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Producers Guild honors 'Shape of Water,' 'Handmaid's Tale' teams

By Karen Butler   |   Jan. 21, 2018 at 11:08 AM
Actress Sally Hawkins and filmmaker Guillermo del Toro's movie "The Shape of Water" was honored by the Producers Guild of America Saturday night. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI (L-R) Actors Alexis Bledel, O-T Fagbenle, Yvonne Strahovski, Producer Warren Littlefield, actor Elisabeth Moss, Producer Bruce Miller, actors Samira Wiley, Madeline Brewer, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd, Reed Morano and Max Minghella appear backstage after winning the award for Best Television Series Drama for "The Handmaid's Tale" during the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on January 7. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI (l-r) Actors Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Rachel Brosnahan, fillmmakers Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino and actor Tony Shalhoub appear backstage after winning the award for Best Television Series -- Musical or Comedy for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" during the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills on January 7. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The teams behind the fantasy romance The Shape of Water and Hulu's dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale won the top prizes at the Producers Guild of America Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills Saturday night.

Coco won for best animated film and Jane for best documentary, while Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel was recognized for having the best comedy series producing team and NBC's The Voice the best producers of a competition series.

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In addition to the teams behind those specific projects, the guild also singled out several individuals for special awards.

Universal Pictures Chairman Donna Langley was honored with the Milestone Award; producer Charles Roven took home the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures; producer Ryan Murphy earned the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television; and producer Ava DuVernay picked up the Visionary Award.

The satire-thriller Get Out won the Stanley Kramer Award.