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64th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 64th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2011. Winners were announced on February 19, 2012.[1]

Nominees

Film

Original

Midnight in Paris — Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics

Adapted

The Descendants — Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings; Fox Searchlight

Documentary

Better This World — Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films

Television

Drama series

Breaking Bad — Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

Comedy Series

Modern Family — Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker; ABC

New Series

Homeland — Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime

Episodic Drama

"Box Cutter" (Breaking Bad) — Vince Gilligan; AMC

"The Good Soldier" (Homeland) — Henry Bromell; Showtime

Episodic Comedy

"Caught in the Act" (Modern Family) — Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman; ABC

Long form – original – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times

Cinema Verite — David Seltzer; HBO

Long form – adaptation – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times

Too Big to Fail — Teleplay by Peter Gould, Based on the book Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin; HBO

Short Form - original new media

“Episode 1,” “Episode 2,” “Episode 4,” “Episode 5,” “Episode 6” (Aim High) by Heath Corson & Richie Keen; cambio.com/aim-high

“Episode 2.1: Employment,” “Episode 2.2: Clientele,” “Episode 2.3: Personal Property,” “Episode 2.4: The American Dream,” “Episode 2.5: Debt Ceiling” (Downsized) by Daryn Strauss; downsizedthewebseries.com

“Episode 3.1: The Return,” “Episode 3.5: The Testosterone,” “Episode 3.6: The Advice,” “Episode 3.7: The Date” (Jack in a Box) by Michael Cyril Creighton; jackinaboxsite.com

Animation – any length – one airing time

"Homer the Father" (The Simpsons) — Joel H. Cohen; FOX

Comedy/variety – (including talk) series

The Colbert Report — 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

References

  1. ^ "2012 Awards". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2011.