2024 Producers Guild Awards winners! Oppenheimer takes home top honor while The Bear continues winning streak with best comedy series accolade and Succession triumphs AGAIN

Oppenheimer was undeniably the frontrunner in the best picture race leading up to the Oscars after scoring the top honor Sunday night at the 2024 Producers Guild Awards.

Director Christopher Nolan and stars Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy — who plays the father of the atomic bomb — and Emily Blunt were on hand at the ceremony, which was held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood.

The Producers Guild of America recognized the achievements of its own at this year's 35th annual PGA Awards.

Earlier in the evening, The Bear continued its awards-season winning streak when it took home the prize for episodic comedy series, while Succession's years-long run of awards show triumphs continued with the award for best drama series.

Other major winners included Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, for animated film, and Netflix's Beef, for best miniseries.

Oppenheimer was undeniably the front-runner in the best picture race leading up to the Oscars after scoring the top honor Sunday night at the 2024 Producers Guild Awards; stars (L–R) Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. pictured

Director Christopher Nolan was on hand to accept the best theatrical feature award at PGAs, which were held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood; pictured with producers Chuck Roven and Emma Thomas

Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy (pictured) as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. The film has been a hit with critics and audiences alike, and it has grossed nearly $1 billion against a $100 million budget

Oppenheimer was awarded the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, which has emerged as the award most likely to predict the winner of Best Picture at the Academy Awards in recent years.

As he took the stage with fellow producers Chuck Roven and Emma Thomas, writer and director Christopher Nolan noted that winning the Zanuck Award was a new experience for the group, even though they had been nominated in the past.

'Every time we’ve been in this room, we’ve felt so much support,' he said, via Variety.

And though Nolan is best known as the auteur behind hits like the Dark Knight trilogy, Dunkirk and Inception, Thomas suggested he was possibly an even greater producer than a director.

'He’s absolutely brilliant, we’ve worked on 12 films now,' she gushed.

Oppenheimer has been a hit with critics and audiences alike. The biopic has grossed nearly $1 billion against a $100 million budget, and it holds an impressive 96 percent fresh rating from the most prestigious critics surveyed by Rotten Tomatoes.

The movie's success, which came as part of the popular 'Barbenheimer' double bill with Barbie, signaled that audiences may be more interested in film's that aren't based on existing IP or superheroes after years of Marvel dominance. 

The nominees were announced last month, with American Fiction, Barbie, Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon among the nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures.

The Bear, which stars awards-favorites Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, was honored with the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy to start off the evening.

The Bear continued its awards-season winning streak when it took home the prize for episodic comedy series

The dramedy, which stars awards favorites Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, was honored with the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy to start off the evening

The chef Matty Matheson (R), who appears on the Bear and serves as a producer and culinary consultant, was joined on stage by his fellow producers to accept the honor

The other major TV winner of the night was Succession, which was awarded the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama; (L–R) Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Kieran Culkin pictured

PGAs 2024 Winners: AT A GLANCE

FILM

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: Oppenheimer

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture: American Symphony

PGA Innovation Award: Body of Mine

Oppenheimer was the big winner on the night - taking home the Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures award

 TELEVISION

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama: Succession 

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy: The Bear

David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television: BEEF

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures: Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: Welcome to Wrexham

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television: RuPaul's Drag Race

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The Award for Outstanding Children's Program: Sesame Street

The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program: Succession: Controlling the Narrative

Award for Outstanding Sports Program: Beckham 

 

The chef Matty Matheson, who appears on he Bear and serves as a producer and culinary consultant, was joined on stage by his fellow producers to accept the honor.

The other major TV winner of the night was Succession, which was awarded the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama.

The series has been a perennial favorite at awards shows since its premiere, and its fourth and final season has been no exception. 

The series also picked up a second award in the Outstanding Short Form category for the after-episode interview feature Controlling The Narrative, which featured interviews with the main cast members and creative team following the airing of the first episode of the fourth season. 

Phil Lord and his creative partner Christopher Miller were among the team accepting the award for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.

The animated film continued the multiverse storylines that were featured in the massively successful live-action film Spider-Man: No Way Home, which starred Tom Holland as the title hero.

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television went to another awards-season favorite, the Netflix miniseries Beef.

Ali Wong stars in the pitch-black comedy as a small business owner of Chinese descent who is drawn into an escalating cycle of vengeance and self-sabotage after a road-rage incident involving a struggling Korean American contractor (Steven Yeun).

The team representing RuPaul's Drag Race scored big with a win for the Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television.

Phil Lord (at the microphone) and his creative partner Christopher Miller (far left) were among the team accepting the award for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, which won for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Oscar winner Emma Stone pictured enjoying her dinner. She's not just the star but a producer on her acclaimed film Poor Things, which is nominated for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone addresses the audience. She stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's Western crime epic Killers Of The Flower Moon, which is also nominated for the best picture award

Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone addresses the audience. She stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's Western crime epic Killers Of The Flower Moon, which is also nominated for the best picture award

Gladstone, who is a best actress frontrunner alongside Emma Stone for the upcoming Oscars, was joined by her director Martin Scorsese inside the Ray Dolby Theatre. He makes a brief appearance at the end of Killers Of The Flower Moon

The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television went to another awards-season favorite, the Netflix miniseries Beef, which stars Ali Wong (L) and Steven Yeun (R)

Welcome To Wrexham, the docuseries following the soccer team co-owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, was another winner of the evening.

McElhenney was joined by his team of producers to accept the award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television, though Reynolds wasn't present.

HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver continued its winning streak when it picked up the prize for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television.

Outstanding Sports Program was handed out for the debut season of Beckham, while the award for Outstanding Children’s Program went to Sesame Street for its fifty-third season.

The award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures was awarded to American Symphony, which delves into the life and accomplishments of the jazz musician Jon Batiste.

The Netflix series Black Mirror earned the award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures for its feature-length episode Beyond The Sea, which starred Aaron Paul and Josh Hartnett.

The guild represents more than 8,500 producers who work across all sorts of mediums. Honors at the PGA Awards recognize achievements in film, episodic television, standup, live television, documentaries and more.

This year's ceremony is taking place at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood and Highland.

Tony Hale presents the TV competition award to RuPaul's Drag Race

The team representing RuPaul's Drag Race scored big with a win for the Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

 Welcome To Wrexham, the docuseries following the soccer team co-owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, was another winner of the evening. McElhenney accepted with the team, though Reynolds wasn't present

HBO's Last Week Tonight With John Oliver continued its winning streak when it picked up the prize for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television; the show's team accepts its award

Sarah Michelle Gellar honored the producer Gail Berman — who helped her career take off with Buffy The Vampire Slayer — with an honorary awarded named after the late icon Norman Lear.

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler took to the stage to present the former talent agency head and Macro Studios CEO Charles D. King with the PGA Milestone Award, making him the first Black recipient.

King gushed that he 'stands on the shoulders of all the incredible producers, executives, my parents and my ancestors who kicked down doors, made sacrifices and blazed a trail for me to do what I’m blessed to do.'

In an emotional speech, director Guillermo del Toro paid tribute to the legendary filmmaker and preservationist Martin Scorsese before presenting him with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award.

He saluted Scorsese for continuing to make some of his most vital work several decades into his lengthy career.

'An artist’s spirit cannot be tamed,' the Mexican director said. 'It will remain vital, savage and even undomesticated — even in the fourth or fifth decade of a prestigious career.'

When it was his turn to speak, Scorsese was greeted by a standing ovation and rapturous applause from the audience.

He kept the mood light by recounting a humorous speech from former winner Alfred Hitchcock, whom he had met early in his career.

'When you receive such an award, you want to pinch yourself to make sure it isn’t being made posthumously,' he recalled Hitchcock saying. The Vertigo filmmaker also gave advice on how to curb runaway productions, a term referring to movies going way over budget or beyond their scheduled shooting period.

'Make producers and directors more faithful to their wives,' Hitchcock warned, according to Scorsese.

Animated films are recognized with the Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures. this year's nominees are The Boy And The Heron, Elemental, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

Sarah Michelle Gellar honored the producer Gail Berman — who helped her career take off with Buffy The Vampire Slayer — with an honorary awarded named after the late icon Norman Lear

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler took to the stage to present the former talent agency head and Macro Studios CEO Charles D. King with the PGA Milestone Award, making him the first Black recipient

In an emotional speech, director Guillermo del Toro paid tribute to the legendary filmmaker and preservationist Martin Scorsese before presenting him with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award

Scorsese received a standing ovation and rapturous applause from the audience as he accepted. He recounted a humorous story about Alfred Hitchcock's speech when he received the same award decades earlier

The Crown is among the hit shows up for the Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Drama. It will be competing against The Diplomat, The Last of Us, The Morning Show and Succession.

The nominees for the Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television — Comedy are Barry, The Bear, Jury Duty, Only Murders In The Building and Ted Lasso.

The Amazing Race, RuPaul's Drag Race and Squid Game: The Challenge, are among the nominees for Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television.

The PGA Awards also recognize sports programs, with 100 Foot Wave, Beckham, Formula 1: Drive To Survive, Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The New York Jets and Shaun White: The Last Run up for the Award for Outstanding Sports Program.

PGA Awards 2024 Winners

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

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer — WINNER

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone of Interest

Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures 

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — WINNER

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

 

Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Drama

The Crown

The Diplomat

The Last of Us

The Morning Show

Succession — WINNER

 

Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television - Comedy

Barry

The Bear — WINNER

Jury Duty

Only Murders in the Building

Ted Lasso

 

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

All the Light We Cannot See

BEEF — WINNER

Daisy Jones and the Six

Fargo

Lessons in Chemistry

 

Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea — WINNER

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

Quiz Lady

Reality

Red, White & Royal Blue

 

Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

60 Minutes

The 1619 Project

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Being Mary Tyler Moore

Welcome to Wrexham — WINNER

 

Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television

Carol Burnett: 90 Years Of Laughter + Love

Chris Rock: Selective Outrage

Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — WINNER

Saturday Night Live

 

Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

The Amazing Race

RuPaul's Drag Race — WINNER

Squid Game: The Challenge

Top Chef

The Voice

 

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture

20 Days in Mariupol

American Symphony — WINNER

Beyond Utopia

The Disappearance of Shere Hite

The Mother of All Lies

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

 

The Award for Outstanding Sports Program

100 Foot Wave

Beckham — WINNER

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets

Shaun White: The Last Run

 

The Award for Outstanding Children's Program

Goosebumps

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

Sesame Street — WINNER

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

The Velveteen Rabbit

 

The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson

The Last of Us: Inside the Episode

Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question

Succession: Controlling the Narrative — WINNER

 

PGA Innovation Award

Body Of Mine — WINNER

The Eye and I

JFK Memento

Letters From Drancy

MLK: Now Is the Time

Ocean of Light: Dolphins VR

Our Ocean Our Future

Out of Scale, A Kurzgesagt Adventure

Reimagined

Space Explorers: Blue Marble Trilogy

Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway

The World’s Largest Tailgate

Barbie is up for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures