The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has named Disney Leisure co-chairman Dana Walden as this yr’s recipient of the Guild’s Milestone Award.
The award, which honours people or groups who’ve made historic contributions to the leisure business, will likely be offered on the thirty sixth annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on February 8 in Los Angeles.
In her present place, Walden leads Disney’s portfolio of world tv property and shares oversight of the corporate’s streaming providers, together with Hulu and Disney+.
Earlier than becoming a member of Disney after the corporate’s 2019 acquisition of most of Fox’s movie and TV property, Walden served as CEO of Fox Tv Group. Over the course of her profession she has overseen the event and manufacturing of sequence together with 24, Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Homeland and Shogun.
PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line stated Walden “has made unimaginable contributions to the leisure business, overseeing the manufacturing and improvement of lots of the most iconic and award-winning reveals in historical past. Her management, first as CEO of Fox Tv Group and now as co-chairman overseeing Disney’s world tv portfolio, has had a significant influence on the enterprise. We’re proud to recognise her distinctive and long-standing work on this business.”
Walden commented: “I’ve had the unbelievable luck of working with lots of the smartest and most gifted producers within the historical past of the tv and movie business, and I’m grateful to Stephanie, Donald and the PGA for recognising the great worth of these partnerships. It’s with nice delight that I share this award with my proficient colleagues at The Walt Disney Firm, the place the best high quality and most revolutionary storytelling has been produced and celebrated for over 100 years.”