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Producers Guild Awards 2016: ‘The Big Short’ Wins Top Prize, Full List of Winners

Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner accept the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures (for 'The Big Short') onstage at the Producers Guild Awards Jan. 23 in L.A.'s Century City.Mark Davis/WireImage

Didn’t see that one coming! The Producers Guild presented The Big Short with its top prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Picture, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles Saturday, January 23. The film — directed by Adam McKay and starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt — wasn’t the fan favorite and received fewer Oscar nominations than The Revenant, which many predicted would take home the award.

Almost every year, the Producers Guild Awards is the best predictor of which film will win the Best Picture award at the Oscars. In the past 10 years, the top winner has gone on to win the Academy Award for best picture eight times, according to Entertainment Weekly.

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When it was announced that The Big Short won the highest honor, two of the film’s producers, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, looked stunned themselves as they took the stage to accept the award. Pitt, who was also a producer of the film, wasn’t present.

Throughout the night, while guests sipped on Piper-Heidsieck champagne, the best of the best in film and TV were acknowledged for their work. Game of Thrones, Fargo and Transparent took home the top awards in the TV categories. Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse biopic, Amy, won for top documentary, while Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out won for top animated movie. Lady Gaga entertained the audience with a performance of her song “Til It Happens to You,” which is nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars.

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Lady Gaga performed at the Producers Guild Awards. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for ABA

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See the full list of winners below.

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

The Big Short — WINNER

Bridge of Spies

Brooklyn

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Sicario

Spotlight

Straight Outta Compton


The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out — WINNER

Minions

The Peanuts Movie


The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television

American Crime

American Horror Story: Hotel

Fargo — WINNER

True Detective

A Very Murray Christmas


The Award for Outstanding Sports Program

Back on Board: Greg Louganis

E:60

Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Houston Texans

Kareem: Minority of One

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel — WINNER


The Award for Outstanding Digital Series

30 for 30 Shorts

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — WINNER

Epic Rap Battles of History

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent

This American Life Presents: Videos 4 U


The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures

Amy — WINNER

The Hunting Ground

The Look of Silence

Meru

Something Better to Come


The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama

Better Call Saul

Game of Thrones — WINNER

Homeland

House of Cards

Mad Men


The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy

Inside Amy Schumer

Modern Family

Silicon Valley

Transparent — WINNER

Veep


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The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

30 for 30

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst — WINNER

Shark Tank

Vice


The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television

The Amazing Race

Dancing With the Stars

Project Runway

Top Chef

The Voice — WINNER


The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television

The Colbert Report

Key & Peele

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver — WINNER

Real Time With Bill Maher

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon


The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

Doc McStuffins

The Fairly OddParents

Octonauts

Sesame Street — WINNER

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Toy Story That Time Forgot

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