The 61st Annual Writers Guild Awards held ceremonies in Century City on the West Coast and at the Hudson Theatre Millennium Broadway Hotel for the WGA East. Milk Screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black, was a big winner taking home the WGA award for Best Original Screenplay and receiving a special honor award at the ceremony. Simon Beaufoy took home the statuette for Slumdog Millionaire. We expect these to films to sweep the same categories at the Oscars. Watch an interview where out director/screenwriter Dustin Lance Black talks about what Harvey Milk means to him. Congrats to all of the winners and nominees!
SCREEN WINNERS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Milk, Written by Dustin Lance Black, Focus Features
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Slumdog Millionaire, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, Fox Searchlight
(Based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup)
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Waltz with Bashir, Written by Ari Folman, Sony Pictures Classics
TELEVISION WINNERS
DRAMATIC SERIES
Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert, Jane Anderson, Rick Cleveland, Kater Gordon, David Isaacs, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Matthew Weiner; AMC
COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Andrew Guest, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Ron Weiner; NBC
NEW SERIES
In Treatment, Written by Rodrigo Garcia, Bryan Goluboff, Davey Holmes, William Merritt Johnson, Amy Lippman, Sarah Treem; HBO
EPISODIC DRAMA (any length, one airing time)
“Pilot” (Breaking Bad), Written by Vince Gilligan; AMC
EPISODIC COMEDY (any length, one airing time)
“Succession” (30 Rock), Written by Andrew Guest & John Riggi; NBC
LONG FORM, ORIGINAL (over one hour, one or two parts, one or two airing times)
Recount, Written by Danny Strong; HBO
LONG FORM, ADAPTATION (over one hour, one or two parts, one or two airing times)
John Adams, “Episode 1, Join or Die,” Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, HBO
(Based on the book by David McCullough)
“Episode 2, Independence,” Teleplay by Kirk Ellis, HBO
(Based on the book by David McCullough)
ANIMATION (any length, one airing time)
“Apocalypse Cow” (The Simpsons), Written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox
COMEDY/VARIETY, (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES
Saturday Night Live, Head Writers Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele, Paula Pell, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketches by Robert Carlock; NBC
COMEDY/VARIETY, MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES, SPECIALS
2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Written by Billy Kimball, Aaron Lee, Jennifer Celotta, Rainn Wilson; IFC/AMC source
