68th Writers Guild of America Awards

Date: February 13, 2016

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Film

Best Original Screenplay

• Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies)
Taylor Sheridan (Sicario)
Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; story by S. Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton)

Amy Schumer (Trainwreck)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; based on the book by Michael Lewis (The Big Short)

Phyllis Nagy; based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith (Carol)
Drew Goddard; based on the novel by Andy Weir (The Martian)
Aaron Sorkin; based on the book by Walter Isaacson (Steve Jobs)
John McNamara; based on the biography Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Alexander Cook (Trumbo)


Best Documentary Screenplay

• Alex Gibney (Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief)

Robert Cohen (Being Canadian)
Brett Morgen (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck)
Amy J. Berg (Prophet's Prey)

Television

Drama Series

• Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Tom Smuts, Robert Towne, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray (Mad Men)

Peter Ackerman, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Lara Shapiro, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson, Stuart Zicherman (The Americans)

Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Bradley Paul, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith (Better Call Saul)

David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill, D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones)

Kyle Bradstreet, Kate Erickson, Sam Esmail, David Iserson, Randolph Leon, Adam Penn, Matt Pyken (Mr. Robot)

Comedy Series

• Simon Blackwell, Jon Brown, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Peter Fellows, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Sean Gray, Callie Hersheway, Armando Iannucci, Sean Love, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche, Will Smith (Veep)

Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, Naomi Ekperigin, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson, Chris Kelly, Anthony King, Jen Statsky (Broad City)

Amy Aniobi, Alec Berg, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, Sonny Lee, Dan Lyons, Carson Mell, Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Ron Weiner (Silicon Valley)

Arabella Anderson, Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Our Lady J, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway (Transparent)

Emily Altman, Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Charla Lauriston, Sam Means, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Allison Silverman, Lon Zimmet (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)


New Series

• Kyle Bradstreet, Kate Erickson, Sam Esmail, David Iserson, Randolph Leon, Adam Penn, Matt Pyken (Mr. Robot)

Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Bradley Paul, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith (Better Call Saul) 

Jonathan Glatzer, Carter Harris, Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, Addison McQuigg, Arthur Phillips, Jeff Shakoor, Daniel Zelman (Bloodline)

Andy Bobrow, Liz Cackowski, Erik Durbin, Will Forte, Kira Kalush, Matt Marshall, Tim McAuliffe, David Noel, Erica Rivinoja, John Solomon, Emily Spivey (The Last Man On Earth)

Emily Altman, Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Azie Mira Dungey, Tina Fey, Lauren Gurganous, Charla Lauriston, Sam Means, Dan Rubin, Meredith Scardino, Allison Silverman, Lon Zimmet (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)


Long Form - Original

• Seth Fisher, Walon Green, Chip Johannessen, Eric Overmyer (Saints & Strangers)

Brad Falchuk, John J. Gray, Todd Kubrak, Crystal Liu, Ned Martel, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, James Wong (American Horror Story: Hotel)

Bronwyn Garrity, Jami O’Brien, Adam Rapp, Moira Walley-Beckett, David Wiener (Flesh and Bone)

Stephen David, Kirk Ellis, David C. White (Sons of Liberty)


Long Form - Adapted

• Steve Blackman, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi, Matt Wolpert, Based on the film Fargo (Fargo)

Elizabeth Chandler, Anne Meredith, Based on the book The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (The Red Tent)

David Simon, William F. Zorzi, Based on the book by Lisa Belkin (Show Me a Hero)


Short Form New Media – Original

• Daryn Straus ("Back to Reality")

Susan Miller ("Born This Way")


Short Form New Media – Adapted

• Zach Craley ("Chapter Two: Phoebe")

L. Signorino & Mike Zunic ("Part 8")
Mike Moore & David Reed ("The Summer of Love, Part 1: Meet Charlie")


Animation

• Dan Fybel ("Housetrap")

Carolyn Omine ("Halloween of Horror" – The Simpsons)
Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux ("Gayle Makin' Bob Sled" – Bob's Burgers)
Kelly Galuska ("Hank After Dark" – BoJack Horseman)
Matt Selman ("Sky Police" – The Simpsons)
Michael Price ("Walking Big & Tall" – The Simpsons)


Episodic Drama

• Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould ("Uno" – Better Call Saul)

David Benioff & D.B. Weiss ("Mother's Mercy" – Game of Thrones)
Robert King & Michelle King ("Mind's Eye" – The Good Wife)
Damon Lindelof & Nick Cuse ("International Assassin" – The Leftovers)
Matthew Weiner ("Person to Person" – Mad Men)
Andy Black ("Explosivos" – Narcos)


Episodic Comedy

• Clay Tarver ("Sand Hill Shuffle" – Silicon Valley)

Peter Saji ("Rock, Paper, Scissors, Gun" – black-ish)
Will Forte ("Alive in Tucson" – The Last Man On Earth)
Dave Anthony ("Racegate" – Maron)
Megan Ganz & Steven Levitan ("Connection Lost" – Modern Family)
Simon Blackwell & Georgia Pritchett, Story by Armando Iannucci & Simon Blackwell & Georgia Pritchett ("Joint Session" – Veep)


Comedy/Variety – Talk Series

• Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin and Danny Vermont (Real Time with Bill Maher)

Dan Amira, Steve Bodow, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, Elliott Kalan, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parsons, Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart and Delaney Yeager (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)

Jose Arroyo, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O'Brien, Matt O’Brien, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney (Conan)

Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Cullen Crawford, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabriel Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Daniel Kibblesmith, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Jen Spyra, Brian Stack (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

Jonathan Adler, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Luke Cunningham, Mike DiCenzo, Mike Drucker, Jess Dweck, Dicky Eagan, Caroline Eppright, Jimmy Fallon, John Haskell, JR Havlan, Josh Lieb, Arthur Meyer, A.D. Miles, Chase Mitchell, Dan Opsal, Gavin Purcell, Jon Rineman, Albertina Rizzo, David Young (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)


Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series

• Jessi Klein Writers: Hallie Cantor, Kim Caramele, Kyle Dunnigan, Jon Glaser, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Dan Powell, Tami Sagher and Amy Schumer (Inside Amy Schumer)

Colton Dunn, Rebecca Drysdale, Keegan-Michael Key, Phil Augusta Jackson, Jay Martel, Jordan Peele, Ian Roberts, Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders and Rich Talarico (Key & Peele)

Colin Jost, Rob Klein, James Anderson, Jeremy Beiler, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Steve Higgins, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Dave McCary, Dennis McNicholas, Lorne Michaels, Claire Mulaney, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Alison Rich, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, Nick Rutherford, Meredith Scardino, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, John Solomon and Kent Sublette (Saturday Night Live)


Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials

• Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Greg Dorris, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Joe Strazzullo, Bridger Winegar (Jimmy Kimmel Live: 10th Annual After The Oscars Special)

Dave Boone; Special Material by Adam Goldman and Carol Leifer (69th Tony Awards)

Amy Schumer (Amy Schumer: Live at The Apollo)

Lewis Friedman, Sara Lukinson, Nell Scovell, George Stevens, Jr., Michael Stevens (2014 Kennedy Center Honors)

Benji Aflalo, Wayne Federman, Marika Sawyer, Frank Sebastiano, Erik Weiner (2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards)

James Anderson, Fred Armisen, Tina Fey, Steve Higgins, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Tom Schiller, Sarah Schneider, Marc Shaiman, Michael Shoemaker, Robert Smigel, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker (Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special)


Quiz and Audience Participation

• Head Writer: Grant Taylor; Writers: Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter and Dwight D. Smith (Hollywood Game Night)

John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Deborah Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius and Billy Wisse (Jeopardy!)

Daytime Drama

• Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Andrea Archer Compton, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Elizabeth Page, Jean Passanante, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles and Chris Van Etten (General Hospital)

Bradley P. Bell, Michael Minnis Writers: Rex M. Best, Shannon Bradley, Adam Dusevoir, Tracey Ann Kelly, Patrick Mulcahey, Mark Pinciotti and Michele Val Jean (The Bold and the Beautiful)


Children's Script – Episodic and Specials

• Enders & Aminta Goyel ("Gortimer, Ranger and Mel vs. The Endless Night" – Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street) 

Mark Blutma ("Girl Meets I am Farkle" – Girl Meets World)
Garrett Frawley & Brian Turner ("Gortimer and the Surprise Signature" – Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street)

Laurie Parres ("Ranger vs. The Fabled Flower of Normal Street" – Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street)

David Anaxagoras and Luke Matheny ("Gortimer vs The Relentless Rainbow of Joy" – Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street)


Children's Long Form

• Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott (Descendants) 

Documentary

Documentary Script – Current Events

• Thomas Jennings ("American Terrorist" – Frontline)

"Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA" – Frontline (PBS) – Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser


Documentary Script – Other than Current Events

• Daniel McCab ("The Great Math Mystery" – Nova)

Marcela Gaviria ("Firestone and the Warlord" – Frontline)
Chana Gazit ("The Forgotten Plague" – American Experience)
Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser ("Secrets, Politics and Torture" – Frontline)

News

TV News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report

• Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Oriana Zill de Granados, Andy Court and Robert Anderson - "Cuba" 60 Minutes (CBS News)

Gerald Mazza - "Yogi Berra Tribute" (CBS Newspath)


TV News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary

• Sharyn Alfonsi, Michael Rey and Oriana Zill de Granados - "The Storm After the Storm" 60 Minutes (CBS News)

Radio

Radio Documentary

• Andrew Evans - "Marking the End of Vietnam: 40 Years Later" (ABC News Radio)

Radio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report

• Thomas A. Sabella - "Remembering New York Icons" (CBS Radio News)

Chris Barry - "Showtop" (ABC News Radio)
Andrew Evans - "World News This Week, January 9, 2015" (ABC News Radio)


Radio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary

• Gail Lee - "Passages" (CBS Radio News)

Andrew Evans - "Death of a Baseball Icon" (ABC News Radio)

Promotional Writing

On-Air Promotion – Television, New Media, or Radio

• Erial Tompkins (The McCarthys and Under the Dome - Promos)

Molly J. Neylan (Elementary - Promos)
Jessica Katzenstein (CBS On-Air - Promos)

Videogaming Writing

Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing

• John Stafford, Cameron Suey, Rhianna Pratchett, Philip Gelatt (Rise of the Tomb Raider)

Eric Fenstermaker, Carrie Patel, Olivia Veras, Chris Avellone, Jeff Husges, Matt MacLean, Jorge Salgado, Josh Sawyer and George Ziets (Pillars of Eternity)

Marc-Alexis Cote, Hugo Giard, Corey May, Jeffrey Yohalem, Corey May, Jeffrey Yohalem, Melissa MacCoubrey, Richard Farrese, Russell Lees, Mark Llabres Hill, James Nadiger, Jared Schincariol, Travis Stout, Ceri Young, Judith Flanders, C.J. Kershner, Gabrielle Shrager, Danny Wallace and Paul Monk (Assassin's Creed Syndicate) 

Marcin Blacha, Borys Pugacz-Muraszkiewicz, Arkadiusz Borowik, Aleksandra Motyka, Bartosz Ochman, Karolina Stachyra, Jakub Szamalek, Marcin Batylda, Michal Galek, Tomasz Marchewka, Robert Oglodzinski, Rafal Praszalek, Artur Sliwinski, Stanislaw Swiecicki, Pawel Zych, Marcin Blacha and Jakub Szamalek (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)