The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) are announced the winners for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2011. Winners were honored at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards last night during simultaneous ceremonies at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and at B.B. King Blues Club in New York City.
And the winners are…
Motion Picture Winners:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS | Woody Allen
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
THE DESCENDANTS | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
BETTER THIS WORLD | Katie Galloway and Duane de la Vega
Television Winners:
DRAMA SERIES
BREAKING BAD | Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz and Moira Walley-Beckett
COMEDY SERIES
MODERN FAMILY | Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel and Danny Zuker
EPISODIC DRAMA (TIE)
BREAKING BAD | “Box Cutter” written by Vince Gilligan
HOMELAND | “The Good Soldier” written by Henry Bormell
EPISODIC COMEDY
MODERN FAMILY | “Caught in the Act” written by Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman
BEST NEW SERIES
HOMELAND | Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm
LONG FORM – ORIGINAL
TOO BIG TO FAIL | David Seltzer
COMEDY / VARIETY — (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES
THE COLBERT REPORT | Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney; Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, John N. Huss, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonathan Kimmel, Jacob Lentz, Danny Ricker and Richard G. Rosner
ANIMATION
THE SIMPSONS | “Homer the Father” written by Joel H. Cohen
CHILDREN’S — EPISODIC & SPECIALS
SUPAH NINJAS | Hero of the Shadows” written by Leo Chu and Eric S. Garcia
New Media Nominees:
ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA
AIM HIGH | Heath Corson and Richie Keen
ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA
THE WALKING DEAD (amc.com) | John Esposito and Greg Nicotero
Videogame Nominees:
VIDEOGAME WRITING
UNCHARTED 3: DARKE’S DECEPTION | Amy Hennig
