The 66th Writers Guild of America Awards honor the best film, television, radio and video-game writers of 2013. The television and radio nominees were announced on December 5, 2013. Film nominees were announced on January 3, 2014. All winners were announced on February 1, 2014, at the JW Marriott hotel in the L.A. Live entertainment complex.
Winners and nominees
Film
Original Her — Spike Jonze; Warner Bros. Pictures † American Hustle — Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell; Columbia Pictures Blue Jasmine — Woody Allen; Sony Picture Classics Dallas Buyers Club — Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack; Focus Features Nebraska — Bob Nelson; Paramount Pictures
Adapted Captain Phillips — Screenplay by Billy Ray, based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures August: Osage County — Screenplay by Tracy Letts, based on his play; The Weinstein Company Before Midnight — Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan; Sony Picture Classics Lone Survivor — Screenplay by Peter Berg, based on the book by Marcus Lutrell with Patrick Robinson; Universal Pictures The Wolf of Wall Street — Screenplay by Terence Winter, based on the memoir by Jordan Belfort; Paramount Pictures
Documentary Stories We Tell — Written by Sarah Polley; Roadside Attractions Dirty Wars — Written by Jeremy Scahill and David Riker; Sundance Selects Herblock – The Black & The White — Written by Sara Lukinson & Michael Stevens; The Stevens Company No Place on Earth — Written by Janet Tobias & Paul Laikin; Magnolia Pictures We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks — Written by Alex Gibney; Focus Features
Television
Drama series Breaking Bad — Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC The Good Wife —Meredith Averill, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Jacqueline Hoyt, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, J.C. Nolan, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia Wolfe; CBS Homeland — Henry Bromell, William E. Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Barbara Hall, Patrick Harbinson, Chip Johannessen, Meredith Stiehm, Charlotte Stoudt, James Yoshimura; Showtime House of Cards — Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon; Netflix Mad Men — Lisa Albert, Semi Chellas, Jason Grote, Jonathan Igla, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Michael Saltzman, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray; AMC
Comedy Series Veep — Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO 30 Rock — Jack Burditt, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Luke Del Tredici, Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, Matt Hubbard, Colleen McGuinness, Sam Means, Dylan Morgan, Nina Pedrad, Josh Siegal, Tracey Wigfield; NBC Modern Family — Paul Corrigan, Bianca Douglas, Megan Ganz, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Becky Mann, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Audra Sielaff, Emily Spivey, Brad Walsh, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC Orange Is the New Black — Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez; Netflix Parks and Recreation — Megan Amram, Donick Cary, Greg Daniels, Nate DiMeo, Emma Fletcher, Rachna Fruchbom, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Matt Hubbard, Dave King, Greg Levine, Joe Mande, Sam Means, Aisha Muharrar, Matt Murray, Amy Poehler, Alexandra Rushfield, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky, Harris Wittels, Alan Yang; NBC
New Series House of Cards — Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon; Netflix The Americans — Michael Batistick, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Melissa James Gibson, Sneha Koorse, Joe Weisberg, Bradford Winters; FX Masters of Sex — Michelle Ashford, Tyler Bensinger, Michael Cunningham, Lyn Greene, Richard Levine, Amy Lippman, Sam Shaw, Noelle Valdivia; Showtime Orange Is the New Black — Liz Friedman, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Gary Lennon, Lauren Morelli, Marco Ramirez; Netflix Ray Donovan — Ann Biderman, Sean Conway, David Hollander, Brett Johnson, Ron Nyswaner; Showtime
Episodic Drama "Confessions" (Breaking Bad) — Gennifer Hutchison; AMC "Buried" (Breaking Bad) — Thomas Schnauz; AMC "Chapter 1" (House of Cards) — Beau Willimon; Netflix "Granite State" (Breaking Bad) — Peter Gould; AMC "Hitting the Fan" (The Good Wife) — Robert King and Michelle King; CBS "Pilot" (Masters of Sex) — Michelle Ashford; Showtime
Episodic Comedy "Hogcock!" (30 Rock) — Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock; NBC "Career Day" (Modern Family) — Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh; ABC "Farm Strong" (Modern Family) — Elaine Ko; ABC "I Wasn't Ready" (Orange Is the New Black), Liz Friedman and Jenji Kohan; Netflix "Lesbian Request Denied" (Orange Is the New Black), Sian Heder; Netflix "Leslie and Ben" (Parks and Recreation), Michael Schur and Alan Yang; NBC
Long Form – Adaptation Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight — Shawn Slovo, based on the book by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace; HBO Killing Kennedy — Kelly Masterson, based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard; National Geographic
Animation "A Test Before Trying" (The Simpsons) — Joel H. Cohen; Fox "Game of Tones" (Futurama) — Michael Rowe; Comedy Central "Hardly Kirk-ing" (The Simpsons) — Tom Gammill and Max Pross; Fox "Murder on the Planet Express" (Futurama) — Lew Morton; Comedy Central "Saturday Morning Fun Pit" (Futurama) — Patric M. Verrone; Comedy Central "YOLO" (The Simpsons) — Michael Nobori; Fox
Comedy/Variety (including talk) series The Colbert Report — Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Bobby Mort, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner; Comedy Central Conan — Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Scott Chernoff, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Scott Gairdner, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS The Daily Show — Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Matt Koff, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Rick Rosner; ABC Portlandia — Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley; IFC Saturday Night Live — Seth Meyers, Colin Jost; Writers: James Anderson, Alex Baze, Neil Casey, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Joe Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Mike O’Brien, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Marika Sawyer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Bryan Tucker; NBC
Comedy/Variety (including music, awards, tributes ) specials Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, Head Writers: Jay Martel, Ian Roberts; Writers: Alex Rubens, Charlie Sanders; NBC
Daytime Drama Days of Our Lives — Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Christopher J. Whitesell; NBC General Hospital — Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Jean Passanante, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC The Young and the Restless — Associate Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Tracey Thomson; Written by Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Brent Boyd, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Beth Milstein, Lisa Seidman, Natalie Minardi Slater, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS
Children's - Episodic and Specials "influANTces" (A.N.T. Farm) — Vincent Brown; Disney Channel "The Haunted Cave" (Spooksville) — Jim Krieg; Hub Network "Simon Says" (Sesame Street) — Christine Ferraro; PBS
Documentary – Current Events "Egypt in Crisis" (Frontline) — Marcela Gaviria & Martin Smith; PBS "Cliffhanger" (Frontline) — Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
Documentary – Other than Current Events "The Choice 2012" (Frontline) — Michael Kirk; PBS (tie) *"Silicon Valley" (American Experience) — Telescript by Randall MacLowry and Michelle Ferrari; Story by Randall MacLowry; PBS (tie) "The Abolitionists" (American Experience) — Rob Rapley; PBS "Episode 1" (The Dust Bowl) — Dayton Duncan; PBS
News – regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report "Tragedy at Newtown" Special Edition (ABC World News with Diane Sawyer) — Lisa Ferri and Matt Negrin; ABC "The Election of Pope Francis" (CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley) — Jerry Cipriano, Joe Clines and Scott Pelley; CBS "The Fall of Lance Armstrong"(60 Minutes) — Michael Radutzky, Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados; CBS "The Inauguration of the President" (CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley) — Jerry Cipriano and Joe Clines; CBS
News – analysis, feature, or commentary "Lethal Medicine" (60 Minutes) — Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados, Michael Radutzky; CBS "Throwback Thursday – Happy Birthday, Michael Jackson" (ABC World News Now) — Matt Nelko; ABC "Vinyl Revival" (CBS News) — Polly Leider; CBS
Radio
Documentary "2012 Year in Review" — Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
News – regularly scheduled or breaking report "Afternoon Drive" — Bill Spadaro; CBS Radio/1010 WINS "George McGovern: A Look Back" — Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
News – analysis, feature, or commentary "Remembering C. Everett Koop" — Scott Saloway; CBS Radio News "Remembrances" — Gail Lee; CBS Radio News "Tributes" — Thomas A. Sabella; CBS Radio News
Promotional Writing and Graphic Animation
On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television) "The Crazy Ones – Building a Better Comedy" — Erial Tompkins; CBS "48 Hours: 2013 Fall Preview" — Jay Pedinoff; CBS News Marketing
Television Graphic Animation "CBS News Animations" — David Rosen; CBS News
Video games The Last of Us — Neil Druckmann; Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag — Story by Darby McDevitt, Mustapha Mahrach, Jean Guesdon; Lead Scriptwriter Darby McDevitt; Scriptwriter Jill Murray; AI Scriptwriter Nicholas Grimwood; Scriptwriter Singapore Mark Llabres Hill; Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Origins — Narrative Director Dooma Wendschuh; Writer & Senior Narrative Designer Ryan Galletta; Writer Corey May; Warner Bros. Interactive God of War: Ascension — Marianne Krawczyk; Additional Writing Ariel Lawrence; Sony Computer Entertainment Lost Planet 3 — Head Writer Richard Gaubert; Writers Orion Walker, Matt Sophos; Capcom
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Paul Mazursky
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Garry Marshall
References
4. † indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.
External links Official site Writers Guild of America Awards 2013 at IMDb