PGA Awards: ‘Anora’ Takes Home Top Film Prize
The 2025 Producers Guild 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 Motion Pictures, 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 taking home the honor.
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Throughout the ceremony, the films nominated for the top award were highlighted by castmembers. 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 Salda?a gave audiences a glimpse into her film. The Brutalist star Adrien Brody presented a look at his film, while 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).
Kicking off the ceremony, Presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line took the stage for their opening remarks and talked about the recent wildfire tragedy 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.
They revealed that the PGA started a fire fund to benefit those displaced or impacted by the fires, and told the audience that they had raised $450,000 so far, encouraging attendees to keep donating with QR codes at their tables.
Kaley Cuoco presented the first award, the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television 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.”
Jane Fonda and Kate Hudson later took the stage to present the Trailblazer Award, which was previously announced would be handed to producers Paula Weinstein and Lynda Obst, who both died last year. “Paula knew funny… Paula’s values are what got her out of bed in the morning, she always found a way to marry her values to her wildly popular TV shows and films,” Fonda says of Weinstein.
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.
Eisenberg presented the award outstanding producer of documentary motion pictures, which was awarded to Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. Fortune Feimster took the stage for the award for outstanding producer of live entertainment, variety, sketch, standup and talk television, which went to Saturday Night Live. “Tonight is Saturday night so I assume they’re not here,” Feimster said before she accepted the award on the show’s behalf.
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.
Lamorne Morris presented the outstanding producer of animated theatrical motion pictures to The Wild Robot, and comedian Chris Fleming awarded the honor for outstanding producer of non-fiction television to Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces.
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.
And lastly, 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 Critics Choice Awards on Friday and director Sean Baker won the DGA Award just a few hours before the PGA Awards.
No Oscar precursor’s top award is more informative about the best picture Oscar race than the Producers Guild of America’s Zanuck Award.
The PGA is about the same size as the Film Academy — both have about 10,000 members. The PGA and the Academy each nominate 10 films for its top honor. And, like the Academy but almost no other awards group, the PGA uses a weighted preferential ballot to select that category’s winner.
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 a portion of net proceeds 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, with the announcement of those nominations postponed twice before they were announced on Jan. 16.
A complete list of the 2025 PGA Awards winners follows.
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)
Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
Bad Sisters
The Diplomat
Fallout
Shogun (WINNER)
Slow Horses
Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Hacks (WINNER)
Only Murders in the Building
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
Baby Reindeer (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
The Amazing Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race
Top Chef
The Traitors (WINNER)
The Voice
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 (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Award for Outstanding Shortform Program
The Crown, “Farewell To A Royal Epic”
Hacks, “Bit By Bit”
The Penguin, “Inside Gotham”
Real Time with Bill Maher, “Overtime”
Shogun, “The Making of Shogun” (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
The PGA Innovation Award
Critterz
Emperor
Impulse: Playing with Reality
Orbital (WINNER)
The Pirate Queen with Lucy Liu
What If…? – An Immersive Story
This story was first published on Feb. 8 at 7:31 p.m.
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