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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

      L.A. Confidential

      8.2 (645K)
      Brian Helgeland
      Curtis Hanson
    • [object Object]

      Donnie Brasco

      7.7 (347K)
      Paul Attanasio
    • [object Object]

      Ice Storm

      7.3 (62K)
      James Schamus
    • [object Object]

      Des hommes d'influence

      7.1 (91K)
      Hilary Henkin
      David Mamet
    • [object Object]

      Les ailes de la colombe

      7.1 (13K)
      Hossein Amini

    Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

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      Winner

      Pour le pire et pour le meilleur

      7.7 (330K)
      Mark Andrus
      James L. Brooks
    • [object Object]

      Boogie Nights

      7.9 (293K)
      Paul Thomas Anderson
    • [object Object]

      The Full Monty: Le grand jeu

      7.2 (118K)
      Simon Beaufoy
    • [object Object]

      Will Hunting

      8.3 (1.1M)
      Matt Damon
      Ben Affleck
    • [object Object]

      Titanic

      7.9 (1.3M)
      James Cameron

    WGA Award (TV)

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    Adapted Long Form

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      Winner

      Bastard Out of Carolina

      7.3 (5K)
      Anne Meredith
    • [object Object]

      George Wallace

      7.1 (1.7K)
      Marshall Frady
      Paul Monash(story)
      For part 2.
    • [object Object]

      Notre-Dame de Paris

      6.1 (2K)
      John Fasano
    • [object Object]

      In the Gloaming

      7.0 (1.7K)
      Will Scheffer

    Children's Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss

      Episode: 

      The Song of the Zubble-Wump

      6.8 (221)
      David Steven Cohen
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      Winner

      1, rue Sésame

      8.1 (16K)
      Christine Ferraro
      Tony Geiss
      For episode "Elmo Saves Christmas". Tied with The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996).
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      The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss

      6.8 (221)
      Allan Neuwirth
      Gary Cooper
      Episode: "Great Mystery of Lake Winna-Bango"
    • [object Object]

      1, rue Sésame

      8.1 (16K)
      Tony Geiss
      For episode "The Bountiful Tree".
    • [object Object]

      The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss

      Episode: 

      The Road to Ka-Larry

      6.8 (221)
      Craig Shemin
      Will Ryan

    Daytime Serials

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      Winner

      Hôpital central

      6.6 (6K)
      Meg Bennett
      Richard Culliton
      Karen Harris
      Craig Heller
      Janet Iacobuzio
      Elizabeth Korte
      Bill Levinson
      Eleanor Mancusi
      Patrick Mulcahey
      Lynda Myles
      Judith Pinsker
      Mary Munisteri
      Courtney Simon
      Michele Val Jean
      Christopher Whitesell
      Garin Wolf
    • [object Object]

      Haine et passion

      6.6 (2K)
      Barbara Esensten
      James H. Brown
      Michael Conforti
      Victor Miller
      Megan McTavish
      Nancy Williams Watt
      Kathleen Kennedy
      N. Gail Lawrence
      Jeanne Davis Glynn
      Tita Bell
      Sharon Epstein
      Roger Newman
      Pete T. Rich
      Loren Segan
      Ralph Wakefield
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      La force du destin

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Agnes Nixon
      Lorraine Broderick
      Millee Taggart
      Hal Corley
      Frederick Johnson
      Peggy Sloane
      Christina Covino
      Courtney Simon
      Karen Lewis
      Elizabeth Smith
      Michelle Patrick
      Bettina F. Bradbury
      Judith Donato
      Kathleen Klein
      Jane Owen Murphy
      Caroline Franz
      Charlotte Gibson
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      Un autre monde

      7.0 (1.2K)
      Michael Malone
      Tom King
      Craig Carlson
      Elizabeth Page
      Margaret DePriest
      Shelly Altman
      Peter Brash
      Christopher Whitesell
      Sofia Landon Geier
      Mary Sue Price
      Gillian Spencer
      Lewis Arlt
      Richard J. Allen
      Michael Slade
      Susan McMartin
      Thomas Babe
      Mimi Leahey
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      Sunset Beach

      6.9 (2.7K)
      Robert Guza Jr.
      Charles Pratt Jr.
      Josh Griffith
      Meg Bennett
      Michelle Poteet Lisanti
      Christopher Dunn
      Lisa Seidman
      Deborah Zoe Dawson
      J. Robert Langston
      Beth Milstein
      Anne Schoettle
      Linda Schreyer
      Bruce Franklin Singer
      Robert Zimmer Jr.
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      As the World Turns

      6.3 (2.4K)
      Addie Walsh
      Mel Brez
      Stephen Demorest
      Lisa Connor
      Patti Dizenzo
      Ralph Ellis
      Susan Kirshenbaum
      John Kuntz
      Mary Sue Price
      Louise Shaffer
      Melissa Salmons

    Documentary - Current Events

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      Winner

      Dateline

      7.3 (3.8K)
      Craig Leake
      For feature "Why Can't We Live Together?".
    • [object Object]

      Frontline

      8.6 (2.5K)
      Helen Whitney
      Jane Barnes
      For episode "The Choice '96 (#14.13)".

    Documentary - Other Than Current Events

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Investigative Reports

      8.1 (130)
      Carol L. Fleisher
      William Doyle
      For the feature "The Secret White House Tapes".
    • [object Object]

      The West

      8.4 (2.2K)
      Geoffrey C. Ward
      Dayton Duncan
      For episode #8 "One Sky Above Us".
    • [object Object]

      The Real Las Vegas

      8.8 (43)
      Susan Berman(also special material)
      Jim Milio
      Melissa Jo Peltier
      Paul S. Kaufman(special material)
      WGA title: "Las Vegas: Gamble in the Desert".
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      American Experience

      8.6 (2.4K)
      Elena Mannes
      L. Franklin DeVine
      For the feature "New York Underground".

    Episodic Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (372K)
      Gregg Kavet
      Andy Robin
      For The Fatigues (1996).
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      Ellen

      6.1 (6.7K)
      Mark Driscoll(teleplay)
      Dava Savel(teleplay)
      Tracy Newman(teleplay)
      Jonathan Stark(teleplay)
      Ellen DeGeneres(story)
      For The Puppy Episode (1997) & The Puppy Episode (1997).
    • [object Object]

      The Larry Sanders Show

      8.5 (9.9K)
      Judd Apatow(teleplay/story)
      John Markus(teleplay/story)
      Garry Shandling(story)
      For Ellen, or Isn't She? (1996).
    • [object Object]

      Frasier

      8.2 (100K)
      Rob Greenberg
      For The Impossible Dream (1996).
    • [object Object]

      The Larry Sanders Show

      8.5 (9.9K)
      Maya Forbes
      For The Book (1997).
    • [object Object]

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (372K)
      David Mandel
      For The Bizarro Jerry (1996).
    • [object Object]

      Seinfeld

      8.9 (372K)
      Alec Berg
      Jeff Schaffer
      For The Chicken Roaster (1996).

    Episodic Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      New York - Police judiciaire

      7.8 (49K)
      Rene Balcer
      Richard Sweren
      For Entrapment (1997).
    • [object Object]

      New York - Police judiciaire

      7.8 (49K)
      Ed Zuckerman
      I.C. Rapoport
      For Deadbeat (1996).
    • [object Object]

      Urgences

      7.9 (74K)
      Neal Baer
      For Whose Appy Now? (1997).

    News - Analysis, Feature or Commentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Forty Eight Hours

      7.5 (2.6K)
      Greg Kandra

    News - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      CBS News Sunday Morning

      7.8 (1.2K)
      For the feature "Diana, Princess of Wales". Tied with CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1941).
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite

      6.6 (201)
      Jerry Cipriano
      For feature "The Conviction of Timothy McVeigh". Tied with CBS News Sunday Morning (1979).
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      60 Minutes

      7.4 (4.7K)
      Greg Kandra
      L. Franklin DeVine
      For "Death of a Princess".

    Original Long Form

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Summer of Ben Tyler

      6.7 (270)
      Robert Inman
    • [object Object]

      L'Amérique aux deux visages

      6.7 (588)
      Peter Silverman
      Michael De Guzman
    • [object Object]

      Dark Skies - l'impossible vérité

      7.5 (2.5K)
      Bryce Zabel
      Brent Friedman
      For the pilot "The Awakening".

    Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award

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    • Gordon Bressack
      Winner
      • Gordon Bressack

    Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement

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    • Bo Goldman
      Winner
      • Bo Goldman

    Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

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    • James L. Brooks at an event for Les Simpson (1989)
      Winners
      • James L. Brooks
      • Allan Burns

    Valentine Davies Award

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    • Gary David Goldberg at an event for La main au collier (2005)
      Winner
      • Gary David Goldberg

    Morgan Cox Award

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    • Winner
      • Melville Shavelson

    Paul Selvin Honorary Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rosewood

      7.2 (9.2K)
      Gregory Poirier

    Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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    • Winner
      • Judy Crichton

    Ian McLellan Hunter Award

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    • Winner
      • Bill Persky

    Richard B. Jablow Award

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    • Michael Winship
      Winner
      • Michael Winship

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    February 21, 1998

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