Alfonso Cuarón has made history at the Producers Guild of America Awards…
The 52-year-old Mexican filmmaker not only picked up the first PGA Award of his career, but Cuarón is also part of a historic tie.
For the first time in its 25-year history, the Producers Guild of America bestowed its top prize on two films during Sunday’s awards ceremony.
Cuarón’s 3D sci-fi thriller Gravity and Steve McQueen‘s historical epic 12 Years a Slave both won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for outstanding producer of theatrical motion pictures at the show, which took place at the Beverly Hilton.
For the past six years, every feature film chosen by the Producers Guild for its top honor has gone on to be named the best picture at the Academy Awards.
Even though a tie at the Oscars is unlikely, the first-time PGA split keeps the Academy Awards race wide open in one of the tightest three-way battles in years. It may have been shut out by the producers, but David O. Russell‘s con caper American Hustle is also still very much in the running following a week of big showings at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards.
In the television categories, AMC‘s Breaking Bad won for best episodic drama, while ABC‘s Modern Family scored the win for best episodic comedy. HBO‘s Behind the Candelabra won in the longform category.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (TIE):
Gravity
12 Years a Slave
Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures:
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Frozen
David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Longform Television (TV Movies and Miniseries):
Behind the Candelabra
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
Breaking Bad
Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
Modern Family
Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
The Voice
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
The Colbert Report
Outstanding Sports Program:
SportsCenter
Outstanding Children’s Program:
Sesame Street
Outstanding Digital Series:
Wired: What’s Inside