Sony Motion Picture Head Tom Rothman to Receive PGA Milestone Award
Sony Motion Picture Head Tom Rothman to Receive PGA Milestone Award
Sony Motion Picture Group Chairman Tom Rothman will be honored with the 2017 Producers Guild of American Milestone Award.
“Our industry has benefited immensely from Tom’s instincts, tenacity and vision,” said PGA Chairs Donald De Line and Amy Pascal, who has an overall deal with Sony.
“From his championing of independent storytellers early in his career to his nurturing of studio films on an epic scale, Tom’s passion for movies has been one of the unstoppable creative engines of our business,” they added in a joint statement.
Rothman’s upcoming releases include the Ang Lee film “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” and the Jennifer Lawrence-Chris Pratt space romance “Passengers.”
Past milestone award winners include Clint Eastwood, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, Sherry Lansing, Ron Meyer, Bob & Harvey Weinstein, Alan Horn, Bob Iger, and most recently former 20th Century Fox CEO Jim Gianopulos.