Writers Guild of America Award
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The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949. In 2004, the show was broadcast on television for the first time.
The screen awards are for films that were exhibited theatrically in the Los Angeles area during the preceding calendar year. The television awards are for series that were produced and aired between December 1 and November 30, regardless of how many episodes aired during this time period.
Award Categories
The following categories are recognized annually:
- 1985
- Original Screenplay: Broadway Danny Rose
- Adapted Screenplay: The Killing Fields
- 1986
- Original Screenplay: Witness*
- Adapted Screenplay: Prizzi's Honor
- 1987
- Original Screenplay: Hannah and Her Sisters*
- Adapted Screenplay: A Room with a View*
- 1988
- Original Screenplay: Moonstruck*
- Adapted Screenplay: Roxanne
- 1989
- Original Screenplay: Bull Durham
- Adapted Screenplay: Dangerous Liaisons*
- 1990
- Original Screenplay: Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Adapted Screenplay: Driving Miss Daisy*
- 1991
- Original Screenplay: Avalon
- Adapted Screenplay: Dances with Wolves*
- 1992
- Original Screenplay: Thelma & Louise*
- Adapted Screenplay: The Silence of the Lambs*
- 1993
- Original Screenplay: The Crying Game*
- Adapted Screenplay: The Player
- 1994
- Original Screenplay: The Piano*
- Adapted Screenplay: Schindler's List*
- 1995
- Original Screenplay: Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump*
- 1996
- Original Screenplay: Braveheart
- Adapted Screenplay: Sense and Sensibility*
- 1997
- Original Screenplay: Fargo*
- Adapted Screenplay: Sling Blade*
- 1998
- Original Screenplay: As Good as It Gets
- Adapted Screenplay: L.A. Confidential*
- 1999
- Original Screenplay: Shakespeare in Love*
- Adapted Screenplay: Out of Sight
- 2000
- Original Screenplay: American Beauty*
- Adapted Screenplay: Election
- 2001
- Original Screenplay: You Can Count on Me
- Adapted Screenplay: Traffic*
- 2002
- Original Screenplay: Gosford Park*
- Adapted Screenplay: A Beautiful Mind*
- 2003
- Original Screenplay: Bowling for Columbine
- Adapted Screenplay: The Hours
- 2004
- Original Screenplay: Lost in Translation*
- Adapted Screenplay: American Splendor
- 2005
- Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*
- Adapted Screenplay: Sideways*
- 2006
- Original Screenplay: Crash*
- Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain*
- 2007
- Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine*
- Adapted Screenplay: The Departed*
- 2008
- Original Screenplay: Juno*
- Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men*
- 2009
- Original Screenplay: Milk*
- Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire*
- 2010
- Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker*
- Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
- 2011
- Original Screenplay: Inception
- Adapted Screenplay: The Social Network*
- 2012
- Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris*
- Adapted Screenplay: The Descendants*
The following categories are no longer recognized:
- 1949
- Best Written Film Concerning Problems with the American Scene: The Snake Pit
- Best Written Western: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre*
- Best Written Musical: Easter Parade
- Best Written Drama: The Snake Pit
- Best Written Comedy: Sitting Pretty
- 1950
- Best Written Film Concerning Problems with the American Scene: All the King's Men
- Best Written Western: Yellow Sky
- Best Written Musical: On the Town
- Best Written Drama: All the King's Men
- Best Written Comedy: A Letter to Three Wives*
- 1951
- Best Written Film Concerning Problems with the American Scene: The Men
- Best Written Western: Broken Arrow
- Best Written Musical: Annie Get Your Gun (film)
- Best Written Drama: Sunset Boulevard*
- Best Written Comedy: All About Eve*
- 1952
- Best Written Film Concerning Problems with the American Scene: Bright Victory
- Best Written Musical: An American in Paris*
- Best Written Low-Budget Film: The Steel Helmet
- Best Written Drama: A Place in the Sun*
- Best Written Comedy: Father's Little Dividend
- 1953
- Best Written Musical: Singin' in the Rain
- Best Written Drama: High Noon
- Best Written Comedy: The Quiet Man
- 1954
- Best Written Musical: Lili
- Best Written Drama: From Here to Eternity*
- Best Written Comedy: Roman Holiday*
- 1955
- Best Written Musical: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
- Best Written Drama: On the Waterfront*
- Best Written Comedy: Sabrina
- 1956
- Best Written Musical: Love Me or Leave Me*
- Best Written Drama: Marty*
- Best Written Comedy: Mister Roberts
- 1957
- Best Written Musical: The King and I
- Best Written Drama: Friendly Persuasion
- Best Written Comedy: Around the World in 80 Days*
- 1958
- Best Written Musical: Les Girls
- Best Written Drama: 12 Angry Men
- Best Written Comedy: Love in the Afternoon
- 1959
- Best Written Musical: Gigi*
- Best Written Drama: The Defiant Ones*
- Best Written Comedy: Me and the Colonel
- 1960
- Best Written Musical: The Five Pennies
- Best Written Drama: The Diary of Anne Frank
- Best Written Comedy: Some Like it Hot
- 1961
- Best Written Musical: Bells Are Ringing
- Best Written Drama: Elmer Gantry*
- Best Written Comedy: The Apartment*
- 1962
- Best Written Musical: West Side Story
- Best Written Drama: The Hustler
- Best Written Comedy: Breakfast at Tiffany's
- 1963
- Best Written Musical: The Music Man
- Best Written Drama: To Kill a Mockingbird*
- Best Written Comedy: That Touch of Mink
- 1964
- Best Written Musical: Not awarded
- Best Written Drama: Hud
- Best Written Comedy: Lilies of the Field
- 1965
- Best Written Musical: Mary Poppins
- Best Written Drama: Becket*
- Best Written Comedy: Dr. Strangelove
- 1966
- Best Written Musical: The Sound of Music
- Best Written Drama: The Pawnbroker
- Best Written Comedy: A Thousand Clowns
- 1967
- Best Written Musical: Not awarded
- Best Written Drama: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Best Written Comedy: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
- 1968
- Best Original Screenplay: Bonnie and Clyde
- Best Written Musical: Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Best Written Drama: Bonnie and Clyde
- Best Written Comedy: The Graduate
- 1969
- Best Original Screenplay: The Producers
- Best Written Musical: Funny Girl
- Best Written Drama: The Lion in Winter*
- Best Written Comedy: The Odd Couple
- 1970
- Best Original Drama: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*
- Best Adapted Drama: Midnight Cowboy*
- Best Original Comedy: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- Best Adapted Comedy: Goodbye, Columbus
- 1971
- Best Original Drama: Patton*
- Best Adapted Drama: I Never Sang for My Father
- Best Original Comedy: The Out-of-Towners
- Best Adapted Comedy: MASH*
- 1972
- Best Original Drama: Sunday Bloody Sunday
- Best Adapted Drama: The French Connection*
- Best Original Comedy: The Hospital*
- Best Adapted Comedy: Kotch
- 1973
- Best Original Drama: The Candidate*
- Best Adapted Drama: The Godfather*
- Best Original Comedy: What’s Up, Doc?
- Best Adapted Comedy: Cabaret
- 1974
- Best Original Drama: Save the Tiger
- Best Adapted Drama: Serpico
- Best Original Comedy: A Touch of Class
- Best Adapted Comedy: Paper Moon
- 1975
- Best Original Drama: Chinatown*
- Best Adapted Drama: The Godfather Part II*
- Best Original Comedy: Blazing Saddles
- Best Adapted Comedy: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
- 1976
- Best Original Drama: Dog Day Afternoon*
- Best Adapted Drama: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*
- Best Original Comedy: Shampoo
- Best Adapted Comedy: The Sunshine Boys
- 1977
- Best Original Drama: Network*
- Best Adapted Drama: All the President’s Men*
- Best Original Comedy: The Bad News Bears
- Best Adapted Comedy: The Pink Panther Strikes Again
- 1978
- Best Original Drama: The Turning Point
- Best Adapted Drama: Islands in the Stream
- Best Original Comedy: Annie Hall*
- Best Adapted Comedy: Oh, God!
- 1979
- Best Original Drama: Coming Home*
- Best Adapted Drama: Midnight Express*
- Best Original Comedy: Movie Movie
- Best Adapted Comedy: Heaven Can Wait and Same Time, Next Year
- 1980
- Best Original Drama: The China Syndrome
- Best Adapted Drama: Kramer vs. Kramer*
- Best Original Comedy: Breaking Away*
- Best Adapted Comedy: Being There
- 1981
- Best Original Drama: Melvin and Howard*
- Best Adapted Drama: Ordinary People*
- Best Original Comedy: Private Benjamin
- Best Adapted Comedy: Airplane!
- 1982
- Best Original Drama: Reds
- Best Adapted Drama: On Golden Pond*
- Best Original Comedy: Arthur
- Best Adapted Comedy: Rich and Famous
- 1983
- Best Original Drama: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
- Best Adapted Drama: Missing*
- Best Original Comedy: Tootsie
- Best Adapted Comedy: Victor/Victoria
- 1984
- Best Original Drama: Tender Mercies*
- Best Adapted Drama: Reuben, Reuben
- Best Original Comedy: The Big Chill
- Best Adapted Comedy: Terms of Endearment*
An * denotes a film that also went on to win an Academy Award for Writing.
See also
- WGA screenwriting credit system
- WGA script registration service
- 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1988 Writers Guild of America strike
- 1960 Writers Guild of America strike
- International Affiliation of Writers Guilds
External links
- Writers Guild of America, West website
- Writers Guild of America, East website
- Writers Guild of America awards list
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