by category. The PGA does not vet the individual producers of Sports, Children’s and Short Form Television Programs.
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
- Defying Gravity: The Untold Story of Women’s Gymnastics (S1)
- Hard Knocks: Los Angeles
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (S26)
- Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe
- The Shop: UNINTERRUPTED Featuring President Barack Obama
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
- Animaniacs (S1)
- Carmen Sandiego (S3)
- Looney Tunes Cartoons (S1)
- The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (S7)
The Award for Outstanding Short Form Program
- Better Call Saul Employee Training: Legal Ethics with Kim Wexler (S3)
- Between The Scenes – The Daily Show (S5)
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series (S3)
- Inside Pixar: Inspired (S1)
- SNL Presents: Stories from the Show (S1)
The remaining nominations for Theatrical Motion Pictures, Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, Television Series/Specials, Limited Series Television and Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures will be announced March 8. Winners of these categories will be announced at the virtual 32nd Annual Producers Guild Awards. Additional details about this year’s event will be announced in the coming weeks.
The 2021 Producers Guild Awards Event Chairs are Chris Thomes, VP, Creative Services for Disney Television Studios and Julius Tennon, president and co-founder of Juvee Productions. The 2021 Producers Guild of America Awards are produced by Anchor Street Collective for the Producers Guild of America. Branden Chapman is executive producer, Carleen Cappelletti is supervising producer, Emily Poenisch is talent executive, and Jim Piccirillo is director.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTE®,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
“SMPTE’s membership has spoken,” said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann D’Amato. “These officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!”
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More