Cast member Brad Pitt and his partner, actress Angelina Jolie, attend the premiere of the motion picture fantasy "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on December 8, 2008. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo
Actor/director Ron Howard and wife arrive for the New York premiere of his new film "Frost/Nixon", which is based on conversations taped by David Frost with former President Nixon. on November 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen) | License Photo
Sean Penn (L), star of the new dramatic biography motion picture "Milk", arrives with his wife, actress Robin Wright Penn for the premiere of the film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on November 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo
Actor Christian Bale attends a press conference for the film "The Dark Knight" in Tokyo, Japan, on July 29, 2008. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori) | License Photo
Tina Fey appears backstage with one of the three Emmy Awards she received for her work with "30 Rock" at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Center in Los Angeles on September 21, 2008. (UPI Photo/Scott Harms) | License Photo
(L-R) Steve Carrell, B.J. Novak, Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, and Rainn Wilson hold the award for outstanding comedy series 'The Office' at the 58th annual Primetime Emmy awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on August 27, 2006. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo
Mary-Louise Parker holds her best actress award for her performance in "weeds" at the 63rd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, CA on January 16, 2006. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen) | License Photo
Glenn Close arrives for the premiere of "Damages" at the DGA Theater in New York on December 13, 2008. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh) | License Photo
Terry O'Quinn holds his Emmy for work on 'Lost" at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on September 16, 2007. (UPI Photo/Scott Harms) | License Photo
Director Danny Boyle attends the Toronto International Film Festival press conference for "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto, Canada on September 8, 2008. (UPI Photo/Christine Chew) | License Photo
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Producers of "The Dark Knight," "Frost/Nixon" and "Milk" are among the nominees announced Monday for the Producers Guild of America's top film prize.
The other nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures are the teams behind "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Slumdog Millionaire."
The nominees for Producer of the Year for a theatrically released documentary are Simon Chinn for "Man on Wire," Julie Bilson Ahlberg and Errol Morris for "Standard Operating Procedure" and Carl Deal and Tia Lessin for "Trouble the Water."
Nominees in the animated movie category are Clark Spencer for "Bolt," Melissa Cobb for "Kung Fu Panda" and Jim Morris for "Wall-E."
Nominated for The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television -- Comedy are the teams behind "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Entourage," "The Office," "30 Rock" and "Weeds."
In the TV drama category, the nominees are the producers of "Boston Legal," "Damages," "Dexter," "Lost" and "Mad Men."
The PGA also announced it would present its Milestone Award to Brian Grazer and Ron Howard; its David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures to Michael Douglas; and its Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television to David Chase. The organization also said it would present its Visionary Award to Jeff Skoll; its Vanguard Award to MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson; and its Stanley Kramer Award to Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen for "Milk."
