Saturday, February 21, 2015

2015 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced



LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK – The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the winners of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories at simultaneous ceremonies at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City.


FILM WINNERS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

The Grand Budapest Hotel, Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Imitation Game, Written by Graham Moore; Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges; The Weinstein Company

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Written by Brian Knappenberger; FilmBuff




TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA WINNERS

DRAMA SERIES

True Detective, Written by Nic Pizzolatto; HBO

COMEDY SERIES

Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.; FX

NEW SERIES

True Detective, Written by Nic Pizzolatto; HBO

EPISODIC DRAMA

"The Last Call" (The Good Wife), Written by Robert King & Michelle King; CBS

EPISODIC COMEDY

"So Did the Fat Lady" (Louie), Written by Louis C.K.; FX

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL 

Deliverance Creek, Written by Melissa Carter; Lifetime

LONG FORM – ADAPTED 

Olive Kitteridge, Teleplay by Jane Anderson, Based on the novel by Elizabeth Strout; HBO

SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA – ORIGINAL

"Episode 113: Rachel" (High Maintenance), Written by Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair; helpingyoumaintain.com

ANIMATION

"Brick Like Me" (The Simpsons), Written by Brian Kelley; Fox

COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

71st Annual Golden Globe Awards, Written by Barry Adelman; Special Material by Alex Baze, Dave Boone, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Jon Macks, Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Mike Shoemaker; NBC

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Hollywood Game Night, Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter; NBC

DAYTIME DRAMA

General Hospital, Written by Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC

CHILDREN'S SCRIPT – EPISODIC & SPECIALS

"Haunted Heartthrob" (Haunted Hathaways), Written by Bob Smiley; Nickelodeon

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – CURRENT EVENTS

"United States of Secrets: The Program (Part One)" (Frontline); PBS; Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

"League of Denial: The NFL's Concussion Crisis" (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS

NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT

"Nelson Mandela: A Man Who Changed the World" (World News with Diane Sawyer), Written by Dave Bloch, Lisa Ferri, Diane Sawyer; ABC News

TV NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

"Nowhere to Go" (60 Minutes), Written by Oriana Zill de Granados, Scott Pelley, Michael Rey; CBS


RADIO WINNERS

DOCUMENTARY

"Three Shots Rang Out: The JFK Assassination 50 Years Later," Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC News Radio

NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT

"World News This Week," Written by Andrew Evans; ABC News Radio

NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

"Civil Rights at 50," Written by Jane Tillman Irving; WCBS Radio


PROMOTIONAL WRITING WINNERS

ON-AIR PROMOTION (TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA OR RADIO)

"How I Met Your Mother" Written by Dan Greenberger; CBS


VIDEOGAME WINNER

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VIDEOGAME WRITING 

The Last of Us: Left Behind, Written by Neil Druckmann; Sony Computer Entertainment

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