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WGA AWARDS

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    WGA Award (Screen)

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    Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sling Blade

      8.0 (102K)
      Billy Bob Thornton
    • [object Object]

      The Birdcage

      7.2 (110K)
      Elaine May
    • [object Object]

      Emma, l'entremetteuse

      6.6 (43K)
      Douglas McGrath
    • [object Object]

      Le patient anglais

      7.4 (210K)
      Anthony Minghella
    • [object Object]

      Trainspotting

      8.1 (753K)
      John Hodge

    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fargo

      8.1 (761K)
      Joel Coen
      Ethan Coen
    • [object Object]

      Jerry Maguire

      7.3 (301K)
      Cameron Crowe
    • [object Object]

      Lone Star

      7.4 (34K)
      John Sayles
    • [object Object]

      Secrets et Mensonges

      8.0 (50K)
      Mike Leigh
    • [object Object]

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Jan Sardi
      Scott Hicks(story)

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Adapted Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Boys Next Door

      7.2 (568)
      William Blinn
    • [object Object]

      Les enfants perdus

      7.5 (1.2K)
      Christopher Carlson
      Mark Jean
    • [object Object]

      Kissinger and Nixon

      6.5 (146)
      Lionel Chetwynd

    Children's Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Chair de poule

      Episode: 

      The Cuckoo Clock of Doom

      7.6 (16K)
      Dan Angel
      Billy Brown
    • [object Object]

      Reading Rainbow

      Episode: 

      Fly Away Home

      8.4 (5.5K)
      Ron Krauss
    • [object Object]

      Gullah Gullah Island

      Episode: 

      Look Who's Balking

      7.4 (1.5K)
      Eric Weiner
    • [object Object]

      Allegra's Window

      6.5 (366)
      Mollie Fermaglich
      For episode "Strange Bedfellows".
    • [object Object]

      Hypernauts

      7.5 (72)
      Katherine Lawrence
      For episode "Ice Bound".
    • [object Object]

      Peter and the Wolf

      6.3 (274)
      George Daugherty
      Janis Diamond
    • [object Object]

      ABC Afterschool Specials

      7.1 (1.4K)
      Courtney Flavin
      For episode "Educating Mom (#24.4)".

    Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series

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      Winner

      Late Night with Conan O'Brien

      8.2 (20K)
      Jonathan Groff
      Brian Kiley
      Janine Ditullio
      Tom Agna
      Chris Albers
      Tommy Blacha
      Brian McCann
      Brian Reich
      Michael Gordon
      Mike Sweeney
      Greg Cohen
      Andy Richter
      Conan O'Brien
      Ned Goldreyer
      Dino Stamatopoulos
    • [object Object]

      Dennis Miller Live

      6.5 (464)
      Eddie Feldmann
      Dennis Miller
      David Feldman
      Tom Hertz
      Mike Gandolfi
      Leah Krinsky
      Rick Overton
    • [object Object]

      Tracey Takes On...

      7.3 (726)
      Jerry Belson
      Dick Clement
      Kim Fuller
      Jenji Kohan
      Ian La Frenais
      Molly Newman
      Gail Parent
      Tony Sheehan
      Tracey Ullman
      Allen J. Zipper
      For episode "Charity, Nostalgia, Family, Royalty and Health".

    Comedy/Variety - Music, Awards, Tribute - Special Event

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      Winner

      Dennis Miller: Citizen Arcane

      6.1 (98)
      Dennis Miller
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      Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

      7.9 (113)
      Buz Kohan
      George Schlatter
    • [object Object]

      The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts

      5.8 (112)
      Robert Shrum
      George Stevens Jr.
      Sara Lukinson(film sequences)
      John Frook(film sequences)

    Daytime Serials

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      Winner

      La force du destin

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Agnes Nixon
      Lorraine Broderick
      Hal Corley
      Frederick Johnson
      Abigail Clayton
      Christina Covino
      Courtney Simon
      Millee Taggart
      Karen Lewis
      Elizabeth Smith
      Michelle Patrick
      Bettina F. Bradbury
      Judith Donato
      Kathleen Klein
      Jane Owen Murphy
    • [object Object]

      Hôpital central

      6.6 (6K)
      Claire Labine
      Robert Guza Jr.
      Karen Harris
      Michele Val Jean
      Meg Bennett
      Ralph Ellis
      Mary Munisteri
      Jane Atkins
      Stephanie Braxton
      Judith Pinsker
      Lynda Myles
      Elizabeth Korte
      Patrick Mulcahey
      Lisa Lieberman

    Documentary - Current Events

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frontline

      Episode: 

      The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson

      8.6 (2.5K)
      Marshall Frady
      Mark Zwonitzer
    • [object Object]

      Aux origines de l'humanité

      Episode: 

      Bombing of America

      8.7 (3.3K)
      Nancy Linde
    • [object Object]

      Primetime Live

      5.8 (151)
      Mark Zwonitzer
      For episode "Judgement at Midnight".

    Episodic Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (371K)
      David Mandel
      For The Pool Guy (1995).
    • [object Object]

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (371K)
      Spike Feresten
      For The Soup Nazi (1995).
    • [object Object]

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (371K)
      Peter Mehlman
      For The Sponge (1995).
    • [object Object]

      The Larry Sanders Show

      8.5 (9.9K)
      Peter Tolan
      For Eight (1995).

    Episodic Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York Police Blues

      7.8 (18K)
      Theresa Rebeck(teleplay/story)
      Bill Clark(story)
      For Girl Talk (1996).
    • [object Object]

      New York - Police judiciaire

      7.8 (49K)
      Janis Diamond(teleplay/story)
      Michael S. Chernuchin(story)
      For Aftershock (1996).
    • [object Object]

      New York - Police judiciaire

      7.8 (49K)
      Jeremy R. Littman(teleplay/story)
      Ed Zuckerman(story)
      For Trophy (1996).
    • [object Object]

      Murder One

      8.2 (2.6K)
      Charles H. Eglee(teleplay/story)
      Channing Gibson(teleplay/story)
      Steven Bochco(teleplay/story)
      David Milch(teleplay)
      For Chapter One (1995).
    • [object Object]

      New York - Police judiciaire

      7.8 (49K)
      Morgan Gendel
      Barry M. Schkolnick
      Michael S. Chernuchin
      For Savages (1995).
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      X-Files : Aux frontières du réel

      8.6 (264K)
      Darin Morgan
      For Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose (1995).
    • [object Object]

      La vie à cinq

      6.8 (12K)
      Mark B. Perry
      For Falsies (1995).

    News - Analysis, Feature or Commentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      20/20

      6.8 (3K)
    • [object Object]

      Primetime Live

      5.8 (151)
    • [object Object]

      Good Morning America

      4.5 (2.2K)
      Barbara Bernhard
      Jane Bollinger
      Doug Dundas
      Alex Dundas
      Sue Podbielski
      Andrea Israel
      David Price
      Lorna Graham
      Mitch Gallob
      Margaret Traub-Aguirre
      Edmund Levin
      Carol Perkin
      For episode "There is a Verdict".

    News - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

      6.6 (201)
      Jerry Cipriano
      Hugh Heckman
      Paul Fisher
      Laura Palmer
      For the feature "The Crash of TWA Flight 800".
    • [object Object]

      Forty Eight Hours

      Episode: 

      America's Mission

      7.5 (2.6K)
      Greg Kandra

    Original Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Harvest of Fire

      6.4 (430)
      Richard Alfieri
      Susan Nanus(also story)
    • [object Object]

      Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

      7.0 (133)
      Tim Cagney
    • [object Object]

      Hidden in Silence

      7.3 (593)
      Stephanie Liss
    • [object Object]

      Andersonville

      7.3 (2.2K)
      David W. Rintels
      For part II.

    Documentary - Other Than Current Events

    • [object Object]

      Frontline

      Episode: 

      Angel on Death Row

      8.6 (2.5K)
      Ben Loeterman
    • [object Object]

      Idols of the Game

      Robert Lipsyte
      For episode "Inventing the All-American".
    • [object Object]

      American Experience

      Episode: 

      Chicago 1968

      8.6 (2.4K)
      Chana Gazit
    • [object Object]

      American Experience

      8.6 (2.4K)
      Thomas Lennon
      Richard Ben Cramer
      For episode "The Battle Over Citizen Kane (#8.7)".
    • [object Object]

      American Masters

      Episode: 

      Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval

      8.2 (1.3K)
      John F. Goff
      Thomas Wagner

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Robert Towne at an event for Demande à la poussière (2006)
      Winner
      • Robert Towne

    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    • Winner
      • David W. Rintels

    Valentine Davies Award

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    • Winner
      • Jonathan Estrin
    • Winner
      • Shelley List
      Posthumously.

    Morgan Cox Award

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    • Winner
      • Allan Manings
    • Philip D. Fehrle
      Winners
      • Katherine Coker(WGAw's Property Planning Committee)
      • Oliver Crawford(WGAw's Property Planning Committee)
      • Philip D. Fehrle(WGAw's Property Planning Committee) (chair)
      • D.C. Fontana(WGAw's Property Planning Committee)
      • Michael A. Hoey(WGAw's Property Planning Committee)
      • Rick Mittleman(WGAw's Property Planning Committee) (co-chair)
      • John Riley(WGAw's Property Planning Committee)

    Paul Selvin Honorary Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Larry Flynt

      7.3 (104K)
      Scott Alexander
      Larry Karaszewski

    Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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    • Sidney Lumet
      Winner
      • Sidney Lumet

    Ian McLellan Hunter Award

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    • Jay Presson Allen
      Winner
      • Jay Presson Allen

    Richard B. Jablow Award

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