Greg Berlanti to Get Norman Lear Award From Producers Guild

The Producers Guild of America will honor producer, creator, and director Greg Berlanti with its Norman Lear Achievement Award in the middle of the Producers Guild Awards subsequent month in Los Angeles. 

The Norman Lear Award, named after the prolific Emmy-winning producer of “All inside the Family,” celebrates producers who’ve made a essential impression on the art work and craft of television. Earlier honorees embody Marta Kauffman, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Ryan Murphy, Shonda Rhimes, Dick Wolf, Jerry Bruckheimer, Lorne Michaels, Aaron Spelling, Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley and Lear himself.

“From beloved assortment like ‘Dawson’s Creek,’ must-watch streaming reveals like ‘The Flight Attendant’ and action-packed DC hits like ‘The Flash’ and ‘Doom Patrol,’ Greg has produced plenty of the most obsession-worthy assortment inside the historic previous of television,” acknowledged Producers Guild of America presidents, Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher in an announcement. “Greg’s functionality to grab the world’s consideration with charming characters and revolutionary storylines, period after period, is unparalleled. We’re thrilled to honor Greg with the Norman Lear Award.” 

“I’m extraordinarily honored to acquire this award from all people on the PGA, significantly given it’s named after Norman Lear: the kindest, warmest and wisest legend I’ve ever had the nice fortune of calling a pal. I’m so grateful to all people on the Producers Guild and all of my coworkers who’ve helped make a second like this doable,” acknowledged Berlanti. 

Berlanti began his occupation in television as a staff creator on “Dawson’s Creek” and have develop into an authorities producer and showrunner of the hit assortment after only one yr on staff. He’s served as creator, creator, and producer on assortment along with “Everwood,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Political Animals,” “You,” “Arrow,” “Blindspot, “Supergirl,” “Riverdale,” “Titans,” and “All American.”

He’s been nominated for Golden Globes and Emmys and obtained nods from the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America. In 2020, Time journal named him one amongst its 100 Most Influential People of 2020. For the previous couple of years, Berlanti Productions has had as many as 15 reveals on the air at one time.

His perform film directorial initiatives embody “The Broken Hearts Membership: A Romantic Comedy,” and “Keep, Simon” and he is set to direct and produce an untitled Rock Hudson biopic.

Berlanti’s upcoming perform initiatives embody Amazon’s “My Policeman” and HBO Max’s “Moonshot.” The movie division of his agency, Berlanti/Schechter Films, has an distinctive first-look perform film deal with Netflix.  

Event chairs for the thirty third annual Producers Guild Awards, to be held Saturday, March 19, on the Fairmount Century Plaza, are Chris Thomas, vice president of ingenious corporations for Disney Television Studios and Melvin Mar, authorities producer at The Detective Firm. The 2022 Producers Guild of America Awards are produced by Anchor Street Collective for the Producers Guild of America. Branden Chapman is authorities producer, Carleen Cappelletti is co-executive producer, Matt Ullian and Jane Sarkin of Boldface Companions are experience executives, and Jim Piccirillo directs.