PGA Award
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| Founded | 1962 |
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| Merger of | Screen Producers Guild, Television Producers Guild |
| Type | Film organization |
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Key people
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Gary Lucchesi (President) Lori McCreary (President) David Friendly (Vice President Motion Pictures) Lydia Dean Pilcher (Vice President Motion Pictures) Tim Gibbons (Vice President Television) Jason Katims (Vice President Television) John Canning (Vice President New Media Council) Jethro Rothe-Kushel (Vice President AP Council) William Horberg (Vice President PGA East) Kay Rothman (Vice President PGA East) |
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Main organ
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National Board of Directors |
| Website | www |
Producers Guild of America (PGA) is a trade organization representing television producers, film producers and New Media producers in the United States. The PGA's membership includes over 7,000 members of the producing establishment worldwide. Its co-presidents are Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary. The PGA is overseen by a National Board of Directors. Vance Van Petten has served as the organization's National Executive Director since 2000.
The PGA offers several benefits to its members, including health insurance and pension benefits; seminars and mentoring programs; entrance to special screenings of movies during Academy Award season; and assistance with working conditions and screen credits. As of 2015, the gender ratio of the PGA’s membership is 57% male and 43% female.
The PGA began as two separate organizations, with the Screen Producers Guild being formed in 1950. Its first president was William Perlberg. In 1957, television producers followed suit, forming the Television Producers Guild, with Ben Brady as its first president. These merged in 1962 to form the PGA under legendary producer Walter Mirisch. Subsequent Presidents of the PGA have included Stanley Rubin, Leonard Stern, Kathleen Kennedy, Marshall Herskovitz, and the team of Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon.
The Golden Laurel Awards (subsequently renamed the Producers Guild Awards (aka the PGA Awards) were first held in 1990, establishing the Guild awards as one of the bellwethers for the Academy Awards. 11 of the 16 winners of the PGA's Darryl F. Zanuck Award have gone on to win the Oscar for best feature.
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