Todd Longwell Many awards ceremonies champion themselves as stepping stones to the Oscars, but the Producers Guild of America Awards — to be presented Feb.
25 at Ovation Hollywood’s Ray Dolby Ballroom — have an enviable track record to support the claim. The winner of the PGA’s top prize, the Darryl F.
Zanuck Award, has matched the Oscar winner for best picture for 15 of the last 20 years, and 24 of the 33 years since the first ceremony in 1990.
For Donald De Line, a studio exec turned producer who serves as PGA president alongside Stephanie Allain, the guild’s track record adds to the anticipation surrounding the pre-Oscar kudofest. “Part of the fun is the horse race and the excitement of it all,” he says.
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