67th Writers Guild of America Awards

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67th WGA Awards
DateFebruary 14, 2015
Organized by Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

The 67th Writers Guild of America Awards honor the best film, television, radio and video-game writers of 2014. The nominations for television, new media, and radio categories were announced on December 4, 2014. [1] The nominations for original, adapted, and documentary screenplay nominations were announced on January 7, 2015. [2] The winners were announced in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York on February 14, 2015. [3]

Contents

Nominees

Film

Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Documentary Screenplay

Television

Drama Series
  • True Detective (HBO) – Nic Pizzolatto
    • Game of Thrones (HBO) – David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, D. B. Weiss
    • The Good Wife (CBS) – Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia Wolfe
    • House of Cards (Netflix) – Bill Cain, Laura Eason, Sam R. Forman, William Kennedy, Kenneth Lin, John Mankiewicz, David Manson, Beau Willimon
    • Mad Men (AMC) – Lisa Albert, Heather Jeng Bladt, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, David Iserson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Patricia Resnick, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray
Comedy Series
  • Louie (FX) – Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.
    • Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) – Stephen Falk, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Lauren Morelli, Alex Regnery, Hartley Voss
    • Silicon Valley (HBO) – John Altschuler, Alec Berg, Matteo Borghese, Jessica Gao, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell, Dan O'Keefe, Clay Tarver, Rob Turbovsky, Ron Weiner
    • Transparent (Amazon) – Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway
    • Veep (HBO) – Simon Blackwell, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche, Will Smith
New Series
  • True Detective (HBO) – Nic Pizzolatto
    • The Affair (Showtime) – Dan LeFranc, Hagai Levi, Melanie Marnich, Eric Overmyer, Kate Robin, Sarah Treem
    • The Knick (Cinemax) – Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Steven Katz
    • Silicon Valley (HBO) – John Altschuler, Alec Berg, Matteo Borghese, Jessica Gao, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell, Dan O'Keefe, Clay Tarver, Rob Turbovsky, Ron Weiner
    • Transparent (Amazon) – Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway
Long Form Original
Long Form Adapted
Short Form New Media – Original
  • "Episode 113: Rachel" – High Maintenance – Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair
    • "Apocalypse No" – Bad Shorts – Ben Zelevansky
    • "City of Angles" – Caper (Hulu) – Amy Berg & Mike Sizemore
    • "Episode 1 – Nurture" – F To 7th – Ingrid Jungermann
    • "Episode 204" – Vicky and Lysander – Damon Cardasis and Shannon Walker
    • "Episode 207" – Vicky and Lysander – Damon Cardasis and Shannon Walker
Animation
Episodic Drama
  • "The Last Call" – The Good Wife (CBS) – Robert King & Michelle King
    • "A Day’s Work" – Mad Men (AMC) – Jonathan Igla and Matthew Weiner
    • "Devil You Know" – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Howard Korder
    • "Donald the Normal" – Rectify (SundanceTV) – Kate Powers & Ray McKinnon
    • "Friendless Child" – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Riccardo DiLoreto & Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder
    • "The Lion and the Rose" – Game of Thrones (HBO) – George R. R. Martin
Episodic Comedy
  • "So Did the Fat Lady" – Louie (FX) – Louis C.K.
    • "The Cold" – Modern Family (ABC) – Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz
    • "Landline" – New Girl (Fox) – Rob Rosell
    • "Low Self Esteem City" – Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) – Nick Jones
    • "Three Dinners" – Modern Family (ABC) – Abraham Higginbotham & Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman
    • "The Wilderness" – Transparent (Amazon) – Written by Ethan Kuperberg
Comedy/Variety (including Talk) – Series
Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials
Quiz and Audience Participation
  • Hollywood Game Night (NBC) – Grant Taylor; Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter
    • Jeopardy! (ABC) – John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse
Daytime Drama
  • General Hospital (ABC) – Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten
    • Days of Our Lives (NBC) – Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Janet Iacobuzio, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Christopher Whitesell
Children's Script – Episodic and Specials
Documentary Script – Current Events
  • "United States of Secrets: The Program (Part One)" – Frontline (PBS) – Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser
    • "Losing Iraq" – Frontline (PBS) – Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser
    • "United States of Secrets: Privacy Lost (Part Two)" – Frontline (PBS) – Martin Smith
Documentary Script – Other than Current Events
TV News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
TV News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "Nowhere to Go" – 60 Minutes (CBS) – Scott Pelley, Oriana Zill de Granados & Michael Rey

Radio

Radio Documentary
  • "Three Shots Rang Out: The JFK Assassination 50 Years Later," (ABC News Radio) – Darren Reynolds
Radio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
Radio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "Civil Rights at 50" (WCBS-AM) – Jane Tillman Irving

Promotional Writing

On-Air Promotion – Television, New Media, or Radio
  • "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS) – Dan Greenberger
    • "WABC-TV On-Air Promos" (WABC-TV) – Brandon Nelson

Videogames

Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing

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References

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