Feb 8, 2025–In addition to the competitive awards, Dana Walden, Taika Waititi, Chris Meledandri and the late Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein were honored during the Producers Guild ceremony.
The 2025 PGA Awards were presented at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
The films competing for the guild’s top film prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Picture, included Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, A Real Pain, September 5, The Substance and Wicked, with Anora ultimately earning the honor.
The films nominated for the top award were highlighted by cast members. Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Jeff Goldblum presented a reel of their film, while Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro presented a look at September 5. A Real Pain star Jennifer Grey presented the reel for her film, where she costars with Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin.
Elle Fanning and Boyd Holbrook later took the stage to honor their film A Complete Unknown, before Josh Brolin honored his film Dune: Part Two. Mikey Madison gave a speech about her film Anora, while Emilia Pérez star Zoe Saldaña gave audiences a glimpse into her film. The Brutalist star Adrien Brody presented a look at his film. Colin Farrell introduced Conclave (Farrell did not star in the film but will star in director Edward Berger’s next film, The Ballad of a Small Player).
Presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line took the stage for their opening remarks and talked about the recent wildfires that struck Los Angeles. “Some of our members were profoundly affected, and most of us know someone touched by the disaster,” De Line told the audience.
Kaley Cuoco presented the first award, the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic TV in Comedy, which was awarded to Hacks. The show’s writer and producer Jen Statsky accepted the award and took a moment to honor the city of Altadena, which was greatly impacted by the fires last month.
“Hacks has shot in Los Angeles for five years now, and so much on location, particularly in Altadena,” Statsky said. “Altadena was where Deborah Vance’s L.A. house was, where the businesses who were so kind to our cast and crew were… the people of Altadena are good people and our hearts are with them, and the people of Los Angeles are good people and our hearts are with them, and us leaders need to keep this industry thriving for not just the people in this room at the top.”
Hudson then honored Obst: “She was a fighter, she loved great filmmaking and if you were not working to your potential, you’d be hearing it from Lynda.” Hudson reflected on her own personal experiences with Obst, who was a producer on Hudson’s film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
Jon Favreau later presented the Norman Lear Achievement Award to previously announced honoree Taika Waititi, while Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger presented the Milestone Award to Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden.
The award for outstanding producer of game & competition television went to The Traitors, and host and producer Alan Cumming accepted the award.
The award for outstanding producer of televised or streamed motion pictures went to Netflix’s The Greatest Night in Pop, presented by comedian Zarna Garg. Colman Domingo introduced the PGA’s In Memoriam reel, which opened with Obst and ended with Weinstein.
Billy Eichner awarded the David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television to Baby Reindeer, while Steve Carell presented the David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award to previously announced honoree, CEO of Illumination Chris Meledandri.
The Penguin star Cristin Milioti presented the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producers of Episodic Television in Drama to Shogun. “This night is running longer than it took us to make this show, so I’ll make this short,” said creator and producer Justin Marks, who noted it took 10 months just to shoot the epic.
The big award of the evening was presented by Jodie Foster, who awarded the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures to Anora, which won best picture at the CCA on Friday and director Sean Baker won the DGA Award just a few hours before the PGA ceremony.
No Oscar precursor’s top award is more informative about the best picture Oscar race than the PGA’s Zanuck Award.
Last year, Oppenheimer won the Zanuck Award ahead of winning the best picture Oscar.
Twelve of the past 15 Oscar best picture winners have won the Zanuck award.
Winners in the children’s, sports and shortform program categories and the PGA innovation award were announced earlier this week at nominee celebrations in New York and L.A.
In the wake of the devastating wildfires that raged across Los Angeles, the Producers Guild is contributing from this year’s PGA Awards to a fund, established in partnership with the Entertainment Community Fund, to support producers affected by the fires.
Amid the fires, the PGA also extended the voting window for members to vote on this year’s film and TV nominees. Announcement of those nominations were postponed twice before January 16.
A complete list of the 2025 PGA Awards winners:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Anora (WINNER)
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Wicked
Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Flow
Inside Out 2
Moana 2
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot (WINNER)
