Five Animated Movies Get PGA Award Nods

Five movies were nominated for Best Animated Feature Producers Guild Awards this morning (Jan. 2). They are:

• The Croods (DreamWorks Animation)
  Producers: Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell

• Despicable Me 2 (Universal Pictures)
  Producers: Janet Healy, Chris Meledandri

• Epic (Twentieth Century Fox)
  Producers: Jerry Davis, Lori Forte

• Frozen (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  Producer: Peter Del Vecho

• Monsters University (Pixar Animation)
  Producer: Kori Rae

The winner will be announced at the PGA ceremony on January 16. The organization vets the producers listed for each film to determine which individuals should be recognized for each pic:

The live-action nominees are:

• American Hustle (Columbia Pictures)
  Producers: Megan Ellison, Jon Gordon, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle
• Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
  Producers: Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
• Captain Phillips (Columbia Pictures)
  Producers: Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
• Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
  Producers: Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter
• Gravity (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
• Her (Warner Bros. Pictures)
  Producers: Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay
• Nebraska (Paramount Pictures)
  Producers: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
• Saving Mr. Banks (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
  Producers: Ian Collie, Alison Owen, Philip Steuer1
• 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
  Producers: Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner
• Wolf of Wall Street (Paramount Pictures)
  Producers: Riza Aziz, Emma Koskoff, Joey McFarland