2012 Writers Guild Awards Winners

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) tonight announced the winners of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City.

SCREENPLAY NOMINEES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures
The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures
Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures
Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the book by Michael Lewis; Columbia Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY:

Better This World, Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Written by Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek; Oscilloscope Pictures
Nostalgia for the Light, Written by Patricio Guzmán; Icarus Films
Pina, Screenplay by Wim Wenders; Sundance Selects
Position Among the Stars, Script by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich; HBO Films
Senna, Written by Manish Pandey; Producers Distribution Agency

TELEVISION NOMINEES

LONG FORM - ORIGINAL

Cinema Verite, Written by David Seltzer; HBO
Five, Pearl, Written by Deirdre O'Connor, "Charlotte," Written by Stephen Godchaux, "Cheyanne," Written by Howard Morris, "Lili," Written by Jill Gordon, "Mia," Written by Wendy West; Lifetime

LONG FORM - ADAPTED

Too Big to Fail, Written by Peter Gould, Based on the book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin; HBO}
Mildred Pierce, Teleplay by Todd Haynes & Jon Raymond, Based on the novel by James M. Cain; HBO

ANIMATION

Homer the Father (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts (The Simpsons), Written by Tim Long; Fox
The Blue and the Gray (The Simpsons), Written by Rob LaZebnik; Fox
Donnie Fatso (The Simpsons), Written by Chris Cluess; Fox
Moonstruck (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien), Written by Len Uhley; Cartoon Network
The Silence of the Clamps (Futurama), Written by Eric Rogers; Comedy Central

COMEDY / VARIETY - (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES

The Colbert Report, Writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central
Conan, Writers: José Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS
Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Writers: Leo Allen, Jon Benjamin; Comedy Central
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Head Writer: AD Miles, Writers: David Angelo, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Jeremy Bronson, Mike DiCenzo, Jimmy Fallon, John Haskell, Eric Ledgin, Dan Opsal, Amy Ozols, Gavin Purcell, Diallo Riddle, Jon Rineman, Bashir Salahuddin, Justin Shanes, Michael Shoemaker, Jen Statsky, CJ Toledano; NBC
Real Time with Bill Maher, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Amani Redd; HBO
Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Heather Anne Campbell, Matthew Craig, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Tom Flanigan, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Robert Klein, Jonathan Krisel, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Michael Patrick O'Brien, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Schneider, Peter Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan H. Tucker; NBC
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Writers: Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central

COMEDY / VARIETY - MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES - SPECIALS

After the Academy Awards, Head Writers: Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney; Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, John N. Huss, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonathan Kimmel, Jacob Lentz, Danny Ricker, Richard G. Rosner; ABC
The Kennedy Center Honors, Written by Lewis Friedman, Sara Lukinson, Michael Stevens, George Stevens Jr.; CBS

DAYTIME DRAMA

General Hospital, Written by Meg Bennett, Nathan Fissell, David Goldschmid, Robert Guza Jr., Karen Harris, Elizabeth Korte, Mary Sue Price, Michele Val Jean, Susan Wald, Tracey Thomson; ABC
All My Children, Written by Jeff Beldner, Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Lisa K. Connor, Chris Dunn, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, David Kreizman, Dave Ryan, Donna Swajeski, Rebecca Taylor, Addie Walsh; ABC
The Young and the Restless, Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Michael Montgomery, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Sarah Smith, Sandra Weintraub, Christopher Whitesell, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

CHILDREN'S - EPISODIC & SPECIALS

"Hero of the Shadows" (Supah Ninjas), Written by Leo Chu, Eric S. Garcia; Nickelodeon
"The Good Birds Club" (Sesame Street), Written by Joseph Mazzarino; PBS
"iLost My Mind" (iCarly), Written by Dan Schneider, Matt Fleckenstein; Nickelodeon
"Luther Turns 4" (Zeke and Luther), Written by Devin Bunje, Nick Stanton; Disney XD
"Oh, Brother" (The Troop), Written by Max Burnett; Nickelodeon
"The Prince Frog" (Imagination Movers), Written by Jennifer Heftler, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Vivien Mejia, Michael G. Stern; Disney Channel

DOCUMENTARY - CURRENT EVENTS

"Top Secret America" (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser; PBS
"Smartest Machine on Earth" (Nova), Written by Julia Cort, Michael Bicks; PBS
"The Spill" (Frontline), Written by Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith; PBS

Midnight in Paris was released May 20th, 2011 and stars Tom Hiddleston, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Marion Cotillard, Alison Pill, Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Kathy Bates. The film is directed by Woody Allen.

The Descendants was released December 16th, 2011 and stars George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Patti Hastie, Grace A. Cruz, Kim Gennaula, Karen Kuioka Hironaga. The film is directed by Alexander Payne.

Better This World was released in 2011.

If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front was released June 22nd, 2011. The film is directed by Marshall Curry.

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thedude-abides
@moviegeek Yeah, it looks like he just might.
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moviegeek
@thedude-abides I'm interested in best actor. I think DuJardin may snag it from clooney *crosses fingers*
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thedude-abides
@moviegeek Yeah. That would definitely help. There's pretty much no reason to watch this year. You know you're gonna get a lot of Clooney and his flavor of the week model g.f., a lot of Pitt/Jolie, a lot of Woody Allen, and a lot of The Artist and The Descendants.

The only category I'm genuinely interested in, simply for the fact that it's pretty much the only one still undecided, is Best Actress. I could see either Williams, Streep, or Davis winning.
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moviegeek
@thedude-abides That's why the Oscars need to happen the first week of February while it's still fresh.
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thedude-abides
@moviegeek 100% agree. You can pretty much already tell how the Oscars are gonna play out.
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Dan
Well, would ya look at that. Woody Allen and George Clooney movies winning.
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moviegeek
Predictable. I'm kind of award-ed out this year. There isn't really any interesting battles going on and it seems like we see the same winners over and over.
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m2
No Moneyball? :(
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