Mary Parent to Receive Selznick Achievement Award From PGA

Mary Dad or mum, the producer of “Dune” with Legendary Leisure, will obtain this yr’s David. O Selznick Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America.

Dad or mum, who’s the vice chairman of worldwide manufacturing at Legendary Leisure, overseeing all features of movie, will settle for the honour on the thirty third Annual Producers Guild Awards Saturday, March 19, 2022 on the Fairmont Century Plaza.

Previous recipients of the prize have included Steven Spielberg, Barbara Broccoli, Gale Anne Hurd, Brian Grazer, David Heyman, Kevin Feige, in addition to Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner of Plan B.

“Mary has been on the forefront of daring, breakthrough studio initiatives for many years, and we each felt that the time has come to shine a lightweight on Mary’s trailblazing profession as a producer,” PGA presidents Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher mentioned in a joint assertion. “Her imaginative and prescient for a powerful world theatrical market and a way forward for movies full of grand visuals and imaginative tales creates an optimistic and thrilling image of what’s subsequent, and we’re thrilled to honor her and her many achievements this yr on the PGA Awards.” 

“I’m very humbled to be acknowledged alongside so many legendary producers who’ve acquired this honor earlier than me proper all the way down to the award’s namesake, David O. Selznick. The movies they’ve produced not solely impacted cinematic historical past but in addition world tradition in methods solely true storytelling can obtain. Because the PGA continues to additional and shield the craft of manufacturing, I’m grateful for its existence in addition to all the numerous gifted and artistic people I’ve been so lucky to work with. With out my trusted crew of colleagues, success wouldn’t be potential,” Dad or mum mentioned in a press release.

Dad or mum’s motion pictures have amassed over $20 billion on the world field workplace, together with two huge hits from this yr in “Dune” and “Godzilla Vs. Kong.” She’s additionally been a producer on “Enola Holmes,” “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu” and “Carne y Area,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s VR movie that received a Particular Achievement Oscar.

Earlier than becoming a member of Legendary, Dad or mum was founder and CEO of Disruption Leisure, the place she produced a prolific slate of movies together with Darren Aronofsky’s “Noah,” “The SpongeBob Film: Sponge Out of Water,” “Kong: Cranium Island” and “The Revenant,” for which Dad or mum acquired an Academy Award nomination for Finest Image, a PGA Awards nomination for Excellent Producer of Theatrical Movement Footage, and a BAFTA win for Finest Movie. Previous to that, she served as vice chairman of worldwide manufacturing at Common Footage, and chairman of MGM.

Dad or mum additionally co-founded the manufacturing firm Stuber/Dad or mum. Dad or mum started her profession as an agent trainee at ICM earlier than becoming a member of New Line Cinema as a inventive government.

The 2022 Producers Guild Awards occasion chairs are Chris Thomes, vice chairman, inventive providers for Disney Tv Studios, and Melvin Mar, government producer, The Detective Company. The 2022 Producers Guild of America Awards are produced by Anchor Road Collective for the Producers Guild of America. Branden Chapman is government producer, Carleen Cappelletti is co-executive producer, Matt Ullian and Jane Sarkin of Boldface Companions are expertise executives, and Jim Piccirillo is director. The PGA Awards crew additionally consists of Diane Salerno (Six Levels International) managing sponsorship, advertising guide Julie Giles (greenHAT digital) for social, and the PGA’s PR company of file, Sunshine Sachs for PR.

Sponsors of the 2022 Producers Guild Awards embody: Cadillac, Official Automotive Associate; Delta Air Traces, Official Airline Associate; GreenSlate; and Glenfiddich Scotch.