Film Awards

1984 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerTender MerciesHorton FooteA broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together.Amazon1984 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesSilkwoodNora EphronAmazonWarGamesLawrence LaskerAmazon

1983 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerE.T. the Extra-TerrestrialMelissa MathisonA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.Amazon1983 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesAn Officer and a GentlemanDouglas Day StewartAmazonShoot the MoonBo GoldmanAmazon

1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerRedsWarren BeattyA radical American journalist becomes involved with the Communist revolution in Russia, and hopes to bring its spirit and idealism to the United States.Amazon1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesAbsence of MaliceKurt LuedtkeAmazonAtlantic CityJohn GuareAmazonBody HeatLawrence KasdanAmazon

1981 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerMelvin and HowardBo GoldmanThe story of hard-luck Melvin E. Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.Amazon1981 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesFameChristopher GoreAmazonMy BodyguardAlan OrmsbyAmazon

1980 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerThe China SyndromeMike GrayA reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.Amazon1980 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesApocalypse NowJohn MiliusAmazon

1979 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerComing HomeWaldo SaltA woman whose husband is fighting in Vietnam falls in love with another man who suffered a paralyzing combat injury there.Amazon1979 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesAn Unmarried WomanPaul MazurskyAmazonDays of HeavenTerrence MalickAmazonInteriorsWoody AllenAmazonThe Deer HunterDeric WashburnAmazon

1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerThe Turning PointArthur LaurentsWhen her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.Amazon1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesClose Encounters of the Third KindSteven SpielbergAmazonSaturday Night FeverNorman WexlerAmazonThe Late ShowRobert BentonAmazon

1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerNetworkPaddy ChayefskyA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.Amazon1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesRockySylvester StalloneAmazonTaxi DriverPaul SchraderAmazonThe FrontWalter BernsteinAmazonThe OmenDavid SeltzerAmazon

1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerDog Day AfternoonFrank PiersonA man robs a bank to pay for his lover's operation, which turns into a hostage situation and a media circus.Amazon1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesFrench Connection IIAlexander JacobsAmazonNashvilleJoan TewkesburyAmazonThe Wind and the LionJohn MiliusAmazon

1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay WinnerChinatownRobert TowneA private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.Amazon1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Original Screenplay NomineesA Woman Under the InfluenceJohn CassavetesAmazonAlice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreRobert GetchellAmazonHarry and TontoPaul MazurskyAmazonThe ConversationFrancis Ford CoppolaAmazon