Complete List Of 2010 Writers Guild Award Winners
CENTURY CITY- “The Hurt Locker” writer Mark Boal tonight won the Writers Guild Award for best original screenplay, while “Up in the Air” writers Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner won for best adapted screenplay, based on the novel by Walter Kim.
The other nominees for best original screenplay were James Cameron for “Avatar,” Joel and Ethan Coen for “A Serious Man,” Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for the romantic comedy “(500) Days of Summer,” and Jon Lucas and Scott Moore for the comic hit “The Hangover.”
For best adapted screenplay, the other nominees were “Crazy Heart,” screenplay by Scott Cooper, based on the novel by Thomas Cobb; “Julie & Julia,” screenplay by Nora Ephron, based on books by Julie Powell and Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme; “Precious: Based on the Novel `Push’ by Sapphire,” screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher, based on the novel by Sapphire; and “Star Trek,” written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, based on “Star Trek” by Gene Roddenberry.
Both “The Hurt Locker” and “Up in the Air” are in the running for best picture at the Academy Awards.
The WGA Awards were presented during simultaneous ceremonies in Century City and New York. “Family Guy” creator/writer/producer Seth MacFarlane hosted the West Coast ceremony at the Century Plaza hotel.
During the ceremony, actor Jason Alexander presented the 2010 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television to writer/actor/producer Larry David.
Morgan Freeman presented South African-born screenwriter Anthony Peckham with the Paul Selvin Award, recognizing a work that embodies the spirit of constitutional rights and civil liberties.
WGA, West president John Wells presented veteran screenwriter Carl Gottlieb (“Jaws”) with the Morgan Cox Award for his longtime service to the guild, and screenwriter Barry Levinson received the WGAW’s Screen Laural Award honoring his lifetime of achievement in writing for film.
Here is a complete list of winners:
FILM NOMINEES
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
— “The Hurt Locker,” Mark Boal
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
— “Up in the Air,” screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the novel by Walter Kim
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
— Mark Monroe, “The Cove”
TELEVISION NOMINEES
DRAMA SERIES
— “Mad Men,” Written by Lisa Albert, Andrew Colville, Cathryn Humphris, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Erin Levy, Marti Noxon, Robin Veith, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner; AMC
COMEDY SERIES
— “30 Rock,” Written by Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Steve Hely, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, Paula Pell, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC
NEW SERIES
— “Modern Family,” Written by Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC
EPISODIC DRAMA – any length – one airing time
— “Broken, Part 1 and Part 2” (“House”), Written by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster & David Shore; Fox
EPISODIC COMEDY – any length – one airing time (tie)
— “Apollo, Apollo” (“30 Rock”), Written by Robert Carlock; NBC
— “Pilot” (“Modern Family”), Written by Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd; ABC
LONG FORM – ORIGINAL – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times
— “Georgia O’Keefe,” Written by Michael Cristofer; Lifetime
LONG FORM – ADAPTATION – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times
— “Taking Chance,” Teleplay by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, Based on the short story by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.); HBO
ANIMATION – any length – one airing time
— “Wedding for Disaster” (“The Simpsons”), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
COMEDY/VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES (tie)
— “Saturday Night Live,” Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketch by Adam McKay, Andrew Steele; NBC
— “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” Head Writer: Steve Bodow, Writers Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, JR Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, John Oliver, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central
COMEDY/VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
— “Film Independent’s 2009 Spirit Awards,” Written by Billy Kimball, Neil MacLennan; IFC/AMC
DAYTIME SERIAL
— “The Young and the Restless,” Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Lisa Connor, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Melissa Salmons, Linda Schreiber, James Stanley, Sandra Weintraub, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC & SPECIALS
— “Welcome to the Jungle” (“The Troop”), Written by Max Burnett; Nickelodeon
CHILDREN’S SCRIPT – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL
— “Another Cinderella Story,” Written by Erik Patterson, Jessica Scott; ABC Family
DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
— “The Madoff Affair” (“Frontline”), Written by Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith; PBS
DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
— “The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer” (“American Experience”), Written by David Grubin; PBS
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT
— “World News with Charles Gibson,” Written by Lee Kamlet, Julia Kathan, Joel Siegel; ABC
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
— “A Private War: Expose: America’s Investigative Reports” (“Bill Moyers Journal”), Written by Thomas M. Jennings; PBS
RADIO NOMINEES
DOCUMENTARY
— “2008 Year in Review,” Written by Gail Lee; CBS
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING
— “World News This Week – July 11, 2009,” Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC Radio
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY
— “Paul Harvey: An American Life,” Written by Stu Chamberlain; ABC Radio
PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION NOMINEES
ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
— “Vegas” (“Dateline”), “The Wanted” Promo, “NBC Nightly News” Promo, “Iran” (“Dateline”), “Cheat” (“Dateline”), Written by Barry Fitzsimmons; NBC
TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION
— “Hudson Splashdown” (“CBS Evening News with Katie Couric”), David M. Rosen, Shannon L. Toma; CBS
VIDEOGAME WRITING
— “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves,” written by Amy Hennig
