Dana Walden to Receive Milestone Award at 2025 Producers Guild Awards

Katcy Stephan
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Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden will be honored with the Milestone Award at the 2025 Producers Guild Awards. She will accept the honor at the 36th annual PGA Awards on Feb. 8, 2025, at the Fairmont Century Plaza in L.A.

The PGA’s Milestone Award honors individuals or teams who have made historic contributions to the entertainment industry. Recipients of the Milestone Award include Hollywood legends Louis B. Mayer, Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock, as well as contemporary innovators Steven Spielberg, Bob Iger, Sherry Lansing, George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy, Clint Eastwood, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Donna Langley and Charles D. King.

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“Dana Walden has made incredible contributions to the entertainment industry, overseeing the production and development of many of the most iconic and award-winning shows in history,” said PGA presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line in a joint statement. “Her leadership, first as CEO of Fox Television Group and now as co-chairman overseeing Disney’s global television portfolio, has had a major impact on the business. We are proud to recognize her exceptional and long-standing work in this industry.”

Dana Walden serves as co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, leading The Walt Disney Company’s full portfolio of global television assets. Additionally, she shares oversight of Disney’s streaming services, including Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+, which is now in more than 150 countries and 40 languages. Walden also co-runs platform distribution, technology and ad sales.

Prior to joining Disney, Walden was CEO of Fox Television Group, where she led Fox Broadcasting Company from its standing at fourth place to first. Over the course of her career, Walden has overseen the production and development of several history-making series and franchises, including “24,” “Abbott Elementary,” “The Americans,” “American Horror Story,” “American Idol,” “The Bear,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Family Guy,” “Glee,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Homeland,” “The Kardashians,” “Modern Family,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” “Shōgun,” “The Simpsons” and “This Is Us,” among many others.

Walden has been inducted into the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, was named MIPCOM Personality of the Year, included in the 2024 CNBC Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business. She also serves on the board of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Foundation, is a member of USC’s President’s Leadership Council and serves on the President’s Circle of the NAACP.

“I’ve had the unbelievable good fortune of working with many of the smartest and most gifted producers in the history of the television and film industry, and I am grateful to Stephanie, Donald and the PGA for recognizing the tremendous value of those partnerships,” said Walden. “It is with great pride that I share this award with my talented colleagues at The Walt Disney Company, where the highest quality and most innovative storytelling has been produced and celebrated for over 100 years.”

The 2025 Producers Guild Awards Event Chairs are Mike Farah and Joe Farrell. The 2025 Producers Guild Awards are produced by Anchor Street Collective and written by Jody Lambert, Lauren Cortizo and Matt Oberg for the Producers Guild of America. Branden Chapman is executive producer, and Carleen Cappelletti is co-executive producer. Sunshine Sachs Morgan & Lylis is PR agency of record, and Diane Salerno manages sponsorships.

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