The Producer’s Guild of America announced their nominations for the best of 2019 today. The PGA, in general, is a pretty reliable precursor of what’s going to get nominated for best picture. Getting a PGA nomination does not, of course, mean that a film is automatically guaranteed to be nominated for an Oscar. But it certainly doesn’t hurt!
With that in mind, here are the PGA nominees for 2019:
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS 2020
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
1917
Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne‐Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall
Ford v Ferrari
Producers: Peter Chernin & Jenno Topping, James Mangold
The Irishman
Producers: Jane Rosenthal & Robert De Niro, Emma Tillinger Koskoff & Martin Scorsese
Jojo Rabbit
Producers: Carthew Neal, Taika Waititi
Joker
Producers: Todd Phillips & Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Knives Out
Producers: Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman
Little Women
Producer: Amy Pascal
Marriage Story
Producers: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman
Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Producers: David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
Parasite
Producers: Kwak Sin Ae, Bong Joon Ho
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Abominable
Producer: Suzanne Buirgy
Frozen II
Producer: Peter Del Vecho
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Producers: Bradford Lewis, Bonnie Arnold
Missing Link
Producers: Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
Toy Story 4
Producers: Mark Nielsen, Jonas Rivera
I’m sad to see that Uncut Gems was not nominated. It has now missed out on the SAG, the DGA, and the PGA so, despite how much I like the film, it’s probably not going to be nominated. I know, I know. It’s amazing that the Academy would not nominate what I personally think they should nominate but incredibly enough, it happens.
That said, all of you Joker and Little Women fans should be happy. Though both films failed to pick up a DGA nomination today, the PGA should keep them both in the conversation.
The Oscar nominations will be announced on Monday!