Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, and Christina Steinberg were honored for their work on Sony Pictures Animation’s Oscar-nominated hit film.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced this year’s winning motion picture, TV, and new media productions at their 35th Annual Producers Guild Awards held last night, February 25, at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood.
Avi Arad, p.g.a., Amy Pascal, p.g.a., Phil Lord, p.g.a. & Christopher Miller, p.g.a., and Christina Steinberg, p.g.a. were honored with the Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures for their work on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The Oscar-nominated, Annie and VES Award-winning Sony Pictures Animation hit chronicles how, after reuniting with Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman, Brooklyn’s neighborhood Spider-Man Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders, forced to redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
In addition to SPA, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse production companies include Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Pascal Pictures, Lord Miller Productions, and Arad Productions.
The complete winners list for the 35th Annual Producers Guild Awards is below:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
- Oppenheimer - Producers: Emma Thomas, p.g.a., Charles Roven, p.g.a., Christopher Nolan, p.g.a.
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Producers: Avi Arad, p.g.a., Amy Pascal, p.g.a., Phil Lord, p.g.a. & Christopher Miller, p.g.a., Christina Steinberg, p.g.a.
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
- American Symphony - Producers: Lauren Domino, Matthew Heineman, Joedan Okun
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama
- Succession - Producers: Jesse Armstrong, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell, Frank Rich, Kevin Messick, Mark Mylod, Jane Tranter, Tony Roche, Scott Ferguson, Jon Brown, Lucy Prebble, Will Tracy, Georgia Pritchett, Ted Cohen, Dara Schnapper, Susan Soon He Stanton, Gabrielle Mahon, Francesca Gardiner
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy
- The Bear - Producers: Josh Senior, Joanna Calo, Christopher Storer, Matty Matheson, Cooper Wehde, Rene Gube, Tyson Bidner
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
- BEEF - Producers: Lee Sung Jin, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich, Carrie Kemper, Jes Anderson, Savey Cathey, Inman Young, Matthew Medlin, Alex Russell, Alice Ju
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
- Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea - Producers: Charlie Brooker, Jessica Rhoades, Annabel Jones
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
- Welcome to Wrexham - Producers: Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Alan Bloom, Nicholas Frenkel, George Dewey, Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds, Miloš Balać, Liz Spano, Aaron Lovell, Shannon Owen, Patrick McGarvey, Patrick Gooing, Molly Milstein
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Producers: John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Catherine Owens, Whit Conway, Kaye Foley, Laura L. Griffin, Christopher McDaniel, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Megan Peck Shub, Wynn Van Dusen, Marian Wang, Charles Wilson
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
- RuPaul's Drag Race - Producers: RuPaul Charles, Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Mandy Salangsang, Steven Corfe, Michele Mills, Tim Palazzola, John Polly, Thairin Smothers, Lisa Steele, Sara Kordy, Jen Passovoy, Jeremy McGovern, Michelle Visage, Ashlei Dabney, Michael Seligman, Alicia Gargaro-Magaña, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews
The following categories were announced at the PGA Awards East Coast Nominees Celebration on February 20, and the PGA Awards West Coast Nominees Celebration on February 22.
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
- The producing team for Beckham
The Award for Outstanding Children's Program
- The producing team for Sesame Street
2024 PGA Innovation Award
- The producing team for Body of Mine
The Award for Outstanding Short Form Program
- The producing team for Succession: “Controlling the Narrative”
The complete list of winners is available here.
Source: The Producers Guild of America
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
