Producers Guild Announces 2020 Nominations

‘Abominable,’ ‘Frozen 2,’ ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,’ ‘Missing Link’ and ‘Toy Story 4’ to contend in animated movie category; ‘1917,’ ‘Ford v Ferrari’ and ‘The Irishman’ among top producer award nominees.

The Producers Guild of America has just released their list of movie and TV nominations for their upcoming 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. Winners will be announced at the PGA awards ceremony, which is being held January 18 at the Hollywood Palladium.

Continuing a trend seen in a number of recent industry award nomination selections, Abominable, Frozen 2, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Missing Link and Toy Story 4 have been nominated in the animated movie category.

VFX-driven 1917, Ford v Ferrari and The Irishman will compete against seven other films for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures. Last year’s list only included one such film: Black Panther. VFX-heavy Game of Thrones and Watchmen were nominated in the episodic television – drama category.

2020 special honorees include Ted Sarandos (Milestone Award); Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures); Marta Kauffman (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television); Octavia Spencer (Visionary Award); and the Lionsgate film Bombshell (The Stanley Kramer Award).

Additionally, the winner of the Innovation Award and the winner in the Short-Form category will be announced at a PGA nominees event on January 16 at the Hollywood Museum in Los Angeles. The winners in the Children’s and Sports categories will be announced at a nominees celebration in New York on January 13 at the Ascent Lounge.

The complete list of 2020 Producers Guild Awards motion picture nominations are shown below in alphabetical order by category, along with the eligible producers’ names:

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

1917 -- Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne‐Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall
Ford v Ferrari -- Producers: Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, James Mangold
The Irishman -- Producers: Jane Rosenthal & Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff & Martin Scorsese
Jojo Rabbit -- Producers: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi
Joker -- Producers: Todd Phillips & Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Knives Out -- Producers: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman
Little Women -- Producer: Amy Pascal
Marriage Story -- Producers: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood -- Producers: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
Parasite -- Producers: Kwak Sin Ae, Bong Joon Ho

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Abominable -- Producer: Suzanne Buirgy
Frozen II -- Producer: Peter Del Vecho
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World -- Producers: Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold
Missing Link -- Producers: Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
Toy Story 4 -- Producers: Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama

Big Little Lies (Season 2) -- Producers: David E. Kelley, Jean‐Marc Vallée, Andrea Arnold, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Nicole Kidman, Per Saari, Gregg Fienberg, Nathan Ross, David Auge, Lauren Neustadter, Liane Moriarty
The Crown (Season 3) -- Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Michael Casey, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison, Oona O Beirn
Game of Thrones (Season 8) -- Producers: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Carolyn Strauss, Bernadette Caulfield, Frank Doelger, David Nutter, Miguel Sapochnik, Bryan Cogman, Chris Newman, Greg Spence, Lisa McAtackney, Duncan Muggoch
Succession (Season 2) -- Producers: Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Mark Mylod, Jane Tranter, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Georgia Pritchett, Will Tracy, Jonathan Glatzer, Dara Schnapper, Gabrielle Mahon
Watchmen (Season 1) -- Producers: TBD

The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy

Barry (Season 2) -- Producers: Alec Berg, Bill Hader, Aida Rodgers, Liz Sarnoff, Emily Heller, Julie Camino, Jason Kim
Fleabag (Season 2) -- Producers: Phoebe Waller‐Bridge, Harry Bradbeer, Lydia Hampson, Harry Williams, Jack Williams, Joe Lewis, Sarah Hammond
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 3) -- Producers: Amy Sherman‐Palladino, Daniel Palladino, Dhana Gilbert, Daniel Goldfarb, Kate Fodor, Sono Patel, Matthew Shapiro
Schitt’s Creek (Season 5) -- Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Rupinder Gill, Colin Brunton
Veep (Season 7) -- Producers: David Mandel, Frank Rich, Julia Louis‐Dreyfus, Lew Morton, Morgan Sackett, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan, Billy Kimball, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Ian Maxtone‐Graham, Dan O'Keefe, Steve Hely, David Hyman, Georgia Pritchett, Erik Kenward, Dan Mintz, Doug Smith

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television

Chernobyl -- Producers: Craig Mazin, Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone, Johan Renck, Chris Fry, Sanne Wohlenberg
Fosse/Verdon -- Producers: Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Lin‐Manuel Miranda, Joel Fields, George Stelzner, Sam Rockwell, Michelle Williams, Tracey Scott Wilson, Charlotte Stoudt, Nicole Fosse, Erica Kay, Kate Sullivan, Brad Carpenter
True Detective -- Producers: TBD
Unbelievable -- Producers: TBD
When They See Us -- Producers: Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Berry Welsh, Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay, Amy Kaufman, Robin Swicord

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

American Son -- Producers: TBD
Apollo: Missions to the Moon -- Producers: TBD
Black Mirror: Striking Vipers -- Producers: TBD
Deadwood: The Movie -- Producers: David Milch, Carolyn Strauss, Gregg Fienberg, Scott Stephens, Daniel Minahan, Ian McShane, Timothy Olyphant, Regina Corrado, Nichole Beattie, Mark Tobey
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie -- Producers: TBD

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

30 for 30 (Season 10) -- Producers: TBD
60 Minutes (Season 51, Season 52) -- Producers: TBD
Leaving Neverland -- Producers: TBD
Queer Eye (Season 3, Season 4) -- Producers: David Collins, Michael Williams, Rob Eric, Jennifer Lane, Jordana Hochman, Rachelle Mendez, Mark Bracero
Surviving R. Kelly (Season 1) -- Producers: TBD

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 25) -- Producers: TBD
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones -- Producers: TBD
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 6) -- Producers: TBD
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 5) -- Producers: TBD
Saturday Night Live (Season 45) -- Producers: TBD

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

The Amazing Race (Season 31) -- Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo, Phil Keoghan
The Masked Singer (Season 1) -- Producers: TBD
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 11) -- Producers: TBD
Top Chef (Season 16) -- Producers: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Doneen Arquines, Casey Kriley, Tara Siener, Justin Rae Barnes, Blake Davis, Patrick Schmedeman, Wade Sheeler, Tom Colicchio, Padma Lakshmi, Elida Carbajal Araiza, Brian Fowler, Caitlin Rademaekers, Steve Lichtenstein, Emily Van Bergen
The Voice (Season 16, Season 17) -- Producers: John de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Stijn Bakkers, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Teddy Valenti, Kyley Tucker, Carson Daly