Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Film |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
First awarded | 1949 |
Last awarded | 1984 |
Website | http://www.wga.org/ |
The Writers Guild Award for Best Written Comedy was an award presented from 1949 to 1984 by the Writers Guild of America, after which it was discontinued.
Winners & Nominees[1][]
Notes[]
- The year indicates when the film was released. The awards were presented the following year.
1940s[]
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1948 | Sitting Pretty | F. Hugh Herbert |
A Foreign Affair | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and Richard L. Breen | |
Apartment for Peggy | George Seaton | |
I Remember Mama | Dewitt Bodeen | |
June Bride | Ranald Macdougall | |
Miss Tatlock's Millions | Charles Brackett, and Richard L. Breen | |
No Minor Vices | Arnold Manoff | |
The Mating of Millie | Louella MacFarlane, and St. Clair McKelway | |
The Paleface | Edmund L. Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, and Jack Rose | |
1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Adam's Rib | Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin | |
Come to the Stable | Oscar Millard, and Sally Benson | |
Every Girl Should Be Married | ||
I Was a Male War Bride | Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigel, and Hagar Wilde | |
It Happens Every Spring | Valentine Davies |
1950s[]
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1950 | All About Eve | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Adam's Rib | Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin | |
Born Yesterday | Albert Mannheimer | |
Father of the Bride | Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett | |
The Jackpot | Phoebe Ephron, and Henry Ephron | |
1951 | Father's Little Dividend | Albert Hackett, and Frances Goodrich |
Angels in the Outfield | Dorothy Kingsley, and George Wells | |
People Will Talk | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | |
That's My Boy | Cy Howard | |
You're in the Navy Now | Richard Murphy | |
1952 | The Quiet Man | Frank Nugent |
Pat and Mike | Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin | |
Room for One More | Jack Rose, and Melville Shavelson | |
The Happy Time | Earl Felton | |
The Marrying Kind | Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin | |
1953 | Roman Holiday | Ian McLellan Hunter, Dalton Trumbo, and John Dighton |
How to Marry a Millionaire | Nunnally Johnson | |
Stalag 17 | Billy Wilder, and Edwin Blum | |
The Actress | Ruth Gordon | |
The Moon Is Blue | F. Hugh Herbert | |
1954 | Sabrina | Billy Wilder, Samuel Taylor, and Ernest Lehman |
It Should Happen to You | Garson Kanin | |
Knock on Wood | Melvin Frank, and Norman Panama | |
Susan Slept Here | Alex Gottlieb | |
The Long, Long Trailer | Albert Hackett, and Frances Goodrich | |
1955 | Mister Roberts | Frank S. Nugent, and Joshua Logan |
Phffft | George Axelrod | |
The Seven Year Itch | Billy Wilder, and George Axelroad | |
The Tender Trap | Julius J. Epstein | |
To Catch a Thief | John Michael Hayes | |
1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | James Poe, John Farrow, and S. J. Perelman |
Bus Stop | George Axelrod | |
Full of Life | John Fante | |
The Solid Gold Cadillac | Abe Burrows | |
The Teahouse of the August Moon | John Patrick | |
1957 | Love in the Afternoon | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond |
Designing Woman | George Wells | |
Don't Go Near the Water | Dorothy Kingsley, and George Wells | |
Operation Mad Ball | Arthur Carter, Jed Harris, and Blake Edwards | |
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? | Frank Tashlin | |
1958 | Me and the Colonel | S.N. Behrman, and George Froeschel |
Houseboat | Melville Shavelson, and Jack Rose | |
Indiscreet | Norman Krasna | |
Teacher's Pet | Fay Kanin, and Michael Kanin | |
The Reluctant Debutante | William Douglas-Home, and Julius J. Epstein | |
1959 | Some Like It Hot | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond |
A Hole in the Head | Arnold Schulman | |
North by Northwest | Ernest Lehman | |
Operation Petticoat | Stanley Shapiro, and Maurice Richlin | |
Pillow Talk | Stanley Shapiro, and Maurice Richlin |
1960s[]
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1960 | The Apartment | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond |
North to Alaska | Martin Rackin, John Lee Mahin, and Claude Binyon | |
Ocean's 11 | Harry Brown, and Charles Lederer | |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Isobel Lennart | |
The Facts of Life | Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank | |
1961 | Breakfast at Tiffany's | George Axelrod |
A Majority of One, | Leonard Spigelgass | |
One, Two, Three | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond | |
The Absent Minded Professor | Bill Walsh | |
The Parent Trap | David Swift | |
1962 | That Touch of Mink | Nate Monaster and Stanley Shapiro |
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation | Nunnally Johnson | |
The Notorious Landlady | Blake Edwards, and Larry Gelbart | |
Period of Adjustment | Isobel Lennart | |
The Pigeon That Took Rome | Melville Shavelson | |
1963 | Lilies of the Field | James Poe |
Charade | Peter Stone | |
Irma la Douce | I.A.L. Diamond, and Billy Wilder | |
Love with the Proper Stranger | Arnold Schulman | |
The Thrill of It All | Carl Reiner | |
1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | Stanley Kubrick, Peter George, and Terry Southern |
Father Goose, | Peter Stone, and Frank Tarloff | |
The Pink Panther | Maurice Richlin, and Blake Edwards | |
The World of Henry Orient | Nora Johnson, and Nunnally Johnson | |
Topkapi | Monja Danischewsky | |
1965 | A Thousand Clowns | Herb Gardner |
Cat Ballou | Walter Newman, and Frank Pierson | |
That Darn Cat! | Mildred Gordon, Gordon Gordon, and Bill Walsh | |
The Great Race | Arthur A. Ross | |
What's New Pussycat | Woody Allen | |
1966 | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | William Rose |
How to Steal a Million | Harry Kurnitz | |
Our Man Flint | Hal Fimberg, and Ben Starr | |
The Fortune Cookie | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond | |
You're a Big Boy Now | Francis Ford Coppola | |
1967 | The Graduate | Buck Henry, and Calder Willingham |
Barefoot in the Park | Neil Simon | |
Divorce American Style | Norman Lear | |
The Flim-Flam Man | William Rose | |
A Guide for the Married Man | Frank Tarloff | |
1968 | The Odd Couple | Neil Simon |
Hot Millions | Ira Wallach, and Peter Ustinov | |
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! | Paul Mazursky, and Larry Tucker | |
The Producers | Mel Brooks | |
Yours, Mine and Ours | Melville Shavelson, and Mort Lachman | |
1969 (22nd)[23] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
Goodbye, Columbus ‡ | Arnold Schulman | |
Cactus Flower | I.A.L. Diamond | |
Gaily, Gaily | Abram S. Ginnes | |
John and Marty | John Mortimer | |
The Reivers | Irving Ravetch, and Harriet Frank Jr. | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ‡ | Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker | |
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | David Shaw | |
Popi | Tina Pine, and Lester Pine | |
Support Your Local Sheriff | William Bowers | |
Take the Money and Run | Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose |
1970s[]
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1970 (23rd)[24] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
M*A*S*H † | Ring Lardner Jr. | |
Lovers and Other Strangers | Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman | |
The Owl and the Pussycat | Buck Henry | |
The Twelve Chairs | Mel Brooks | |
Where's Poppa | Robert Klane | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
The Out-of-Towners | Neil Simon | |
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond | |
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronk | Gabriel Walsh | |
Start the Revolution Without Me | Fred Freeman, and Lawrence J. Cohen | |
The Cheyenne Social Club | James Lee Barrett | |
1971 (24th)[25] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
Kotch | John Paxton | |
A New Leaf | Elaine May | |
Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | |
Little Murders | Jules Feiffer | |
The Boy Friend | Ken Russell | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
The Hospital | Paddy Chayefsky | |
Bananas | Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose | |
Carnal Knowledge | Jules Feiffer | |
Made for Each Other | Renée Taylor, and Joseph Bologna | |
Taking Off | Miloṡ Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière, John Guare, and Jon Klein | |
1972 (25th)[26] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
Cabaret ‡ | Jay Presson Allen | |
Avanti! | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond | |
Butterflies Are Free | Leonard Gershe | |
The Heartbreak Kid | Neil Simon | |
Travels with My Aunt | Jay Presson Allen, and Hugh Wheeler | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
What's Up, Doc? | Peter Bogdanovich, Buck Henry, David Newman, and Robert Benton | |
Get to Know Your Rabbit | Jordan Crittenden | |
Hammersmith Is Out | Stanford Whitmore | |
Minnie and Moskowitz | John Cassavetes | |
The War Between Men and Women | Melville Shavelson, and Danny Arnold | |
1973 (26th)[27] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
Paper Moon ‡ | Alvin Sargent | |
40 Carats | Leonard Gershe | |
Godspell | David Greenne, and John-Michael Tebelak | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
A Touch of Class‡ | Melvin Frank and Jack Rose | |
American Graffiti ‡ | George Lucas, Gloria Katz, and Willard Huyck | |
Blume in Love | Paul Mazursky | |
Sleeper | Woody Allen, and Marshall Brickman | |
Slither | W.D. Richter | |
1974 (27th)[28] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz ‡ | Mordecai Richler, and Lionel Chetwynd | |
The Front Page | Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond | |
Young Frankenstein ‡ | Gene Wilder, and Mel Brooks | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Blazing Saddles | Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger | |
California Split | Joseph Walsh | |
Claudine | Tina Pine, and Lester Pine | |
Phantom of the Paradise | Brian de Palma | |
The Sugarland Express | Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, and Steven Spielberg | |
1975 (28th)[29] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
The Sunshine Boys ‡ | Neil Simon | |
Hester Street | Joan Micklin Silver | |
The Prisoner of Second Avenue | Neil Simon | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Shampoo ‡ | Robert Towne and Warren Beatty | |
Heats of the West | Rob Thompson | |
Smile | Jerry Belson | |
The Return of the Pink Panther | Frank Waldman, and Blake Edwards | |
1976 (29th)[30] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again | Frank Waldman, and Blake Edwards | |
Family Plot | Ernest Lehman | |
Stay Hungry | Charles Gaines, and Bob Rafelson | |
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Hal Barwood, and Matthew Robbins | |
The Ritz | Terrence McNally | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
The Bad News Bears | Bill Lancaster | |
Murder by Death | Neil Simon | |
Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Paul Mazursky | |
Silent Movie | Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca, and Barry Levinson | |
Silver Streak | Colin Higgins | |
1977 (30th)[31] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
Oh, God! ‡ | Larry Gelbart | |
The Spy Who Loved Me | Christopher Wood, and Richard Maibaum | |
Semi-Tough | Walter Bernstein | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Annie Hall | Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman | |
Star Wars | George Lucas | |
Slap Shot | Nancy Dowd | |
The Goodbye Girl | Neil Simon | |
1978 (31st)[32] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
Heaven Can Wait ‡ | Elaine May, and Warren Beatty | |
California Suite ‡ | Neil Simon | |
Same Time, Next Year ‡ | Bernard Slade | |
Superman | Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Robert Benton | |
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? | Peter Stone | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Movie Movie | Larry Gelbart and Sheldon Keller | |
A Wedding | John Considine, Patricia Resnick, Allan F. Nicholls, and Robert Altman | |
Animal House | Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller | |
House Calls | Max Shulman, Julius J. Epstein, Alan Mandel, and Charles Shyer | |
Once in Paris... | Frank D. Gilroy | |
1979 (32nd)[33] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium | |
Being There | Jerzy Kosinski | |
Starting Over | James L. Brooks | |
A Little Romance ‡ | Allan Burns | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Breaking Away † | Steve Tesich | |
10 | Blake Edwards | |
Manhattan ‡ | Woody Allen, and Marshall Brickman |
1980s[]
Year | Nominees | Writer(s) |
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1980 (33rd)[34] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Airplane! | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker | |
Hopscotch | Brian Garfield, and Bryan Forbes | |
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Leigh Brackett, and Lawrence Kasdan | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Private Benjamin † | Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller, and Charles Shyer | |
Nine to Five | Coling Higgins, and Patricia Resnick | |
Return of the Secaucus | John Sayles | |
Stardust Memories | Woody Allen | |
1981 (34th)[35] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Rich and Famous | Gerald Ayres | |
For Your Eyes Only' | Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson | |
First Monday in October | Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Arthur ‡ | Steve Gordon | |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, and Philip Kaufman | |
S.O.B. | Blake Edwards | |
The Four Seasons | Alan Alda | |
1982 (35th)[36] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Victor Victoria ‡ | Blake Edwards | |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Cameron Crowe | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Tootsie ‡ | Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart, and Murray Schisgal | |
Diner | Barry Levinson | |
My Favorite Year | Norman Steinberg, and Dennis Palumbo | |
1983 (36th)[37] |
Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Terms of Endearment † | James L. Brooks | |
A Christmas Story | Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark | |
To Be or Not to Be | Thomas Meehan, and Ronny Graham | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
The Big Chill ‡ | Lawrence Kasdan, and Barbara Benedek | |
Risky Business | Paul Brickman | |
Zelig | Woody Allen |
References[]
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- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1968)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
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External links[]
Categories:
- Writers Guild of America Awards
- Awards established in 1949
- 1949 establishments in the United States
- Awards disestablished in 1984
- 1984 disestablishments in the United States