Sunday, February 15, 2015

"The Grand Budapest Hotel," "The Imitation Game" Lead 2015 Writers Guild Awards

The Writers Guild of America is a labor union representing film, television, radio, video game, and new media writers.  The Writers Guild of America Award acknowledges outstanding achievements in film, television, and radio and has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of America, East and Writers Guild of America, West since 1949.

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced the 2015 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 14, 2015, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles (Hyatt Regency Century Plaza) and New York City (Edison Ballroom).  Winners were announced in categories for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories.

2015 Writers Guild Awards winners:

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

**Note: There were no nominees in Children's Script – Long Form or Special or Television Graphic Art and Animation categories this year.
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