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Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States. [1] The PGA's membership includes over 4,700 members of the producing establishment worldwide. Its co-presidents are Mark Gordon and Hawk Koch.[2]

The PGA offers several benefits to its members, including health insurance and pension benefits; seminars and mentoring programs; entrance to special screenings of movies during Academy Award season; and assistance with working conditions and screen credits.[3]

History

The PGA began as two separate organizations, with the Screen Producers Guild being formed in 1950. Its first president was William Perlberg. In 1957, television producers followed suit, forming the Television Producers Guild, with Ben Brady as its first president. These merged in 1962 to form the PGA under legendary producer Walter Mirisch. Subsequent Presidents of the PGA have included Stanley Rubin, Leonard Stern, Kathleen Kennedy and Marshall Herskovitz.

The Golden Laurel Awards (subsequently renamed the Producers Guild of America Award aka the PGA Award) were first held in 1990, establishing the Guild awards as one of the bellwethers for the Academy Awards. 11 of the 16 winners of the PGA's Darryl F. Zanuck Award have gone on to win the Oscar for best feature.

The PGA's awards show was originally established in 1990 as the Golden Laurel Awards, created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern, in order to honor the visionaries who produce and execute motion picture and television product. The ceremony has been hosted each year by celebrity host/presenters, including Ronald Reagan, Ted Turner, Garry Marshall, Robert Guillaume, Nick Clooney, Jack Lemmon, James Earl Jones, Grant Tinker, Michael Douglas, Walter Matthau, Shirley MacLaine, and Marlo Thomas, among others.

In 2001, the PGA merged with the American Association of Producers (AAP), enabling the Guild to represent all members of the producing team. Since that time, the Guild has been composed of three Councils: The Producers Council (representing producers, executive producers and co-producers), the AP Council (representing associate producers, production managers, production supervisors, segment and field producers, production coordinators, visual effects producers and post-production staff) and the New Media Council.

In 2001 producers John Schwally and Nelle Nugent established the PGA East Regional Chapter of the Guild, located in New York and servicing Guild members based on the East Coast. Since 2008 John Hadity has served as President of the region.

The PGA formed its New Media Council in 2002, in order to better represent producers working in emerging media such as DVDs, broadband and mobile entertainment, interactive television and console games.

Produced By Conference

Since 2009, the Producers Guild has presented the Produced By Conference, held annually in June on a studio lot in the Los Angeles area. In 2011, the Conference was held at Disney/ABC Studios. Each Conference offers a variety of educational sessions designed to promote the newest information about the state of the entertainment industry marketplace and allow experienced producers to share the benefit of their experience with emerging professionals. The Produced By Conference also offers a variety of other programs, including extensive vendor displays and technology demonstrations, numerous representatives of local, state and international film commissions, small-group Mentoring Roundtable discussions, and a variety of networking events, including the traditional Friday night Kick-Off Party.

Speakers at past conferences have included James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, Mark Cuban, Ted Turner, Gale Anne Hurd, Marshall Herskovitz, Mark Gordon, Hawk Koch, Alan Ball, Kathleen Kennedy, Matthew Weiner, Richard Zanuck, James L. Brooks, Doug Wick, Lucy Fisher, Roger Corman, Norman Lear and Lauren Shuler Donner.

In 2011, the Produced By Conference is presented in association with AFCI Locations.

Producers of the Year Awards

Film Winners

Theatrical Motion Picture

by producers Lili Fini and Richard D. Zanuck
by producers Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner
by producers Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, and Ronald M. Bozman
by producer Stephen Woolley
by producers Branko Lustig, Gerald R. Molen, and Steven Spielberg
by producers Wendy Finerman , Charles Newirth, Steve Starkey, and Steve Tisch
by producers Brian Grazer and Todd Hallowell
by producer Saul Zaentz
by producers James Cameron and Jon Landau
by producers Steven Spielberg, Allison Lyon Segan, Bonnie Curtis, Ian Bryce, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn
by producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks
by producers Branko Lustig and Douglas Wick
by producers Fred Baron, Martin Brown and Baz Luhrmann
by producers Martin Richards
by producers Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh
by producers Graham King and Michael Mann
by producers Diana Ossana and James Schamus
by producers Albert Berger, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub and Ron Yerxa
by producers Scott Rudin and Joel and Ethan Coen
by producer Christian Colson
by producers Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro
by producers Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin
by producers Thomas Langmann

Animated Motion Picture

by producers Claire Jennings and Nick Park
by producer Darla K. Anderson
by producer Brad Lewis
by producers Jim Morris
by producer Jonas Rivera
by producer Darla K. Anderson
by producers Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg

Television Winners

Long-Form

by producers Kate Forte and Oprah Winfrey
by producers Marc Bauman, Patricia Clifford and Brian Dennehy
by producers Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Tony To
by producers Sara Colleton, George W. Perkins and Rosalie Swedlin
by producers Robert Allan Ackerman, Frank Doelger and Ann Wingate
by producers Cary Brokaw, Celia D. Costas, Michael Haley and Mike Nichols
by producers Freddy De Mann, George Faber and Charles Pattinson
by producers Suzan Harrison, George Faber, Charles Pattinson and Barney Reisz
by producers Tom Thayer and Dick Wolf

Children's Program

Nominations for 2012:

Stanley Kramer Award

Since 2002, this award has been given for films that "illuminate provocative social issues".

by producers Jessie Nelson, Barbara Hall, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, and Richard Solomon
by producers Todd Black, Randa Haines, and Denzel Washington
by producers Jim Sheridan and Arthur Lappin
by producer Terry George
and Voces inocentes (Innocent Voices)
by producer Lawrence Bender
by producers Grant Heslov
by producers Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns, and Laurie David
by producers Todd Black, Kate Forte, Joe Roth, and Oprah Winfrey
by producers Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen
by producers Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness
first person to receive a Stanley Kramar Award [4]
by producers Angelina Jolie, Graham King, and Tim Headington

See also

References

  1. ^ London Academy of Media Film & TV "The Producers Guild of America"
  2. ^ http://www.producersguild.org/?page=officers
  3. ^ Producers Guild of America, Mission Statement. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
  4. ^ http://www.producersguild.org/news/79160/PGA-TO-HONOR-IN-THE-LAND-OF-BLOOD-AND-HONEY-WITH-2012-STANLEY-KRAMER-AWARD.htm
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