Perhaps the biggest surprise with this morning’s announcement of the 2010 Producers Guild Nominees is the inclusion of not just Avatar, but the fact both District 9 and Star Trek made their list of ten films vying for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award.
Along with those three we also have the rest of the Oscar front-runner elite. I have included the complete list below. I’m not sure I would say the winner at the PGA Awards makes for a guaranteed Best Picture winner at the Oscars. Althought the last two Best Picture winners (Slumdog Millionaire and No Country for Old Men) also won the PGA, it’s a mixed bag after that with 13 of the 20 Producers Guild winners going on to win the Oscar since 1990.
The complete list of nominees is below and the PGA will announce the winner January 24 in a ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium based on voting by its 4,200 members.
DARRYL F. ZANUCK PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES:
- Avatar
Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landau - District 9
Producers: Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson - An Education
Producers: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey - The Hurt Locker
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination - Inglourious Basterds
Producer: Lawrence Bender - Invictus
Producers: Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz, Lori McCreary, Mace Neufeld - Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness - Star Trek
Producers: J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof - Up
Producer: Jonas Rivera - Up in the Air
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination
PGA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN ANIMATED THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES:
- 9
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination - Coraline
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination - The Princess and the Frog
Producer: Peter Del Vecho - Up
Producer: Jonas Rivera
PGA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN DOCUMENTARY THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES:
- Burma VJ
Producer: Lise Lense-Moller - The Cove
Producers: Paula DuPre Pesman, Fisher Stevens - Sergio
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination - Soundtrack for a Revolution
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination
DAVID L. WOLPER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN LONG-FORM TELEVISION:
- “Georgia O’Keeffe”
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination - “Grey Gardens”
Producers: David Coatsworth, Lucy Donnelly, Rachael Horovitz, Michael Sucsy - “Little Dorrit”
Producers: Lisa Osborne, Anne Pivcevic - “Prayers for Bobby”
Producers: Stanley M. Brooks, Damian Ganczewski, David Permut, Daniel Sladek, Chris Taaffe - “The Prisoner”
Producer(s): Awaiting final credit determination - “Taking Chance”
Producers: Lori Keith Douglas, Ross Katz, Brad Krevoy, Cathy Wischner-Sola
Special note: The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and mini series. The eligibility period for this category was January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
