Film News: Producers Guild of America Announces Award Nominees

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CHICAGO – The Producers Guild of America announced their final nominees this morning for the Producers Guild Awards, celebrating the year of producing in film and television. While documentary film categories and multiple television categories had already been announced, the nominees for motion pictures, animated motion pictures, and long-form television were official this morning.

The nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures went to the producers of the following films: The Artist, Bridesmaids, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, and War Horse.

The producers nominated from animated films are the producers of The Adventures of Tintin, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, and Rango. The long-form television nominees, which includes movies of the week and mini-series, were the producers of Cinema Verite, Downton Abbey, The Kennedys, Mildred Pierce, and Too Big to Fall.

For a list of nominated names, as well as the nominees for several other categories announced earlier this year, see below:

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:

-THE ARTIST
Producer: Thomas Langmann
-BRIDESMAIDS
Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
-THE DESCENDANTS
Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
-THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin
-THE HELP
Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green
-HUGO
Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese
-THE IDES OF MARCH
Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver
-MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
-MONEYBALL
Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
-WAR HORSE
Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

-THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
-CARS 2
Producer: Denise Ream
-KUNG FU PANDA 2
Producer: Melissa Cobb
-PUSS IN BOOTS
Producers: Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou
-RANGO
Producers: John B. Carls, Gore Verbinski

The David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television:

-“Cinema Verite” (HBO)
Producers: Zanne Devine, Karyn McCarthy
-“Downton Abbey” (Masterpiece) (PBS)
Producers: Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame
-“The Kennedys” (ReelzChannel)
Producers: Jon Cassar, Jonathan Koch, Stephen Kronish, Steve Michaels, Michael Prupas, Jamie Paul Rock, Joel Surnow
-“Mildred Pierce” (HBO)
Producers: Todd Haynes, Pamela Koffler, Ilene S. Landress, Christine Vachon
-“Too Big To Fail” (HBO)
Producers: Carol Fenelon, Jeffrey Levine, Paula Weinstein

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:

-BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST
Producers: Michael Rapaport, Edward Parks (*additional producers eligibility pending arbitration completion)
-BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK
Producer: Philip Gefter
-PROJECT NIM
Producer: Simon Chinn
-SENNA
Producer: James Gay-Rees
-THE UNION
Producers: Cameron Crowe, Michelle Panek

The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:

-“30 Rock” (NBC)
Producers: Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, Jerry Kupfer, Lorne Michaels, David Miner, Jeff Richmond, John Riggi, Don Scardino
-“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS)
Producers: Chuck Lorre, Steve Molaro, Faye Oshima, Bill Prady
-“Glee” (FOX)
Producers: Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Kenneth Silverstein
-“Modern Family” (ABC)
Producers: Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Dan O’Shannon, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
-“Parks and Recreation” (NBC)
Producers: Greg Daniels, Dan Goor, Howard Klein, Amy Poehler, Morgan Sackett, Michael Schur

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:

-“Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
Producers: Eugene Kelly, Howard Korder, Stephen Levinson, Martin Scorsese, Rudd Simmons, Tim Van Patten, Terence Winter
-“Dexter” (Showtime)
Producers: Sara Colleton, John Goldwyn, Chip Johannessen, Robert Lloyd Lewis
-“Game of Thrones” (HBO)
Producers: David Benioff, Frank Doelger, Mark Huffam, Carolyn Strauss, D.B. Weiss
-“The Good Wife” (CBS)
Producers: Brooke Kennedy, Michelle King, Robert King, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David W. Zucker
-“Mad Men” (AMC)
Producers: Jonathan Abrahams, Scott Hornbacher, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Blake McCormick, Dwayne Shattuck, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner

By TIM MARTENS Staff Writer HollywoodChicago.com tim@hollywoodchicago.com