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Screenwriting
Winners Announced for 57th Annual Writers Guild Awards
By WGA
Feb 20, 2005, 14:14




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.



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