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PGA Award Winners 2017: Producers Guild Picks ‘The Shape of Water’ As Best Film

The Producers Guild of America held their annual award show Saturday night in Los Angeles, doling out trophies to the best producers in film and television. The Shape of Water was awarded the big prize for film, defeating 10 other contenders, including The Big Sick, Call Me by Your Name, Dunkirk, Get Out, I, Tonya, Lady Bird, Molly’s Game, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Wonder Woman.

PGA is considered an important precursor to the Academy Awards because it shares the same preferential ballot system as Best Picture at the Oscars. The winner at PGA and Oscars matched up for eight consecutive years from 2007-14, but the past two years have diverted. In 2015 the PGA Award went to The Big Short while the Oscar went to Spotlight and last year the PGA went to La La Land and the Oscar famously went to Moonlight. It’s possible we could go return to the awards matching up, but it is important to remember that The Shape of Water‘s win here doesn’t mean its over for its main competition.

Here is the full list of winners from the 2017 Producers Guild Awards:

Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:

The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale

The Big Sick – Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel
Call Me by Your Name – Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito
Dunkirk – Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan
Get Out – Sean McKittrick, Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Jason Blum, Jordan Peele
I, Tonya – Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley
Lady Bird – Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill
Molly’s Game – Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson
The Post – Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Wonder Woman – Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder

Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:

Coco – Darla K. Anderson

The Boss Baby – Ramsey Naito
Despicable Me 3 – Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
Ferdinand – Lori Forte, Bruce Anderson
The LEGO Batman Movie – Dan Lin, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures:

Jane – Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, Tony Gerber, James Smith

Chasing Coral – Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes
City of Ghosts – Matthew Heineman
Cries from Syria – Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, Aaron I. Butler
Earth: One Amazing Day – Stephen McDonogh
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower – TBA
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee – Teddy Kunhardt, George Kunhardt

Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:

The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 1)

Big Little Lies (Season 1)
The Crown (Season 2)
Game of Thrones (Season 7)
Stranger Things (Season 2)

Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 1)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 9)
Master of None (Season 2)
Silicon Valley (Season 4)
Veep (Season 6)

Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:

Black Mirror (Season 4)

Fargo (Season 3)
Feud: Bette and Joan
Sherlock: The Lying Detective

The Wizard of Lies

Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (Season 1, Season 2)

30 for 30 (Season 8)
60 Minutes (Season 50)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Season 9, Season 10)
Spielberg

Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 4)

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (Season 2)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Season 15)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 3)
Saturday Night Live (Season 43)

Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:

The Voice (Season 12, Season 13)

The Amazing Race (Season 29)
American Ninja Warrior (Season 9)
Lip Sync Battle (Season 3)
Top Chef (Season 14)

Outstanding Short-Form Program:

Carpool Karaoke (Season 1)

Better Call Saul’s Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training (Season 1)
Humans of New York: The Series (Season 1)
National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (Season 3)
Viceland at the Women’s March (Season 1)

Outstanding Sports Program:

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (Season 23)

All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams (Season 2)
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Season 12)
SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt (Season 3)
VICE World of Sports (Season 2)

Outstanding Children’s Program:

Sesame Street (Season 47)

Doc McStuffins (Season 4)
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2017

School of Rock (Season 3)
SpongeBob SquarePants (Season 10, Season 11)