As the 2017 Awards Season begins to winds down, FilmL.A. is here to remind our readers of how well L.A. area productions fared for the season. This year marks FilmL.A.’s third year of regional awards tracking and reporting. It is always thrilling to see local talent rewarded for the outstanding work they do, and this season offered numerous wins to celebrate. For the 2017 Awards Season, FilmL.A. analyzed the results of ten awards shows. Across those programs, a total of 71 regional wins were tallied by area film and television projects. The full breakdown of area winners is presented below.
Golden Globe Awards
La La Land
Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Best Director – Motion Picture: Damien Chazelle
Best Screenplay
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: Ryan Gosling
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Emma Stone
Best Original Song – Motion Picture, “City of Stars“
Best Original Score – Motion Picture: Justin Hurwitz
Other Golden Globe Winners
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Aaron Taylor-Johnson: Nocturnal Animals
Best Motion Picture – Animated: Zootopia
Best Actor in a Drama Series: Billy Bob Thornton – Goliath
Best Actress Musical or Comedy: Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish
Best Limited Series/Made for TV Movie: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Actress in a Limited Series/Made for TV Movie: Sarah Paulson – The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Critics’ Choice Awards
La La Land
Best Picture
Best Director – Damien Chazelle
Best Original Screenplay – Damien Chazelle
Best Cinematography – Linus Sandgren
Best Production Design – David Wasco, Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
Best Editing – Tom Cross
Best Song – “City of Stars” Pharrell Williams
Best Score – Justin Hurwitz
Other Critics’ Choice Award Winners
Best Animated Feature – Zootopia
Best Comedy Series: Silicon Valley
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Louie Anderson, Baskets
Best Movie Made for Television or Limited Series The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Actress in a Made for TV Movie or Limited Series – Sarah Paulson The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Actor in a Made for TV Movie or Limited Series – Courtney B. Vance The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Supporting Actor in a Made for TV Movie or Limited Series – Sterling K. Brown The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Reality Competition Series, The Voice
Best Actress in a Drama Series – Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series – Thandie Newton, Westworld
Producers Guild Awards
Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: La La Land
Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Zootopia
Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (Season 1)
Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: The Voice (Season 9-11)
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Emma Stone, La La Land
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series: Bryan Cranston, All the Way
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series, Sarah Paulson, The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: William H. Macy, Shameless
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Directors Guild Awards
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series Becky Martin, Veep, “Inauguration”
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs Tina Mabry, An American Girl Story – Melody 1963: Love Has to Win
British Academy of Films and Television Awards (BAFTAs)
Best Film: La La Land
Best Director: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Best Actress: Emma Stone, La La Land
Best Cinematography: Linus Sandgren, La La Land
Writers Guild Awards
Best Quiz and Audience Participation Show, Hollywood Game Night
Best Daytime Drama, General Hospital
Best Children’s Episodic, “Gortimer, Ranger and Mel vs. The Endless Night”, Gortimer Gibbons Life on Normal Street
Best Original Short Form New Media: The Commute, “The Party”
Best Quiz and Audience Participation: Hollywood Game Night
Best Adapted Long Form: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Best Episodic Drama: This Is Us, “The Trip”
Academy Awards, (“The Oscars”)
La La Land
Best director: Damien Chazelle,
Lead actress: Emma Stone
Cinematography
Production Design
Original score
Original Song – “City of Stars”
Best Animated Feature, Zootopia
American Cinema Editors Awards – ACE Eddie Awards
Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy): La La Land
Best Edited Animated Feature Film: Zootopia
Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television: Veep — “Morning After”
Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television: This Is Us — “Pilot”
Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Television: All the Way
Art Directors Guild
Best Contemporary Film Feature Film: La La Land
Best One-Hour Period or Fantasy Single-Camera Series Television: Westworld: “Pilot”
Best Multi-Camera Series Television: The Great Indoors: “Pilot”