59th Writers Guild of America Awards
59th WGA Awards | |
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Date | February 11, 2007 |
Organized by | Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
Highlights | |
Best Adapted Screenplay | The Departed |
The 59th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film and television writers of 2006.
Winners and nominees[]
Film[]
Best Adapted Screenplay[]
The Departed - William Monahan
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan - Sacha Baron Cohen, , Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer
- The Devil Wears Prada - Aline Brosh McKenna
- Little Children - Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
- Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman
Best Original Screenplay[]
Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
- Babel - Guillermo Arriaga
- The Queen - Peter Morgan
- Stranger than Fiction - Zach Helm
- United 93 - Paul Greengrass
Best Adapted Documentary Feature Screenplay[]
Deliver Us from Evil – Amy J. Berg
- The Heart of the Game – Ward Serrill
- Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos – Mark Monroe; story by Mark Monroe and John Dower
- Who Killed The Electric Car? – Chris Paine
- Why We Fight – Eugene Jarecki
Television[]
Dramatic Series[]
The Sopranos - Mitchell Burgess, David Chase, Diane Frolov, Robin Green, Andrew Schneider, Matthew Weiner, Terence Winter
- 24 - Robert Cochran, Manny Coto, , , David Fury, Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, , Michael Loceff, , , Sam Montgomery, , Joel Surnow, Craig W. Van Sickle
- Deadwood - W. Earl Brown, Regina Corrado, Alix Lambert, Ted Mann, Bernadette McNamara, David Milch, Kem Nunn, Nick Towne, Zack Whedon
- Grey's Anatomy - Debora Cahn, , Allan Heinberg, , Kip Koenig, , , James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, , Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman, Mark Wilding
- Lost - J. J. Abrams, Monica Owusu-Breen, Carlton Cuse, Leonard Dick, Drew Goddard, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Adam Horowitz, Dawn Lambertsen Kelly, Christina M. Kim, Edward Kitsis, Damon Lindelof, Steven Maeda, Jeff Pinkner, Matt Ragghianti, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Alison Schapker
Episodic Drama[]
"Pilot" - Big Love - Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer
- "Election Day Part II" - The West Wing - Eli Attie and John Wells
- "Occupation"/"Precipice" - Battlestar Galactica - Ronald D. Moore
- "Two for the Road" - Lost - Elizabeth Sarnoff and Christina M. Kim
- "The End of the Whole Mess" - Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King - Stephen King
- "Pilot" - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Aaron Sorkin
Comedy Series[]
The Office - 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
- 30 Rock - Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, John Riggi
- Arrested Development - Richard Day, Karey Dornetto, Jake Farrow, Mitchell Hurwitz, , Dean Lorey, , Maria Semple, Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Ron Weiner
- Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David
- Entourage - , , Michael Benson, Brian Burns, Doug Ellin, Rob Weiss
Episodic Comedy[]
"Casino Night" - The Office - Steve Carell
- "It Takes Two" - Desperate Housewives - Kevin Murphy & Jenna Bans
- "Don't Look at Me" - Desperate Housewives - Josh Senter
- "Bomb Shelter" - Malcolm in the Middle -
- "The Coup" - The Office - Paul Lieberstein
- "Jump for Joy" - My Name Is Earl -
New Series[]
Ugly Betty - Veronica Becker, Oliver Goldstick, Silvio Horta, Sarah Kucserka, , Cameron Litvack, , , Marco Pennette, ,
- 30 Rock - Brett Baer, Jack Burditt, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Dave Finkel, Daisy Gardner, Donald Glover, Matt Hubbard, John Riggi
- Friday Night Lights - Peter Berg, Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Carter Harris, Elizabeth Heldens, David Hudgins, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, , Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, John Zinman
- Heroes - Jesse Alexander, , Natalie Chaidez, Aron Eli Coleite, , Bryan Fuller, Michael J. Green, Chuck Kim, Tim Kring, Jeph Loeb, Joe Pokaski
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Eli Attie, , , , Mark Goffman, , , Mark McKinney, , Aaron Sorkin,
Long Form - Original[]
Flight 93 -
Daytime Serials[]
References[]
Categories:
- Writers Guild of America Awards
- 2006 film awards
- 2006 guild awards
- 2006 television awards
- 2006 awards in the United States
- 2006 in American cinema
- 2006 in American television
- February 2007 events in the United States