2009 Producers Guild Award Winners
Jan 24, 2009 12:00 PM
The Producers Guild of America is pleased to announce the winning motion pictures and television productions for the 20th Annual Producers Guild of America Awards. The winners were announced on January 24th, 2009 at the Hollywood Palladium. The following is a list of nominees and winners (in bold):
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin
The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
Frost/Nixon - Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
Milk - Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Man on Wire - Simon Chinn
Nominees:
Standard Operating Procedure - Julie Bilson Ahlberg, Errol Morris
Trouble the Water - Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
WALL-E - Jim Morris
Nominees:
Bolt - Clark Spencer
Kung Fu Panda - Melissa Cobb
The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television – Comedy
30 ROCK - Lorne Michaels, Tina Fey, Marci Klein, Robert Carlock, Jeff Richmond, Jerry Kupfer, David Miner
Nominees:
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Tim Gibbons, Erin O’Malley, Alec Berg, Dave Mandel, Jeff Schaffer
Entourage - Stephen Levinson, Doug Ellin, Rob Weiss, Denis Biggs, Lori Jo Nemhauser, Wayne Carmona
The Office - Greg Daniels, Kent Zbornak
Weeds - Jenji Kohan, Roberto Benabib, Craig Zisk, Nark Burley
Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television-Drama:
Mad Men - Matt Weiner, Scott Hornbacher
Nominees:
Boston Legal - Bill D’Elia, David E. Kelley, Mike Listo, Steve Robin, Janet Knutsen
Damages - Mark A. Baker, Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman
Dexter - John Goldwyn, Sara Colleton, Clyde Phillips, Robert Lloyd Lewis
Lost - Jack Bender, Carlton Cuse, Drew Goddard, Jean Higgins, Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz, Damon Lindelof, Liz Sarnoff, Stephen Williams, Ra’uf Glasglow
Producer of the Year Award in Non-Fiction Television:
60 Minutes - Jeff Fager
Nominees:
Deadliest Catch - Thom Beers, Jeff Conroy, Lisa Tanzer, Ethan Prochnik
Frontline - David Fanning
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List - Marcia Mulé, Bryan Scott, Lisa M. Tucker, Kathy Griffin, Chris Carlson, Amy Kohn
This American Life - Ken Druckerman, Ira Glass, Lisa Pollak, Julie Snyder, Banks Tarver, Nancy Updike, Kevin Vargas, Christopher Wilcha
Producer of the Year Award in Live Entertainment and Competition Television:
The Colbert Report - Stephen T. Colbert, DFA, Jon Stewart, Allison Silverman, Richard Dahm, Meredith Bennett, Tom Purcell
Nominees:
Amazing Race - Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Hayma “Screech” Washington, Amy Chacon, Elise Doganieri, Mark Vertullo
Project Runway - Rich Bye, Rich Buhrman, Jane Cha, Dan Cutforth, Desiree Gruber, Heidi Klum, Jane Lipsitz
Real time with Bill Maher - Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean Johnsen
Top Chef - Rich Buhrman, Liz Cook, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Shauna Minoprio, Nan Strait, Andrew Wallace
David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television:
John Adams - Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, David Coatsworth, Frank Doelger, Steven Shareshian
Nominees:
24: Redemption - Brian Grazer, Jon Cassar, Howard Gordon, Michael Klick
Bernard and Doris - Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen, Bob Balaban, Kevin Spacey, Mark Olsen
A Raisin in the Sun - Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Sean Combs, John Eckert
Recount - Paula Weinstein, Len Amato, Sydney Pollack, Jay Roach, Michael Hausman
PGA honorary awards and recipients:
Milestone Award
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard
David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
Michael Douglas
Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television
David Chase
Visionary Award
Jeff Skoll
Vanguard Award
MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson
The Stanley Kramer Award
Milk
Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen
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