PGA announces key deadlines for 2014 Producers Guild Awards

LOS ANGELES (August 21, 2013) – The Producers Guild of America announced today the opening of submissions and key deadlines for consideration for the 25th Annual Producers Guild Awards that will take place on Sunday, January 19, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Producers Guild National Treasurer Lori McCreary (Invictus, Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman) and National Board Member Michael De Luca (Moneyball, The Social Network) will co-produce and co-chair the event.

Like last year, the Guild will use its awards submission website – www.producersguildawards.com – to provide a fully digital interface for submission for its 12 competitive categories. Competitive honors to be presented at the 2014 Producers Guild Awards include:

• The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
• The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television
• The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer Episodic Television – Drama
• The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment/Talk Television
• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television

Competitive honors to be announced at the 2014 Producers Guild Awards include:

• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Sports Program
• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
• The Producers Guild Award for Outstanding Digital Series

Submission deadlines and other key dates for the 2014 Producers Guild Awards are as follows:

Submission deadlines and other key dates for the 2014 Producers Guild Awards are as follows:

In 1990, the Guild held the first-ever Golden Laurel Awards, which were renamed the Producers Guild Awards in 2002. Richard Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck took home the award for Best Produced Motion Picture for Driving Miss Daisy, establishing the Guild’s awards as a bellwether for the Oscars. This past year, the Producers Guild recognized the producers of Argo, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Grant Heslov, with its Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, marking the sixth consecutive year the Producers Guild has presaged the Motion Picture Academy’s choice. The Producers Guild also honored several special individuals including Bob and Harvey Weinstein (Milestone Award), Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), J.J. Abrams (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), Russell Simmons (Visionary Award), as well as the documentary film Bully (Stanley Kramer Award).

About the Producers Guild of America (PGA)

The Producers Guild of America is the non-profit trade group that represents, protects and promotes the interests of all members of the producing team in film, television and new media. The Producers Guild has more than 5,700 members who work together to protect and improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members with employment opportunities, seeking to expand health benefits, promoting fair and impartial standards for the awarding of producing credits, as well as other education and advocacy efforts such as encouraging sustainable production practices. Visit www.producersguild.org, www.pgagreen.org, www.pgadiversity.org for more information.