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32nd Producers Guild Of America Awards
The 32nd Producers Guild of America Awards (also known as 2021 Producers Guild Awards or 2021 PGA Awards), honoring the best film and television producers of 2020, were held virtually on March 24, 2021. The nominations in the documentary category were announced on February 2, 2021, the nominees in the sports, children's and short-form categories were announced on February 26, 2021, and the remaining nominations for film and television were announced on March 8, 2021. The finalists for the PGA Innovation Award were announced on March 17, 2021. Winners and nominees Film Television PGA Innovation Award References External links PGA Awards website {{PGA Awards Chron * 2020 Producers Guild of America Awards Producers Guild of America Awards The Producers Guild of America Awards were originally established in 1990 by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) as the Golden Laurel Awards, created by PGA Treasurer Joel Freeman with the support of Guild President Leonard Stern, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'', or simply ''Borat Subsequent Moviefilm'' or ''Borat 2'', is a 2020 mockumentary Comedy film, black comedy film directed by Jason Woliner (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Sacha Baron Cohen as the fictional Kazakhstan, Kazakh journalist and television personality Borat Sagdiyev, and Maria Bakalova as his daughter Tutar, who is to be offered as a bride to then–Vice President of the United States, U.S. vice president Mike Pence during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 United States presidential election, 2020 presidential election. It is a sequel to 2006's ''Borat, Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan''. Although BaronCohen had said in 2007 that he had retired the Borat character, he was spotted in 2019 in the disguise, and was seen filming i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Oh
Christina Oh is an American film producer. She is best known for producing ''Minari'', which earned 6 nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards. The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020, winning both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Oh is of Korean descent, and started in the film business in the late 2000s in the casting field. In 2021, Annapurna Pictures named Oh as EVP, Co-Head of Film. She had previously been at Plan B Entertainment for a decade, where she produced Bong Joon-Ho's ''Okja'', and Joe Talbot's ''The Last Black Man In San Francisco ''The Last Black Man in San Francisco'' is a 2019 American drama film directed and produced by Joe Talbot in his directorial debut. He wrote the screenplay with Rob Richert and the story with Jimmie Fails, on whose life it is partly based. It ...''. She has also executive produced '' Lego Masters'' for FOX and '' Paper Girls'' for Legendary TV and Amazon. Accolade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minari (film)
''Minari'' (; ) is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung. It stars Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho, Youn Yuh-jung, and Will Patton. A semi-autobiographical take on Chung's upbringing, its plot follows a family of South Korean immigrants who move to rural Arkansas during the 1980s. ''Minari'' had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020, winning both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. It began a one-week virtual release on December 11, 2020, and was released theatrically and via virtual cinema on February 12, 2021, by A24. The film received critical acclaim, with praise for Chung's direction and screenplay, Yeun's and Youn's performances, and the score. Many named it one of the best films of 2020. It earned six nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor (Yeun), and Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Urbanski
Douglas Urbanski is an American film producer and occasional film actor. He is an Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning motion picture producer. Life and career Urbanski was born in Somerville, New Jersey and graduated from Immaculata High School where he frequently starred in the drama club. In addition to his Academy Award winning films '' Darkest Hour'' and '' Mank'', his other films, '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', '' The Contender'', and '' Nil By Mouth'', have received 21 Academy Award nominations, 10 Golden Globe nominations, and 33 BAFTA nominations. During the 1980s, Urbanski and/or his companies were among the most active theatrical producers on Broadway and in London. In 1997, Urbanski received his first British Academy Award for Outstanding British Film of The Year for '' Nil By Mouth'', written and directed by Gary Oldman, and for which Oldman received the Best Original Screenplay British Academy Award. The film received a total of four nominations for the 1997 BAFT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Roth
Eric R. Roth (born March 22, 1945) is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: ''Forrest Gump'' (1994), '' The Insider'' (1999), ''Munich'' (2005), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), '' A Star Is Born'' (2018), and ''Dune'' (2021) — winning for ''Forrest Gump''; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing ''Mank'' (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films '' Ali'' (2001), '' Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' (2011), and '' Killers of the Flower Moon'' (2023). Early life and education Roth was born in New York City, New York, into a Jewish family, the son of Miriam "Mimi", a teacher, studio executive, and radio writer, and Leon Roth, a university teacher and film producer. He grew up in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in New York. He grew up boxing and would credit some of his later successes to habits learned from the sport. Roth went to college at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceán Chaffin
Ceán Chaffin (born June 26, 1957) is an American film producer. She has won several American Film Institute awards and been nominated for multiple Academy Awards. Chaffin has frequently collaborated with her husband, director David Fincher. Filmography * '' The Game'' (1997) * '' Fight Club'' (1999) * '' Panic Room'' (2002) * ''Zodiac'' (2007) * '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008) * ''The Social Network'' (2010) * ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011) * '' Gone Girl'' (2014) * '' Mank'' (2020) * '' The Killer'' (2023) In addition to producing the above films, Chaffin was executive producer for the 2017 TV series '' Mindhunter''. Awards She, along with her fellow producers, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), ''The Social Network'' (2010), and '' Mank'' (2020). She won American Film Institute's AFI Awards for these films as well as for ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011). * * Chaffin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mank
''Mank'' is a 2020 American biographical drama film about screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and his development of the screenplay for the 1941 film ''Citizen Kane''. It was directed by David Fincher based on a screenplay written by his late father Jack Fincher and was produced by Ceán Chaffin, Douglas Urbanski, and Eric Roth. It stars Gary Oldman in the title role, alongside Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Arliss Howard, Tom Pelphrey, Sam Troughton, Ferdinand Kingsley, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke, Joseph Cross, Jamie McShane, Toby Leonard Moore, Monika Gossman, and Charles Dance. Fincher originally intended to make ''Mank'' after he completed '' The Game'' (1997), with Kevin Spacey and Jodie Foster as the leads, but the project did not come to fruition. Eventually, the project was officially announced in July 2019, and filming took place around Los Angeles from November 2019 to February 2020. To pay homage to the films of the 1930s, ''Mank'' was shot in b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Black
Todd Black (born February 9, 1960) is an American film producer best known for producing '' The Pursuit of Happyness'' (2006), '' The Taking of Pelham 123'' (2009), '' The Equalizer'' (2014), '' Southpaw'' (2015), '' The Magnificent Seven'' (2016), and '' Fences'' (2016) for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination with Scott Rudin and Denzel Washington Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles Denzel Washington on screen and stage, on stage and screen, Washington has received List of awards and nominations .... Filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted. Film ;Thanks Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Todd 1960 births Living people Film producers from Texas Mass media people from Dallas American film production company founders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles Denzel Washington on screen and stage, on stage and screen, Washington has received List of awards and nominations received by Denzel Washington, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' named him the greatest actor of the 21st century. He has been honored with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2016, AFI Life Achievement Award in 2019, the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2025, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025. After training at the American Conservatory Theater, Washington began his career in theater, acting in performances off-Broadway. He first came to prominence in the NBC medical drama series ''St. Elsewhere'' (1982–1988), and in the war film ''A Soldier's Story'' (1984). Washington won Academy Awards for Academy Award for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)
''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' is a 2020 American drama film directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson. The film stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts. Inspired by the career of influential blues singer Ma Rainey, the film dramatizes a turbulent recording session in 1920s Chicago. Produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf, the project was originally announced alongside Washington's ''Fences'' in 2013 as part of his ten-picture deal with HBO. The adaptation eventually moved to Netflix and filming began in Pittsburgh in 2019. Boseman died during post-production in August 2020, making ''Black Bottom'' his final film appearance. The film is dedicated to his memory. ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' began a limited theatrical release on November 25, 2020, before beginning to stream on Netflix on December 18. Critics praised the performances of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaka King
Shaka King (born March 7, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known for directing and co-writing the 2021 biopic '' Judas and the Black Messiah''. Biography An only child, King was born on March 7, 1980 in Crown Heights and grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, both in Brooklyn, New York. His mother's family was from Barbados and Panama, while his father's family was from Panama. Both parents worked as public school teachers and were "very Afrocentric." King's early education occurred in the neighborhoods of East Harlem and Fort Greene. He attended a predominantly white preparatory school in Bay Ridge during his middle and high school years. It was in high school that he discovered his passion for creative writing. King studied political science and took his first film production course at Vassar College. After graduating, he practiced screenwriting while working as a youth counselor and tutor. In 2007, he entered a graduate film program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
