The 60th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2007. Winners were announced on February 9, 2008.
Winners and nominees
Film
Best Adapted Screenplay No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (screenplay); Cormac McCarthy (author) † Into the Wild - Sean Penn (screenplay); Jon Krakauer (author) Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) - Ronald Harwood (screenplay); Jean-Dominique Bauby (author) There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson (screenplay); Upton Sinclair (author) Zodiac - James Vanderbilt (screenplay); Robert Graysmith (author)
Best Original Screenplay Juno - Diablo Cody † Knocked Up - Judd Apatow Lars and the Real Girl - Nancy Oliver Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy The Savages - Tamara Jenkins
Best Documentary Feature Screenplay Taxi to the Dark Side - Alex Gibney The Camden 28 - Anthony Giacchino Nanking - Elisabeth Bentley, Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman, and Elisabeth Bentley; story by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman No End in Sight - Charles Ferguson The Rape of Europa - Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham, and Bonni Cohen Sicko - Michael Moore
Television
Dramatic Series Title Writers NetworkDexterScott Buck, Daniel Cerone, Drew Greenberg, Lauren Gussis, Kevin Maynard, Clyde Phillips, Melissa Rosenberg, and Timothy SchlattmanShowtimeFriday Night LightsBridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Andy Miller, Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, and John ZinmanNBCMad MenLisa Albert, Bridget Bedard, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Tom Palmer, Chris Provenzano, Robin Veith, and Matthew WeinerAMCThe SopranosDavid Chase, Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider, Matthew Weiner, and Terence WinterHBO The Wire Ed Burns, Chris Collins, Dennis Lehane, David Mills, Eric Overmyer, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, David Simon, and William F. ZorziHBO
Comedy Series Title Writers Network 30 Rock Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, and Ron WeinerNBCCurb Your EnthusiasmLarry DavidHBOEntourageMarc Abrams, Lisa Alden, Michael Benson, Brian Burns, Doug Ellin, Alex Gansa, Tim Griffin, Dusty Kay, Stephen Levinson, Ally Musika, Wes Nickerson, and Rob WeissHBOFlight of the ConchordsDamon Beesley, James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Eric Kaplan, Bret McKenzie, Iain Morris, Duncan Sarkies, Pauls Simms, and Taika WaititiHBOThe OfficeSteve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Anthony Farrell, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B. J. Novak, Michael Schur, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky, Caroline Williams, and Larry WilmoreNBC
New Series Title Writers NetworkDamagesJeremy Doner, Mark Fish, Davey Holmes, Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, Willie Reale, Adam Stein, Aaron Zelman, and Daniel ZelmanFXFlight of the ConchordsDamon Beesley, James Bobin, Jemaine Clement, Eric Kaplan, Bret McKenzie, Iain Morris, Duncan Sarkies, Pauls Simms, and Taika WaititiHBO Mad Men Lisa Albert, Bridget Bedard, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Tom Palmer, Chris Provenzano, Robin Veith, and Matthew WeinerAMCPushing DaisiesChad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik Creasey, Bryan Fuller, Abby Gewanter, Jim Danger Gray, Lisa Joy, Kath Lingenfelter, Rina Mimoun, Jack Monaco, Scott Nimerfro, and Peter OckoABCThe Sarah Silverman ProgramDan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, Rob Schrab, Jon Schroeder, Sarah Silverman, Dan Sterling, and Harris WittelsComedy Central
Episodic Drama Title Series Writers Network"The Dark Defender"DexterTim SchlattmannShowtime"Final Grades"The WireTeleplay by David Simon; Story by David Simon & Ed BurnsHBO"Flashes Before Your Eyes"LostDamon Lindelof & Drew GoddardABC"The Hobo Code"Mad MenChris ProvenzanoAMC"The Round File"The CloserMichael AlaimoTNT "The Second Coming" The Sopranos Terence WinterHBO
Episodic Comedy Title Series Writers Network "The Job" The Office Paul Lieberstein & Michael SchurNBC"Local Ad"The OfficeB. J. NovakNBC"Hard Ball"30 RockMatt HubbardNBC"Pie-lette"Pushing DaisiesBryan FullerABC"Phyllis' Wedding"The OfficeCaroline WilliamsNBC"Sally Returns"Flight of the ConchordsJames Bobin & Jemaine Clement & Bret McKenzieHBO
Long Form - Original Title Writers Network Pandemic Bryce Zabel & Jackie ZabelHallmark ChannelThe Lost Room"Night One" Teleplay by Laura Harkcom & Christopher Leone; Story by Christopher Leone & Paul Workman. "Night Two" and "Night Three" written by Laura Harkcom & Christopher LeoneSci-Fi
Long Form - Adaptation Title Writers NetworkBury My Heart at Wounded KneeTeleplay by Daniel Giat, based on the book by Dee Alexander BrownHBO The Company: A Story of the CIA Teleplay by Ken Nolan, based on the novel by Robert LittellTNTThe Starter WifeTeleplay by Sara Parriott & Josann McGibbon, based on the book by Gigi Levangie GrazerUSA
Animation Title Series Writers Network"The Haw-Hawed Couple"The SimpsonsMatt SelmanFox"The Homer of Seville"The SimpsonsCarolyn OmineFox "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" The Simpsons Jeff WestbrookFox"Stop! Or My Dog Will Shoot"The SimpsonsJohn FrinkFox"The Passion of Dauterive"King of the HillTony Gama-Lobo & Rebecca MayFox"Lucky's Wedding Suit"King of the HillJim DauteriveFox
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series Title Writers NetworkThe Daily Show with Jon StewartHead Writer Steve Bodow, Written by Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, J. R. Havlan, Scott Jacobson, D.J. Javerbaum, Rob Kutner, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jason Reich, Jason Ross and Jon StewartComedy Central The Colbert Report Written by Bryan Adams, Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Peter Gwinn, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Laura Krafft, Frank Lesser, Tom Purcell, and Allison SilvermanComedy CentralLate Night with Conan O'BrienWriters Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Tim Harrod, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, and Andrew WeinbergNBCPenn & Teller: Bullshit!Written by Penn Jillette, Teller, David Weiss, Jon Hotchkiss, Michael Goudeau, Star Price, Sheryl Zohn, Cliff SchoenbergShowtimeReal Time with Bill MaherWritten by Scott Carter, David Feldman, Lance Crouther, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Jonathan Schmock, Danny VermontHBOSaturday Night LiveHead Writers Seth Meyers, Paula Pell, Andrew Steele, Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, James Downey, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Lorne Michaels, Matt Murray, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Robert Smigel, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Andrew Steele, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketch By Jim CashmanNBC
Daytime Serials Title Writers NetworkAll My ChildrenJames Harmon Brown, Barbara Esensten, Megan McTavish, Addie Walsh, Chip Hayes, Stephen Demorest, Michelle Patrick, Amanda L. Beall, Jeff Beldner, Karen Lewis, Rebecca Taylor, Marla Kanelos, Courtney Bugler, Joanna Cohen, Kate HallABCAs the World TurnsJean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Christopher Whitesell, Courtney Simon, Anna Cascio, Lisa Connor, David A. Levinson, Gary Sunshine, Bettina F. Bradbury, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Judith Donato, Mimi Leahey, Elizabeth Page Judy TateCBSGeneral HospitalRobert Guza Jr., Elizabeth Korte, Michael Conforti, Garin Wolf, David Goldschmid, Michele Val Jean, Mary Sue Price, Karen Harris, Susan Wald, Tracey ThompsonABC The Young and the Restless Lynn Marie Latham, Scott Hamner, Jeff Gottesfeld, Cherie Bennett, Bernard Lechowick, James Stanley, Natalie Minardi Slater, Lynsey DuFour, Marina Alburger, Sara A. Bibel, Paula Cwikly, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Linda Schreiber, Joshua S. McCaffrey, Sandra WeintraubCBS
Children's
Episodic & specials Title Series Writers Network "Look Whose Not Talking" Flight 29 Down D. J. MacHaleDiscovery Kids"Nat is a Stand Up Guy"The Naked Brothers BandPolly DraperNickelodeon
Script - long form or special Title Writers NetworkThe Haunting Hour: Don't Think About ItBilly Brown, and Dan AngelCartoon Network Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board Teleplay by Ann Austen & Douglas Sloan and Max Enscoe & Annie DeYoung, story by Ann Austen & Douglas SloanDisney Channel
Documentary
Current events Title Series Writers Network"The Enemy Within"FrontlineLowell Bergman & Oriana Zill De GranadosPBS"News War Part 1: Secrets Sources and Spin"FrontlineWritten by Raney Aronson-Rath and Lowell Bergman & Seth BomsePBS"News War Part 3: What's Happening to the News?"FrontlineStephen Talbot & Lowell BergmanPBS "Return of the Taliban" Frontline Martin SmithPBS"Security vs. Liberty: The Other War"America at a CrossroadsEdward GrayPBS"Spying on the Home Front"FrontlineHedrick Smith & Rick YoungPBS
Other than current events Title Series Writers Network"Alexander Hamilton"American ExperienceRonald BlumerPBS "Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life" Independent Lens Robert Levi and Robert SeidmanPBS"Forgotten Genius"NovaStephen Lyons & Llewellyn M. SmithPBS"Episode Four: Pride of Our Nation"The WarGeoffrey C. WardPBS
News
Regularly scheduled, bulletin or breaking report Title Series Writers Network "Amish School Shooting" World News with Charles Gibson Josh Landis, Joel Siegel, Julia Kathan, and Charles GibsonABC"The Battle for Iraq: Four Years After the Invasion"Up to the MinuteJ. Craig WilsonCBS
Analysis, feature, or commentary Title Series Writers Network"The 7 New Wonders of the World: The Internet"Good Morning AmericaLaura ZaccaroABC "To Bee or Not To Bee" Good Morning America Mary PflumABC
Video games
Videogame Writing Dead Head Fred - Dave Ellis and Adam Cogan Crash of the Titans - Christopher Mitchell The Simpsons Game - Lead writer Matt Selman, written by Tim Long and Matt Warburton, dialogue by Jeff Poliquin The Witcher - Lead story designer Artur Ganszyniec, dialogue by Sebastian Stepien, additional dialogue by Marcin Blacha, writers Sande Chen and Anne Toole World in Conflict - Story design by Christofer Emgard, story consultant Larry Bond, script consultant Ed Zuckerman
References
† indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.