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PGA Honorees Taika Waititi, Paula Weinstein, Lynda Obst, Dana Walden and Chris Meledandri Called ‘a Genius,’ ‘Trailblazers,’ ‘Phenomenal’ and ‘a Pioneer’
2025 PGA award honorees Taika Waititi, Lynda Obst, Paula Weinstein, Chris Meledandri and Dana Walden having successes spanning decades in film and TV
Taika Waititi Norman Lear Achievement Award Sizing up Taika Waititi’s impressive body of work that includes “What We Do in the Shadows,” “Our Flag Means Death” and “Reservation Dogs,” PGA co-president Donald De Line put it simply, “He’s a genius.” Honoring the Oscar and Grammy-winning, Emmy-nominated producer with the Norman Lear Achievement Award — recognizing individuals whose leadership and creativity have made profound contributions to the television industry — at the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards was almost a no-brainer. “He looks at worlds and cultures that are marginalized or not really seen by other people, and he makes them entirely accessible and human and relatable to everybody, and does it with phenomenal humor,” De Line says. Individually, between the two, they produced some of the most popular films of the last several decades, including “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” “Analyze This,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” “The Fisher King” and “Interstellar.”
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