58th Writers Guild of America Awards
58th WGA Awards | |
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Date | February 4, 2006 |
Organized by | Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
Highlights | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Brokeback Mountain |
The 58th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on February 4, 2006, honored the best film and television writers of 2005.
Winners and nominees[]
Film[]
Adapted Screenplay[]
Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
- Capote – Dan Futterman
- The Constant Gardener – Jeffrey Caine
- A History of Violence – Josh Olson
- Syriana – Stephen Gaghan
Original Screenplay[]
Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin – Judd Apatow and Steve Carell
- Cinderella Man – Akiva Goldsman and
- Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
- The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
Documentary Screenplay[]
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – Alex Gibney; based on the book The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
- Cowboy del Amor – Michèle Ohayon
- The Fall of Fujimori – Ellen Perry, Zack Anderson, and Kim Roberts
- March of the Penguins – Luc Jacquet and Michel Fessler (narration written by Jordan Roberts); based on the story by Luc Jacquet
- Street Fight – Marshall Curry
Television[]
Dramatic Series[]
Lost – J. J. Abrams, Kim Clements, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Paul Dini, Brent Fletcher, David Fury, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Jennifer Johnson, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, Lynne E. Litt, Monica Macer, Steven Maeda, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Janet Tamaro, Christian Taylor, Craig Wright
- Deadwood – Regina Corrado, Sara Hess, Ted Mann, , Bernadette McNamara, David Milch, Peter Ocko, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steve Shill, Nick Towne, Jody Worth
- Grey's Anatomy – Zoanne Clack, , Kip Koenig, , James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman
- Six Feet Under – Alan Ball, Scott Buck, Rick Cleveland, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Nancy Oliver, Kate Robin, Jill Soloway, Craig Wright
- The West Wing – Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Carol Flint, Mark Goffman, Alex Graves, Peter Noah, Lawrence O'Donnell, Lauren Schmidt, Josh Singer, Aaron Sorkin, John Wells, Bradley Whitford, John Sacret Young
Comedy Series[]
Curb Your Enthusiasm – Larry David
- Arrested Development – Barbara Feldman, Brad Copeland, Richard Day, Karey Dornetto, Jake Farrow, Abraham Higginbotham, Mitchell Hurwitz, , , Courtney Lilly, Dean Lorey, Chuck Martin, , , , Maria Semple, Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Ron Weiner
- Entourage – Brian Burns, Larry Charles, Cliff Dorfman, Doug Ellin, Chris Henchy, Stephen Levinson, Rob Weiss
- My Name Is Earl – Barbara Feldman, , , , Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Gregory Thomas Garcia, , , , Timothy Stack, ,
- The Office – Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky, Larry Wilmore
New Series[]
Grey's Anatomy – Zoanne Clack, Ann Lewis Hamilton, Kip Koenig, , James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle G. Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman and Mark Wilding
- Everybody Hates Chris – Aron Abrams, Rodney Barnes, , , Howard Gewirtz, Ali LeRoi, Courtney Lilly, Chris Rock, Gregory Thompson and Kriss Turner
- My Name Is Earl – Barbara Feldman, , , , Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Gregory Thomas Garcia, , , , Timothy Stack, and
- The Office – Jennifer Celotta, Greg Daniels, Lee Eisenberg, Ricky Gervais, Mindy Kaling, Paul Lieberstein, Stephen Merchant, B.J. Novak, Michael Schur, Gene Stupnitsky and Larry Wilmore
- Rome – Alexandra Cunningham, David Frankel, Bruno Heller, Adrian Hodges, William J. MacDonald and John Milius
Episodic Drama[]
"Autopsy" – House – Lawrence Kaplow
- "Grave Danger" – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar (teleplay); Quentin Tarantino (story)
- "Rhea Reynolds" – Nip/Tuck – Jennifer Salt
- "Singing for Our Lives" – Six Feet Under – Scott Buck
- "Normal Is the Watchword" – Veronica Mars – Rob Thomas
- "A Good Day" – The West Wing – Carol Flint
Episodic Comedy[]
"You Can't Miss the Bear (Pilot)" – Weeds – Jenji Kohan
- "Diversity Day" – The Office – B.J. Novak
- "Exile on Main Street (Pilot)" – Kitchen Confidential –
- "Motivational Seminar" – Malcolm in the Middle –
- "Next" – Desperate Housewives – Jenna Bans & Kevin Murphy
- "Pilot" – My Name Is Earl – Greg Garcia
Long Form – Adapted[]
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers – Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
- The Colt – Stephen Harrigan
- Lackawanna Blues – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Our Fathers –
Long Form – Original[]
Warm Springs – Margaret Nagle
- – Richard Guay and Nancy Savoca
- The Librarian: Quest for the Spear – David N. Titcher
- The Reading Room – Randy Feldman
Daytime Serials[]
The Young and the Restless – Kay Alden, John F. Smith, Trent Jones, Jim Houghton, Sandra Weintraub, Chris Abbott, Joshua S. McCaffrey, , Janice Ferri Esser, Natalie Minardi Slater, Eric Freiwald, Sally Sussman Morina
References[]
- Writers Guild of America Awards
- 2005 film awards
- 2005 guild awards
- 2005 television awards
- 2005 awards in the United States
- 2005 in American cinema
- 2005 in American television
- February 2006 events in the United States