More Noms! The 2012 Producers Guild Awards

The Producers Guild of America has over 4,000 members who work together to protect and improve the careers, the industry and communityof those who produce film and television in the United States.  Each year the members of the PGA celebrate the best producing work of the year through the Producers Guild Awards which will be held on January 12, 2012.

And the nominees are:

The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award for Theatrical Motion Picture is the highest honor awarded at the PGAs and is often considered a good predictor of who will win the Best Picture Academy Award:

  • The Artist, Producer: Thomas Langmann
  • Bridesmaids, Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Clayton Townsend
  • The Descendants, Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Scott Rudin
  • The Help. Producers: Michael Barnathan, Chris Columbus, Brunson Green
  • Hugo, Producers: Graham King, Martin Scorsese
  • The Ides of March, Producers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Brian Oliver
  • Midnight in Paris, Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
  • Moneyball, Producers: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pit
  • War Horse, Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

 

The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures award nominees are: 

  • The Adventures of Tintin, Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
  • Cars 2, Producer: Denise Ream
  • Kung Fu Panda 2, Producer: Melissa Cobb
  • Puss in Boots, Producers: Joe M. Aguilar, Latifa Ouaou
  • Rango,  Producers: John B. Carls, Gore Verbinski
The David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television:
  • Cinema VeriteProducers: Zanne Devine, Karyn McCarthy
  • Downtown Abbey, Producers: Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame
  • The Kennedys, Producers: Jon Cassar, Jonathan Koch, Stephen Kronish, Steve Michaels, Michael Prupas, Jamie Paul Rock, Joel Surnow
  • Mildred Pierce, Producers: Todd Haynes, Pamela Koffler, Ilene S. Landress, Christine Vachon
  • Too Big to Fail, Producers: Carol Fenelon, Jeffrey Levine, Paula Weinstein
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
  • Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest, Producers: Michael Rapaport, Edward Parks
  • Bill Cunningham New York, Producer: Philip Gefter
  • Project Nim, Producer: Simon Chinn
  • Senna, Producer: James Gay-Rees
  • The Union, Producers: Cameron Crowe, Michelle Panek
In December 2011, the Producers Guild of America announced the Television Series and Non-Fiction Television Nominations; the following list includes complete producer credits.  You can read those nominations here, at slashfilm.com.