As a writer, I feel particularly passionate about Hollywood writing awards, and yesterday's 2007 Writers Guild Awards ceremony suggests that one of my favorite scripts this year, Little Miss Sunshine, might really be the little movie that could when it comes to screenwriting nods at the Oscars. Held in Los Angeles and attend by Tina Fey, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Mo Rocca, the awards honored achievements for movies, TV, and radio. Here's a look at the TV and movie winners.
SCREEN WINNERS
Original Screenplay:
Little Miss Sunshine, Michael Arndt
Adapted Screenplay:
The Departed, screenplay by William Monahan; based on the movie Infernal Affairs, written by Alan Mak and Felix Chong
Documentary Screenplay:
Deliver Us from Evil, written by Amy Berg
TELEVISION WINNERS
Dramatic Series:
"The Sopranos," written by Mitchell Burgess, David Chase, Diane Frolov, Robin Green, Andrew Schneider, Matthew Weiner, Terence Winter; HBO
Comedy Series:
"The Office," written by Steve Carell, Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Brent Forrester, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky; NBC
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New Series:
"Ugly Betty," written by Veronica Becker, Oliver Goldstick, Silvio Horta, Sarah Kucserka, Sheila Lawrence, Cameron Litvack, Myra Jo Martino, Jim Parriott, Marco Pennette, Dailyn Rodriguez, Don Todd; ABC
Episodic Drama, One Airing Time:
"Big Love" Pilot, witten by Mark V. Olsen & Will Scheffer; HBO
Episodic Comedy, one airing time:
"Casino Night" ("The Office"), Written by Steve Carell; NBC
Long-Form Original Program:
"Flight 93," written by Nevin Schreiner; A&E
Animation, one airing time:
"The Italian Bob" ("The Simpsons"), written by John Frink; Fox
Comedy/Variety Awards, Tributes, Specials:
The National Memorial Day Concert, Written by Joan Meyerson; PBS
Comedy/Variety (including talk) series:
"Saturday Night Live," Head Writers Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Andrew Steele; Writers Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Liz Cackowski, Charlie Grandy, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, Matt Murray, Paula Pell, Akiva Schaffer, Frank Sebastiano, T. Sean Shannon, Robert Smigel, JB Smoove, Emily Spivey, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker; Additional sketches by Mike Schwartz, Kristin Gore; NBC
Daytime Serials:
"As the World Turns," written by Jean Passanante, Leah Laiman, Christopher Whitesell, Courtney Simon, Anna Cascio, Lisa Connor, Paula Cwikly, Hogan Sheffer, Judy Tate, Bettina Bradbury, Richard Culliton, Susan Dansby, Judy Donato, Josh Griffith, Elizabeth Page, Melissa Salmons, Charlotte Gibson; CBS
Children's Episodic and Specials:
Premiere ("Just for Kicks"), written by Alana Sanko; Nickelodeon
Documentary, Current Events:
The Dark Side, written by Michael Kirk; PBS Frontline
Documentary, Other:
Marie Antoinette, written by David Grubin; PBS
News - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report:
"Remembering Lou Rawls," written by Jonathan Kaplan; CBS News
News - Analysis, Feature, or Commentary:
"Crisis Mismanagement" (America's Investigative Reports), Written by Tom M. Jennings; PBS
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They held the WGAs the same night as the Grammys and one night after the BAFTAs? How does that make sense?
But Yay! for Little Miss Sunshine. That was definitely one of the most unique screenplays of the year and I hope they win. I'm pulling for them in that category more than any other.
1Little Miss Sunshine gets my vote too! What a great movie. Overall great picks.
2So glad the Office won!
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