Kennedys Up for Producer of the Year Award
Posted 01.03.12 by reelz
Nominations came out today for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards and the 8-part miniseries The Kennedys is in the running for the David L. Wolper Producer of the Year in Long-Form Television award.
The award encompasses both movies of the week and miniseries. For The Kennedys the producer nominees include Jon Cassar, Jonathan Koch, Stephen Kronish, Steve Michaels, Michael Prupas, Jamie Paul Rock, and Joel Surnow. The awards winners will be announced on January 21, 2012.
Other nominees for the Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television include:
Cinema Verite (HBO)
Producers: Zanne Devine, Karyn McCarthy
Downton Abbey (Masterpiece) (PBS)
Producers: Julian Fellowes, Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame
The Kennedys (ReelzChannel)
Producers: Jon Cassar, Jonathan Koch, Stephen Kronish, Steve Michaels, Michael Prupas, Jamie Paul Rock, Joel Surnow
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Producers: Todd Haynes, Pamela Koffler, Ilene S. Landress, Christine Vachon
Too Big To Fail (HBO)
Producers: Carol Fenelon, Jeffrey Levine, Paula Weinstein
The Kennedys, which premiered on ReelzChannel, has already won several accolades — four Emmy Awards (including Barry Pepper for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries) and three Gemini Awards. Greg Kinnear, who played John F. Kennedy, is also up for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries.