Gail Berman to Receive Producers Guild’s 2024 Norman Lear Award

The longtime producer has overseen movies such as “Elvis” and TV hits like “24” and “American Idol”

Gail Berman attends 2023 WIF (Women In Film) Oscar Party at NeueHouse Los Angeles
Gail Berman attends 2023 WIF (Women In Film) Oscar Party at NeueHouse Los Angeles (Credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)

Gail Berman, a veteran of the television industry and co-owner and founding member of production studio The Jackal Group has been tapped to receive this year’s Norman Lear Achievement Award at the 35th Producers Guild Awards scheduled to take place Feb. 25.

Berman is also notable for producing over 300 episodes of television and shepherding some of Fox Networks’ most enduring shows during her tenure as resident of entertainment there, such as “24,” “Family Guy,” “House,” “Arrested Development” and “American Idol.” She once occupied the status of being the only woman to hold a chief post at a major film studio and television network at the same time, as former president of Paramount Pictures.

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