‘Rocky’ Producer Irwin Winkler to Receive PGA’s David O. Selznick Award
Academy Award winner will accept the annual prize at guild awards in January
An Academy Award winner for “Rocky,” Winkler also boasts titles like “Goodfellas,” “Raging Bull” and “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”
Winkler is the only producer with three film titles on the AFI list of 100 Greatest American Films, the PGA noted in a Tuesday announcement.
“Winkler’s movies have come to define Hollywood storytelling, and the gallery of iconic characters and classic scenes from his work remains a touchstone for all motion picture producers,” said PGA Awards chairs Amy Pascal and Donald De Line.
Winkler is a producer on one of the biggest mysteries of this award season — Martin Scorsese’s “Silence,” about two 17th century jesuits who travel to Japan to prosthelytize and locate their missing mentor.