Today, the Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominees in the Motion Pictures and Television categories for the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards where top Oscar contenders like Anora (NEON), Emilia Pérez (Netflix), Conclave (Focus Features) and The Brutalist (A24), but also found room for the little-seen September 5 (Paramount Pictures) over the likes of Sing Sing (A24), Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM) and Challengers (Amazon MGM).
Joining those five films as this year’s PGA nominees are A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures), Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros), A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures), The Substance (MUBI) and Wicked (Universal Pictures). All 10 films received Golden Globe nominations for Best Motion Picture, where The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez triumphed. At Critics Choice, which has delayed their live televised show twice due to the Los Angeles fires, have 8/10 crossover with PGA, opting for Nickel Boys and Sing Sing over A Real Pain and September 5. Just yesterday, BAFTA spoke and nominated Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave and Emilia Pérez.
Last year, PGA and Oscar’s Best Picture went 10/10 for the first time ever. When the Academy expanded its best picture lineup from five to 10 nominees in 2009, the PGA followed suit. Only three times have the PGA and the Oscars matched were during the sliding scale years between 2011-2021 when the Oscars nominated either eight or nine movies: 2016, 2018, and 2019. In the years of a solid 10, they missed two or more. Two years prior saw three PGA titles – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story, and The Whale – miss out on Best Picture to All Quiet on the Western Front, Triangle of Sadness and Women Talking.
The Latvian Oscar entry Flow earned a spot among the animated nominees, becoming only the second non-English/foreign production to be nominated here since the inception of the category in 2005. Last year’s eventual The Boy and the Heron was the first and while bested by the sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the Studio Ghibli film won the Oscar.
In television drama the nominees are Bad Sisters (AppleTV+), The Diplomat (Netflix), Fallout (Prime Video), Shōgun (FX) and Slow Horses (AppleTV+) while comedy made room for Abbott Elementary (ABC), The Bear (FX), Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO), Hacks (MAX) and Only Murders in the Building (Hulu).
Earlier this week, the Producers Guild announced a partnership with the Entertainment Community Fund to establish a dedicated fund supporting producers of film, television and emerging media affected by the fires. The Guild is contributing a portion of the net proceeds from the Producers Guild Awards to the fund. In addition to the Guild’s contribution, members are also donating. Together, $300,000 has already been committed.
If there is a producer in need of financial assistance from the devastation caused by the fires, they can provide their contact information and eligibility criteria will be sent: https://producersguild.tfaforms.net/5133847
For anyone able to contribute to supporting producers who are struggling financially due to the fires, a donation site has been started here: entertainmentcommunity.org/2025CAfiresPGA
Producers will come together to raise awareness for the fund, celebrate our nominees and announce winners at the PGA Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.
Nominees for Theatrical Motion Pictures, Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, Television Series/Specials, Limited/Anthology Series Television, Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures and Documentary Motion Picture are as follows:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
Anora
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
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Bad Sisters
The Diplomat
Fallout
Shōgun
Slow Horses
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks
Only Murders in the Building
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
Baby Reindeer
FEUD: Capote Vs. The Swans
The Penguin
Ripley
True Detective: Night Country
Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
Carry On
The Greatest Night in Pop
The Killer
Rebel Ridge
Unfrosted
Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
30 for 30
Conan O’Brien Must Go
The Jinx – Part Two
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Welcome to Wrexham
Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television
Ali Wong: Single Lady
The Daily Show
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Saturday Night Live
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors
The Voice
The following nominees were previously announced.
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture
Gaucho Gaucho
Mediha
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Porcelain War
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
We Will Dance Again
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Sesame Street
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program
The Crown: Farewell To A Royal Epic
Hacks: Bit By Bit
The Penguin: Inside Gotham
Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime
Shōgun – The Making of Shōgun
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program
Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants
Messi’s World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
Simone Biles Rising
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
The PGA Innovation Award
Critterz
Emperor
Impulse: Playing with Reality
Orbital
The Pirate Queen with Lucy Liu
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