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Full List of 2021 Producers Guild of America Awards Winners: Nomadland Secures Oscar Frontrunner Status with PGA Win

Plus, Soul, Schitt's Creek, and The Queen's Gambit take home prizes.

by | March 25, 2021 | Comments

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Frances McDormand in Nomadland

(Photo by ©Searchlight Pictures)

The Producers Guild of America Awards (PGAs) were announced last night and the presumptive Best Picture Oscar winner Nomadland won for Outstanding Producer of a Theatrical Motion Picture. This latest win reaffirms the film’s position as the favorite for the top Academy Award.

The PGAs have in the past been seen as the indicator of who’s taking home Best Picture winner at the Oscars, as many of the PGA voters also make up a significant voting body in the Academy, and the winners often match. But after choosing 1917 last year when Parasite took home Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and La La Land when Moonlight ended up on top, it is no longer a foregone conclusion that Chloé Zhao’s tale about a woman living in her van to escape financial hardship will go the distance. Sitting atop our awards leaderboard all year and sweeping the major prizes, however, is a pretty good indication.

Elsewhere, the fascinatingly bizarre internet sensation My Octopus Teacher beat out stiff competition to be crowned Outstanding Documentary, while Golden Globe winners The Crown, The Queen’s Gambit, and Schitt’s Creek won their respective categories as well. Read on for the full list of PGA Awards winners below!


The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of a Theatrical Motion Pictures

93% Nomadland (2020)
Producers: Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures

93% My Octopus Teacher (2020)
Producer: Craig Foster

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

95% Soul (2020)
Producer: Dana Murray

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

81% The Crown

Producers: Peter Morgan, Suzanne Mackie, Stephen Daldry, Andy Harries, Benjamin Caron, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Michael Casey, Andy Stebbing, Martin Harrison, Oona O’Beirn


The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

93% Schitt's Creek
Producers: Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy, David West Read, Ben Feigin, Michael Short, Kurt Smeaton, Kosta Orfanidis

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television

96% The Queen's Gambit
Producers: William Horberg, Allan Scott, Scott Frank, Marcus Loges, Mick Aniceto

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Streamed or Televised Motion Pictures

98% Hamilton (2020)
Producers: Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

97% The Last Dance: Season 1 (2020)
Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

- - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

84% RuPaul's Drag Race
Producers: *Eligibility Determination Pending*

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