LOS ANGELES, CA – After two years without hosting a show in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Producers Guild Awards returned in front of an star studded audience on Saturday night at the Fairmont Hotel in Century City section of Los Angeles. Many of the award presenters included Meryl Streep, Denis Villeneuve, Serena Williams, and Kerry Washington to name a few.
Legendary Producer and filmmakers George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy were honored with the 2022 Milestone Award at the 33rd annual Producers Guild Awards. Kennedy praised Lucas for his film visions.
“George has built a universe, a cosmos that mirrors the world: epic journeys, sacred quests, myths, legends, romances, conflicts and contradictions, a grand synthesis of imagination and dreams,” Kennedy said. “George’s universe has proven to be spacious enough to welcome in successive generations of new and visionary filmmakers.” She also gave credit to the industry by LGBTQ creators and producers.
“We work side by side through one revolution in our industry after another, revolutions not only in the means of moviemaking, and in the ways movies reach audiences, but also in the composition of our business: Women, artists of color, LGBTQ, and differently labeled artists and producers have fought for and won a place at the table, propelling our community toward a more inclusive, diverse, richer, more sophisticated, and nuanced sense of our responsibilities for social, racial and economic justice.”
The award was presented by award winning filmmaker and producer Steven Spielberg.
“Insecure” creator, producer and star Issa Rae won the Producer Guild Awards’ 2022 Visionary Award that honors producers in television, film and new media who share new stories.
The Norman Lear Achievement Award was won by Greg Berlanti. Rita Moreno won the Stanley Kramer Award, and Mary Parent took home the David O. Selznick Award.
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
CODA (winner)
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick … Boom!
West Side Story
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Encanto (winner)
Luca
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sing 2
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 4)
The Morning Show (Season 2)
Squid Game (Season 1)
Succession (Season 3) (winner)
Yellowstone (Season 4)
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Cobra Kai (Seasons 3 & 4)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 11)
Hacks (Season 1)
Only Murders in the Building (Season 1)
Ted Lasso (Season 2) (winner)
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
Dopesick
Mare of Easttown (winner)
The Underground Railroad
WandaVision
The White Lotus
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
8-Bit Christmas
Come From Away
Oslo
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
Single All The Way
Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers (winner)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
60 Minutes (Season 54)
Allen v. Farrow (Season 1)
The Beatles: Get Back (Season 1) (winner)
Queer Eye (Season 6)
Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (Season 1)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 27)
Dave Chappelle: The Closer
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 8) (winner)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 7)
Saturday Night Live (Season 47)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
America’s Got Talent (Season 16)
Nailed It! (Seasons 5 & 6)
RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 13) (winner)
Top Chef (Season 18)
The Voice (Season 20)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
Ascension
The First Wave
Flee
In The Same Breath
The Rescue
Simple As Water
Summer Of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (winner)
Writing With Fire
