50th Writers Guild of America Awards
50th WGA Awards | |
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Date | 21 February 1998 |
Organized by | Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
The 50th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on 21 February 1998, honored the best writers in film and television of 1997.
Film[]
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
- Donnie Brasco – Paul Attanasio
- The Ice Storm – James Schamus
- Wag the Dog – Hilary Henkin and David Mamet
- The Wings of the Dove – Hossein Amini
Best Original Screenplay[]
As Good as It Gets – Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks
- Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Full Monty – Simon Beaufoy
- Good Will Hunting – Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
- Titanic – James Cameron
Television[]
Best Episodic Drama[]
"Entrapment" - Law & Order - Rene Balcer and Richard Sweren
- "Whose Appy Now?" - ER - Neal Baer
- "Deadbeat" - Law & Order - Ed Zuckerman and I. C. Rapoport
Best Episodic Comedy[]
"The Fatigues" - Seinfeld - Gregg Kavet and Andy Robin
- "The Puppy Episode" - Ellen - Mark Driscoll, Dana Savel, Tracey Newman, Jonathan Stark and Ellen DeGeneres
- "The Impossible Dream" - Frasier - Rob Greenberg
- "The Chicken Roaster" - Seinfeld - Alec Berg and Jeff Schaffer
- "The Bizarro Jerry" - Seinfeld - David Mandel
- "Ellen, Or Isn't She?" - The Larry Sanders Show - Judd Apatow, John Markus and Garry Shandling
- "The Book" - The Larry Sanders Show - Maya Forbes
1997 Daytime Serials Winner- All My Children: Agnes Nixon; Lorraine Broderick; Hal Corley; ; Gail Lawrence; Jeff Beldner; Christina Covino; Courtney Sherman; Millee Taggart; Karen Lewis; ; Michelle Patrick; Bettina F. Bradbury; ; Kathleen Klein;
Other Nominees: General Hospital: Claire Labine; Matthew Labine; Robert Guza, Jr.; Karen Harris; Michele Val Jean; Meg Bennett; ; Mary Ryan; Jane Atkins; Stephanie Braxton; Judith Pinsker; Lynda Myles; Elizabeth Korte; ;
References[]
- Writers Guild of America Awards
- 1997 film awards
- 1997 awards in the United States
- 1997 in American cinema
- 1997 in American television
- February 1998 events in the United States