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 best way for feminine producers and championing girls’s voices in Hollywood” and will probably be a poignant component of the PGA Awards on February 8 in Los Angeles.
“Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein have made a long-lasting affect on the trade with their trailblazing work and steadfast dedication to amplifying girls’s voices,” mentioned PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line. “Lynda and Paula embody the spirit of ladies who’ve damaged obstacles and paved the best way for future generations of producers.”
Obst, who died on October 22, 2024, performed a giant function in pushing for gender parity behind the digital camera, mentoring, and advocating for extra alternatives for feminine filmmakers.
Her credit embody 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 into the highest feminine government within the trade 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 embody 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 Ladies’s Political Committee, a fundraising group for liberal candidates, and serve on the board of the Nationwide Finance Committee for President Obama.
