LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK -- The Writers Guild of America, west and East announced the winners of the 57th Annual Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen, television, and radio in gala ceremonies at The Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the Pierre Hotel in New York on Saturday, February 19, 2005.
SCREEN WINNERS
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Focus Features
Screenplay by Charlie Kaufman, Story by Charlie Kaufman & Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Sideways, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Based on the novel by
Rex Pickett
TELEVISION WINNERS
EPISODIC DRAMA
THE SUPREMES (The West Wing), NBC
Written by Debora Cahn
EPISODIC COMEDY
PIER PRESSURE (Arrested Development), Fox
Written by Jim Vallely & Mitchell Hurwitz
IDA'S BOYFRIEND (Malcolm in the Middle), FOX
Written by Neil Thompson
LONG FORM - ORIGINAL
SOMETHING THE LORD MADE, HBO
Written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell
LONG FORM - ADAPTED
ANGELS IN AMERICA, HBO
Teleplay by Tony Kushner, Based on the play by Tony Kushner
ANIMATION
CATCH 'EM IF YOU CAN (The Simpsons), FOX
Written by Ian Maxtone-Graham
COMEDY/VARIETY - MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES - SPECIALS
THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, CBS
Written by George Stevens, Jr. and Sara Lukinson
COMEDY/VARIETY - (including talk) SERIES
LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN, NBC
Written by Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff,
Dan Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Demetri Martin, Brian
McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian
Stack, Andrew Weinberg
DAYTIME SERIALS
GUIDING LIGHT, CBS
Written by David Kreizman, Tita Bell, Joyce Brotman, Christopher Dunn, Lloyd
Gold, Kimberly Hamilton, Jill Lorie Hurst, Penelope Koechl, Eleanor Labine,
Royal Miller, Casandra Morgan, Danielle Paige, David Smilow, Gillian Spencer,
Brett Staneart, Donna Swajeski, Ellen Weston
CHILDREN'S SCRIPT
A SEPARATE PEACE, Showtime
Teleplay by Wendy Kesselman, Based on the Novel by John Knowles
DOCUMENTARY - CURRENT EVENTS
FROM CHINA WITH LOVE (Frontline), PBS
Written by Michael J. Kirk
DOCUMENTARY - OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
THE FIGHT (American Experience), PBS
Written by Barak Goodman
NEWS - REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING
REPORT
THE REAGAN FUNERAL (ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings), ABC
Written by Steve Alperin
NEWS - ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
CHANGE OF HEART (60 Minutes II), CBS
Written by Rebecca Peterson & Scott Pelley
RADIO NOMINEES
NEWS - REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING
REPORT
WORLD NEWS THIS WEEK, ABC News Radio
Written by Stuart H. Chamberlain, Jr.;
NEWS - ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY
CHRISTMAS PAST, CBS
Written by James Benes
NEWS - ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
STILL STANDING: KILL BILL, KING OF QUEENS: RUNNER, CBS
Written by Chris Cranner
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE: DIRECT TV, Written by Chris Cranner &
Jay Curtis & Mark Mallory
STILL STANDING/LISTEN UP: WHO'S ON FIRST, Written by Chris Cranner
& Jay Curtis
NEWS - TV GRAPHIC ANIMATION
CBS 2 CELEBRATES SUBWAY CENTENNIAL / SPORTS BLOCK, CBS
Written by Christopher T. Ingram
Seinfeld's John O'Hurley hosted the West Coast event. Presenters
scheduled to attend the event in Los Angeles included Alan Alda, Rachel Bilson,
Zach Braff, Julie Delpy, David Duchovny, Craig Ferguson, Dennis Haysbert, Anne
Heche, George Lopez,William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Kerry Washington,
Betty White, and BeBe Winans, among others.
Charles Grodin hosted the event in New York. Presenters scheduled to attend
in New York included Art Buchwald, Ritchie Coster, Alfonso Cuarón, Bob Edwards,
Terry George, Kate Mulgrew, Cynthia Nixon, Tom Pelphrey, Andy Rooney, Julie
Rottenberg, Ben Shenkman, Gina Tognoni, Ellen Violett, and Elisa Zuritsky.
Honorary awards were previously announced and presented to the recipients at
the Los Angeles ceremony. Special honors include: David Mamet - Screen Laurel
Award; Susan Harris - Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television; and Don
Payne- Paul Selvin Award.
The Writers Guild of America, East Special Awards were presented to John
Sayles (Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Lifetime Achievement), John Auerbach
(Richard B. Jablow Award for Distinguished Service to the WGAE), and Claire
Labine (Evelyn F. Burkey Award for "bringing honor and dignity to writers
everywhere").
The West Coast program was executive produced by Cort Casady and written by
Dave Boone, Beth Armogida, Dennis Blair, Cort Casady, and Roy Zimmerman; talent
executive was Carole Propp.
The East Coast program was produced by Sindy Gordon and written by David
Steven Cohen, Craig Shemin, and Michael Quinn.
The Writers Guild of America, East and west represent writers in the motion
picture, broadcast, cable, radio, and new media industries in both entertainment
and news. The unions conduct numerous programs, seminars, and events throughout
the world on issues of interest to, and on behalf of, writers.
