The silent French film, “The Artist,” begins the week with some extra Oscar heat. Last Saturday the feature, about an aging silent male film star and and a rising young actress, picked up the top trophy at the 23rd Producers Guild Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. In the past two years, the winner of the PGA honor for the best produced motion picture has gone on to win the Best Picture Academy Award. Last year, “The King’s Speech” — in 2010 “The Hurt Locker.”
Here are some of the big winners:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
“THE ARTIST”
Producer: Thomas Langmann
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
“THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN”
Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
“Downton Abbey” (Masterpiece) (PBS)
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
“Modern Family” (ABC)
Producers: Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Morton, Jeffrey Richman, Dan O’Shannon, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
“Boardwalk Empire” (HBO)
Producers: Eugene Kelly, Howard Korder, Stephen Levinson, Martin Scorsese, Rudd Simmons, Tim Van Patten, Terence Winter
A complete list of the winners on the Producers Guild of America website.
