Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Dramatic Film |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
First awarded | 1949 |
Last awarded | 1984 |
Website | http://www.wga.org |
The Writers Guild Award for Best Written Drama was an award presented from 1949 to 1984 by the Writers Guild of America, after which it was discontinued.
Winners & Nominees[1]
Notes
- The year indicates when the film was released. The awards were presented the following year.
1940s
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1948 | The Snake Pit | Frank Partos and Millen Brand |
All My Sons | Chester Erskine | |
Another Part of the Forest | Vladimir Pozner | |
Berlin Express | Harold Medford | |
Call Northside 777 | Jerome Cady, and Jay Dratler | |
Command Decision | William R. Laidlaw, and George Froeschel | |
I Remember Mama | Dewitt Bodeen | |
Johnny Belinda | Irma von Cube, and Allen Vincent | |
Key Largo | Richard Brooks, and John Huston | |
Sorry, Wrong Number | Lucille Fletcher | |
The Naked City | Albert Maltz, and Malvin Wald | |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | John Huston | |
1949 | All the King's Men | Robert Rossen |
Battleground | Robert Pirosh | |
Champion | Carl Foreman | |
Intruder in the Dust | Ben Maddow | |
The Hasty Heast | Ranald MacDougall | |
The Heiress | Ruth Goetz, and Augustus Goetz | |
The Window | Mel Dinelli |
1950s
1960s
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1960 | Elmer Gantry | Richard Brooks |
Sons and Lovers | Gavin Lambert, and T.E.B. Clarke | |
Psycho | Joseph Stefano | |
Spartacus | Dalton Trumbo | |
The Sundowners | Isobel Lennart | |
1961 | The Hustler | Sidney Carroll, and Robert Rossen |
A Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry | |
Fanny | Julius J. Epstein | |
Judgment at Nuremberg | Abby Mann | |
The Innocents | William Archibald, and Truman Capote | |
1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Horton Foote |
Billy Budd | Peter Ustinov, and DeWitt Bodeen | |
Birdman of Alcatraz | Guy Trosper | |
Freud | Charles Kaufman, and Wolfgang Reinhardt | |
The Miracle Worker | William Gibson | |
1963 | Hud | Harriet Frank Jr., and Irving Ravetch |
America America | Elia Kazan | |
Captain Newman, M.D. | Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron | |
The Balcony | Ben Maddow | |
The Great Escape | James Clavell, and W.R. Burnett | |
The Ugly American | Stewart Stern | |
1964 | Becket | Edward Anhalt |
One Potato, Two Potato | Raphael Hayes, and Orville H. Hampton | |
Seven Days in May | Rod Serling | |
The Best Man | Gore Vidal | |
The Night of the Iguana | Anthony Veiller, and John Huston | |
1965 | The Pawnbroker | Morton S. Fine |
A Patch of Blue | Guy Green | |
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | Paul Dehn, and Guy Trosper | |
The Collector | Stanley Mann, and John Kohn | |
Ship of Fools | Abby Mann | |
1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Ernest Lehman |
Harper | William Goldman | |
The Professionals | Richard Brooks | |
The Sand Pebbles | Robert Anderson | |
1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | Robert Benton, and David Newman |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | William Rose | |
In Cold Blood | Richard Brooks | |
In the Heat of the Night | Stirling Silliphant | |
Up the Down Staircase | Tad Mosel | |
1968 | The Lion in Winter | James Goldman |
Petulia | Lawrence B. Marcus | |
Rachel, Rachel | Stewart Stern | |
Rosemary's Baby | Roman Polanski | |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | Thomas C. Ryan | |
1969 (22nd)[23] | Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | |
Midnight Cowboy † | Waldo Salt | |
Anne of the Thousand Days ‡ | John Hale, and Bridget Boland | |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jay Presson Allen | |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ‡ | James Poe, and Robert E. Thompson | |
True Grit | Marguerite Roberts | |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid † | William Goldman | |
Alice's Restaurant | Venable Herndon, and Arthur Penn | |
Downhill Racer | James Salter | |
Easy Rider | Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern | |
Me, Natalie | A. Martin Zwelback |
1970s
1980s
Year | Nominees | Writer(s) |
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1980 (33rd)[34] | Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium | |
Ordinary People † | Alvin Sargent | |
Coal Miner's Daughter ‡ | Thomas Rickman | |
The Elephant Man ‡ | Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren, and David Lynch | |
The Great Santini | Lewis John Carlino | |
The Stunt Man ‡ | Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard Rush | |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Melvin and Howard † | Bo Goldman | |
Fame | Christopher Gore | |
My Bodyguard | Alan Ornsby | |
1981 (34th)[35] | Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium | |
On Golden Pond † | Ernest Thompson, and Donald E. Stewart | |
Cutler's Way | Jeffrey Alan Fiskin | |
Prince of the City ‡ | Jay Presson Allen, and Sidney Lumet | |
Ragtime ‡ | Michael Weller | |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Reds‡ | Warren Beatty and Trevor Griffiths | |
Absence of Malice | Kurt Luedtke | |
Atlantic City | John Guare | |
Body Heat | Lawrence Kasdan | |
1982 (35th)[36] | Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium | |
Missing † | Costa-Gavras, and Donald E. Stewart | |
Sophie's Choice ‡ | Alan J. Pakula | |
The Verdict ‡ | David Mamet | |
The World According to Garp | Steve Tesich | |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | ||
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ‡ | Melissa Mathison | |
An Officer and a Gentleman | Douglas Day Stewart | |
Shoot the Moon | Bo Goldman | |
1983 (36th)[37] | Best Drama Adapted from Other Medium | |
Reuben, Reuben ‡ | Julius J. Epstein | |
The Year of Living Dangerously | David Williamson, Peter Weir, and C.J. Koch | |
The Right Stuff | Philip Kaufman | |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Tender Mercies † | Horton Foote | |
Silkwood | Nora Ephron, and Alice Arlen | |
WarGames | Lawrence Lasker, and Walter F. Parkes |
References
- ^ "Writers Guild Awards Winners 1995-1949". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1949)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1950)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1951)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1952)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1953)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1954)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1955)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1956)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1957)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1958)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1959)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1960)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1961)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1962)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1963)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1964)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1965)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1966)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1967)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1968)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1969)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1970)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1971)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1972)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1973)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1974)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1976)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1978)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1979)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1980)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1981)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1982)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
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