Best Documentary Screenplay

2020 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerThe Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon ValleyAlex GibneyThe story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company.Amazon2020 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesCitizen KAlex GibneyAmazonFosterMark Jonathan HarrisAmazonJoseph Pulitzer: Voice of the PeopleRobert SeidmanAmazonThe KingmakerLauren GreenfieldAmazon

2019 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerBathtubs Over BroadwayOzzy InguanzoA Late Night comedy writer stumbles upon a hilarious, hidden world of entertainment and finds an unexpected connection to his fellow man. With David Letterman, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Jello Biafra, and more.Amazon2019 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesFahrenheit 11/9Michael MooreAmazonGeneration WealthLauren GreenfieldAmazonIn Search of GreatnessGabe PolskyAmazon

2018 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerJaneBrett MorgenThe life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.Amazon2018 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesBetting on ZeroTed BraunAmazonNo Stone UnturnedAlex GibneyAmazonOklahoma CityBarak GoodmanAmazon

2017 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerCommand and ControlRobert KennerDocumentary of 1980's near-launch of a nuclear missile from Arkansas, based on Eric Shlosser's award-winning book of the same name.Amazon2017 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesAuthor: The JT LeRoy StoryJeff FeuerzeigAmazonZero DaysAlex GibneyAmazon

2016 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerGoing Clear: Scientology & the Prison of BeliefAlex GibneyA documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.Amazon2016 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesBeing CanadianRobert CohenAmazonCobain: Montage of HeckBrett MorgenAmazonProphet's PreyAmy BergAmazon

2015 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron SwartzBrian KnappenbergerThe story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.Amazon2015 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesFinding Vivian MaierJohn MaloofAmazonLast Days in VietnamMark BaileyAmazonRed ArmyGabe PolskyAmazon

2014 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerStories We TellSarah PolleyA film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.Amazon2014 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesDirty WarsJeremy ScahillAmazonHerblock: The Black & the WhiteSara LukinsonAmazonNo Place on EarthJanet TobiasAmazonWe Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaksAlex GibneyAmazon

2013 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerSearching for Sugar ManMalik BendjelloulTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.Amazon2013 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesMea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodAlex GibneyAmazonThe Central Park FiveSarah BurnsAmazonThe Invisible WarKirby DickAmazonWe Are Legion: The Story of the HacktivistsBrian KnappenbergerAmazonWest of MemphisAmy BergAmazon

2012 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerBetter This WorldKatie GallowayA pair of childhood friends from Texas who set out to prove themselves.Amazon2012 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesIf a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation FrontMarshall CurryAmazonNostalgia de la luzPatricio GuzmánAmazonPinaWim WendersAmazonPosition Among the StarsHetty Naaijkens-Retel HelmrichAmazonSennaManish PandeyAmazon

2011 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay WinnerInside JobCharles FergusonTakes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.Amazon2011 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Documentary Screenplay NomineesEnemies of the PeopleRob LemkinAmazonFreedom RidersStanley NelsonAmazonGasLandJosh FoxAmazonThe Two EscobarsJeff ZimbalistAmazonWho Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)John ScheinfeldAmazon