Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein will posthumously obtain the Producers Guild of America’s (PGA) Trailblazer Award on the Guild’s 2025 ceremony subsequent month.
The award recognises their “shared dedication to paving the way in which for feminine producers and championing girls’s voices in Hollywood” and shall be a poignant component of the PGA Awards on February 8 in Los Angeles.
“Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein have made a long-lasting influence on the business with their trailblazing work and steadfast dedication to amplifying girls’s voices,” stated PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line. “Lynda and Paula embody the spirit of ladies who’ve damaged boundaries and paved the way in which for future generations of producers.”
Obst, who died on October 22, 2024, performed a giant position in pushing for gender parity behind the digicam, mentoring, and advocating for extra alternatives for feminine filmmakers.
Her credit embrace Sleepless In Seattle, Interstellar, Contact, and How To Lose A Man In 10 Days.
Weinstein, who died on March 25, 2024, began out as Jane Fonda’s agent and went on to turn out to be the highest feminine govt within the business when she was appointed vice-president of twentieth Century Fox in 1979 on the age of 33. Her positions included president of United Artists, a vice-president of Warner Bros. and an EVP at twentieth Century Fox. She was chief content material officer for Tribeca Enterprises from 2013 to 2023.
Her producing credit embrace Analyze This, Analyze That, The Good Storm, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and the tv exhibits Grace And Frankie, Iron Jawed Angels, and Recount, amongst others. Her advocacy work noticed her set up Hollywood Girls’s Political Committee, a fundraising group for liberal candidates, and serve on the board of the Nationwide Finance Committee for President Obama.