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1984 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![The Big Chill Lawrence Kasdan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-big-chill-image.jpg)
The Big Chill
Lawrence Kasdan
1983 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Tootsie Larry Gelbart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tootsie-image.jpg)
Tootsie
Larry Gelbart
1982 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Arthur Steve Gordon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/arthur-steve-gordon-image.jpg)
Arthur
Steve Gordon
1981 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Private Benjamin Nancy Meyers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/private-benjamin-howard-zieff-image.jpg)
Private Benjamin
Nancy Meyers
1980 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Breaking Away Steve Tesich](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/breaking-away-peter-yates-image.jpg)
Breaking Away
Steve Tesich
1979 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Movie Movie Larry Gelbart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/movie-movie-stanley-donen-image.jpg)
Movie Movie
Larry Gelbart
1978 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Annie Hall Woody Allen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/annie-hall-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Annie Hall
Woody Allen
1977 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![The Bad News Bears Bill Lancaster](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bad-news-bears-michael-ritchie-image.jpg)
The Bad News Bears
Bill Lancaster
1976 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Shampoo Robert Towne](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shampoo-hal-ashby-image.jpg)
Shampoo
Robert Towne
1975 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/blazing-saddles-mel-brooks-image.jpg)
Blazing Saddles
Mel Brooks
1974 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![A Touch of Class Melvin Frank](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-touch-of-class-melvin-frank-image.jpg)
A Touch of Class
Melvin Frank
1973 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![What's Up, Doc? Buck Henry](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/whats-up-doc-peter-bogdanovich-image.jpg)
What’s Up, Doc?
Buck Henry
1972 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![The Hospital Paddy Chayefsky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hospital-image.jpg)
The Hospital
Paddy Chayefsky
1971 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![The Out of Towners Neil Simon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-out-of-towners-image.jpg)
The Out of Towners
Neil Simon
1970 Writers Guild of America Awards – Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
![Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Paul Mazursky](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bob-and-carol-and-ted-and-alice-paul-mazursky-image.jpg)