Ten movies are in the running for the Producers Guild of America’s Darryl F. Zanuck Award honoring the year’s best feature film. The PGA Award feature nominees are: American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, Foxcatcher, Gone Girl, Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Nightcrawler, The Theory of Everything and Whiplash.
The winner will be announced and honored at the PGA Awards ceremony on January 24 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.
Also unveiled were the nominees for the PGA honor in feature animation: Big Hero 6, The Book of Life, The Boxtrolls, How To Train Your Dragon 2 and The Lego Movie.
Nominations for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
American Sniper (Warner Bros. Pictures). Bradley Cooper, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazur, Robert Lorenz, Peter Morgan, producers.
Birdman (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole, producers.
Boyhood (IFC Films) Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, producers.
Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics) Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik, Bennett Miller, producers.
Gone Girl (20th Century Fox) Cean Chaffin, producer.
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, producers
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) Nora Grossman,Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, producers.
Nightcrawler (Open Road Films) Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, producers.
The Theory of Everything (Focus Features) Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten, producers
Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics) Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster, producers.
Nominations for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney Animation Studios) Roy Conli, producer.
The Book of Life (20th Century Fox) Brad Booker, Guillermo del Toro, producers.
The Boxtrolls (Focus Features) David Bleiman Ichioka, Travis Knight, producers.
How To Train Your Dragon 2 (20th Century Fox) Bonnie Arnold, producer.
The Lego Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures) Dan Lin, producer.
Apple, WWF, CeraVe, Sydney Opera House Among Those Having A Grand Time At CICLOPE
An awards ceremony last night (10/10) capped three days of CICLOPE in Berlin, marked by talks by notable speakers, collaborative Craft Sessions, and attendees making global connections.
Drawing nearly 1,700 entries, culled down to 370 finalists across 18 different countries, the competition saw judges award seven Grand Prix winners, 45 Gold, 51 Silver and 61 Bronze trophies.
Grand Prix winners were:
--Apple’s “Flock” directed by Ivan Zacharias of SMUGGLER for TBWAMedia Arts Lab, Los Angeles.
--WWF’s “Up In Smoke” directed by Yannis Konstantinidi via production company NOMINT.
--A$AP Rocky’s “Tailor Swif” from directors Vania & Muggia of production company Iconoclast.
--Spotify’s “Spreadbeats” directed by Maldita via production house The Youth for FCB NY.
--CeraVe’s “Michael CeraVe” from directorial duo Tim & Eric via production company PRETTYBIRD for WPP Onefluence team, led by Ogilvy PR North America.
--Sydney Opera House’s “Playit Safe” directed by Kim Gehrig via Revolver x Somesuch for agency The Monkeys.
--Gucci’s “Who is Sabato De Sarno? A Gucci Story” directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman via Moxie Pictures.
Special Awards--Year’s Best
CICLOPE Special Awards went to:
Production Company of the Year: SMUGGLER
Director of the Year: Ivan Zacharias
Editing Company of the Year: Work Editorial
VFX Company of the Year: Electric Theatre Collective
Animation Company of the Year: Untold Studios
Sound Company of the Year: Barking Owl
Music Company of the Year: String & Tins
Agency of the Year: TBWAMedia Arts Lab
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