Writers Guild of America Awards 2009

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62nd WGA Awards
Presented by the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

February 20, 2010

The 62nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2009. Winners were announced on February 20, 2010.[1]

Nominees

Names in bold denote the winners.[2]

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay

Best Documentary Feature Screenplay

Television

Dramatic Series

Title Writers Network
Breaking Bad Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, George Mastras, J. Roberts, John Shiban, and Moira Walley-Beckett AMC
Dexter Scott Buck, Charles H. Eglee, Lauren Gussis, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Timothy Schlattman, and Wendy West Showtime
Friday Night Lights Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Ron Fitzgerald, Brent Fletcher, Etan Frankel, Jason Gavin, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Rolin Jones, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Derek Santos Olson, and John Zinman NBC
Lost Carlton Cuse, Adam Horowitz, Melinda Hsu Taylor, Edward Kitsis, Damon Lindelof, Greggory Nations, Kyle Pennington, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Brian K. Vaughan, and Paul Zbyszewski ABC
Mad Men Lisa Albert, Andrew Colville, Kater Gordon, Cathryn Humphris, Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Erin Levy, Marti Noxon, Frank Pierson, Robin Veith, Dahvi Waller, and Matthew Weiner AMC

Comedy Series

Title Writers Network
30 Rock Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Donald Glover, Steve Hely, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, Paula Pell, Jon Pollack, John Riggi, Tami Sagher, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, and Tracey Wigfield NBC
Curb Your Enthusiasm Larry David HBO
Glee Ian Brennan,, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy Fox
Modern Family Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker ABC
The Office Jennifer Celotta, Danny Chun, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Anthony Q. Farrell, Brent Forrester, Dan Goor, Charlie Grandy, Mindy Kaling, Ryan Koh, Lester Lewis, Paul Lieberstein, Warren Lieberstein, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Aaron Shure, Justin Spitzer, Gene Stupnitsky, and Halsted Sullivan NBC

New Series

Title Writers Network
Glee Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, and Ryan Murphy Fox
The Good Wife Angela Amato Velez, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Ted Humphrey, Dee Johnson, Todd E. Kessler, Michelle King, and Robert King CBS
Hung Colette Burson, Ellie Herman, Emily Kapnek, Brett C. Leonard, Dmitry Lipkin, and Angela Robinson HBO
Modern Family Paul Corrigan, Sameer Gardezi, Joe Lawson, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O'Shannon, Brad Walsh, Caroline Williams, Bill Wrubel, and Danny Zuker ABC
Nurse Jackie Taii K. Austin, Liz Brixius, Rick Cleveland, Evan Dunsky, Nancy Fichman, Liz Flahive, Jennifer Hoppe, Mark Hudis, John Hilary Shepherd, Linda Wallem, and Christine Zander Showtime

Episodic Drama

Title Series Writers Network
"Broken" House Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster & David Shore Fox
"Come, Ye Saints" Big Love Melanie Marnich HBO
"The Grown-Ups" Mad Men Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner AMC
"Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" Mad Men Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner AMC
"I Will Rise Up" True Blood Nancy Oliver HBO
"Phoenix" Breaking Bad John Shiban AMC

Episodic Comedy

Title Series Writers Network
"Apollo, Apollo" 30 Rock Robert Carlock NBC
"Broke" The Office Charlie Grandy NBC
"Chapter 1" Eastbound & Down Jody Hill, Ben Best, and Danny R. McBride HBO
"Gossip" The Office Paul Lieberstein NBC
"Pilot" Modern Family Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd ABC
"Reunion" 30 Rock Matt Hubbard NBC

Long Form – Original

Title Writers Network
Georgia O'Keeffe Michael Cristofer Lifetime
Grey Gardens Teleplay by Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, Story by Michael Sucsy HBO
Pedro Screenplay by Dustin Lance Black, Story by Paris Barclay & Dustin Lance Black MTV

Long Form – Adaptation

Title Writers Network
America Teleplay by Joyce Eliason and Rosie O'Donnell, Based upon the novel by E.R. Frank Lifetime
Taking Chance Teleplay by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, Based on the short story by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) HBO

Animation

Title Series Writers Network
"The Burns and the Bees" The Simpsons Stephanie Gillis Fox
"Eeny Teeny Maya Moe" The Simpsons John Frink Fox
"Gone Maggie Gone" The Simpsons Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham Fox
"Take My Life, Please" The Simpsons Don Payne Fox
"Wedding for Disaster" The Simpsons Joel H. Cohen Fox

Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series

Title Writers Network
Real Time with Bill Maher Head writer: Billy Martin, Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Jonathan Schmock, and Danny Vermont HBO
Saturday Night Live Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, John Solomon, Emily Spivey, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker, Additional Sketches by Adam McKay, Andrew Steele NBC
The Colbert Report Head Writers Barry Julien, Thomas Purcell, Writers Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Richard Dahm, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Peter Grosz, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Meredith Scardino, Allison Silverman, and Max Werner Comedy Central
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Head Writer Steve Bodow, Writers Rory Albanese, Rachel Axler, Kevin Bleyer, Rich Blomquist, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, DJ Javerbaum, JR Havlan, David Javerbaum, Elliott Kalan, Josh Lieb, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross and Jon Stewart Comedy Central
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Head Writer: Mike Sweeney, Writers Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Kevin Dorff, Andres du Bouchet, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Andy Richter, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg NBC

Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials

Title Writers Network
2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards Billy Kimball, Neal MacLennan IFC/AMC
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial George Stevens, Jr., Michael Stevens and Sara Lukinson HBO

Daytime Serials

Title Writers Network
All My Children Jeff Beldner, Joanna Cohen, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, Michelle Patrick, Charles Pratt, Jr., Rebecca Taylor, Tracey Thomson, Addie Walsh ABC
As the World Turns Peter Brash, Lisa Connor, Susan Dansby, Cheryl L. Davis, Leah Laiman, David A. Levinson, Leslie Nipkow, Jean Passanante, Gordon Rayfield, Courtney Simon CBS
One Life to Live Shelly Altman, Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Aida Croal, Carolyn Culliton, Janet Iacobuzio, Frederick Johnson, Sharon Lennon, Elizabeth Page, Melissa Salmons, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten ABC
The Young and the Restless Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Lisa Connor, Janice Ferri Esser, Eric Freiwald, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Beth Milstein, Natalie Minardi Slater, Melissa Salmons, Linda Schreiber, James Stanley, Sandra Weintraub, Teresa Zimmerman CBS

Children's

Episodic & Specials
Title Series Writers Network
"A Monster Problem" Imagination Movers Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Scott Gray Disney Channel
"Frankly, It's Becoming a Habitat" Sesame Street Joseph Mazzarino PBS
"Mouse and Home" Imagination Movers Michael G. Stern, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Scott Gray Disney Channel
"The Rival" True Jackson, VP Dan Kopelman Nickelodeon
"Welcome to the Jungle" The Troop Max Burnett Nickelodeon
"Wild Nature Survivor Guy" Sesame Street Christine Ferraro PBS
Long Form or Special
Title Writers Network
Another Cinderella Story Written by Erik Patterson, Jessica Scott ABC Family

Documentary

Current events
Title Series Writers Network
"Black Money" Frontline Lowell Bergman, Oriana Zill de Granados PBS
"Heat" Frontline Martin Smith PBS
"The Hugo Chávez Show" Frontline Ofra Bikel PBS
"Inside the Meltdown" Frontline Michael Kirk PBS
"The Madoff Affair" Frontline Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith PBS
"Poisoned Waters" Frontline Hedrick Smith, Rick Young PBS
Other than current events
Title Series Writers Network
"The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln" American Experience Written by Barak Goodman PBS
"Episode Two: 1890–1915: The Last Refuge" The National Parks: America's Best Idea Written by Dayton Duncan PBS
"The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer" American Experience Written by David Grubin PBS
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story Written by David A. Taylor, Olive Emma Bucklin, Andrea Kalin Smithsonian Channel
"We Shall Remain: Episode Three: Trail of Tears" American Experience Written by Mark Zwonitzer PBS
"We Shall Remain: Episode Two: Tecumseh's Vision" American Experience Written by Ric Burns PBS

News

Regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report
Title Series Writers Network
CBS Evening News Joe Clines, Jerry Cipriano, Jared Crawford CBS
Recession Candy R. Polly Leider CBS
World News with Charles Gibson Lee Kamlet, Julia Kathan, Joel Siegel ABC
Analysis, feature, or commentary
Title Series Writers Network
"All Night Long" Good Morning America Mary Pflum ABC
"A Private War: Expose: America's Investigative Reports" Bill Moyers Journal Thomas M. Jennings PBS
"Election Day" Bill Moyers Journal Bill Moyers, Michael Winship PBS
"Financial Fingers" CBS News R. Polly Leider CBS
"The Words That Won the White House" Good Morning America Lisa Ferri ABC

Radio

Documentary

News – Regularly Scheduled or Breaking

News – Analysis, Feature or Commentary

Promotional Writing and Graphic Animation

On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television)

  • How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Promo Process – Written by Michelle Straebler; WNBC
  • "Vegas" (Dateline), "The Wanted" Promo, NBC Nightly News Promo, "Iran" (Dateline), "Cheat" (Dateline) – Written by Barry Fitzsimmons; NBC

Television Graphic Animation

Video games

Videogame Writing

References

  1. ↑ http://archive.is/20120525035829/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1516
  2. ↑ http://archive.is/20120525050852/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517

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