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Monday, February 18, 2013

2013 Writers Guild Awards Winners

Ben Affleck Argo

Last night "Argo" took home yet another Guild award, the Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (for writer Chris Terrio). "Argo" has now officially scored wins at every one of the Guilds: Producers, Actors, Directors, and now Writers. Next stop: the Oscars. The Original Screenplay award went to Mark Boal for "Zero Dark Thirty". In the television categories, the winners included "Breaking Bad", "Girls", "Modern Family" and "Game Change". As for videogame fans, "Assassin's Creed III" won an award for Best Video Game Writing.

Check out the complete list of winners after the jump.

TELEVISION

DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad (AMC), Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett

COMEDY SERIES
Louie (FX), Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.

NEW SERIES
Girls (HBO), Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling

EPISODIC DRAMA
Mad Men (AMC) - "The Other Woman" - Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner

EPISODIC COMEDY
Modern Family (ABC) - "Virgin Territory" - Written by Elaine Ko

LONG FORM - ORIGINAL
Hatfields & McCoys (History Channel), Teleplay by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, Story by Bill Kerby and Ted Mann, Nights Two and Three

LONG FORM - ADAPTED
Game Change (HBO), Written by Danny Strong, Based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann

COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) - SERIES
Portlandia (IFC), Writers: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Karey Dornetto, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley

COMEDY / VARIETY - MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES - SPECIALS
66th Annual Tony Awards (CBS), Written by Dave Boone; Special Material by Paul Greenberg; Opening and Closing Songs by David Javerbaum, Adam Schlesinger

CHILDREN'S - EPISODIC & SPECIALS
Sesame Street (PBS) - "The Good Sport" - Written by Christine Ferraro

CHILDREN'S - LONG FORM OR SPECIAL
Girl vs. Monster, Teleplay by Annie DeYoung and Ron McGee, Story by Annie DeYoung (Disney Channel)

DOCUMENTARY - CURRENT EVENTS
"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One" (Frontline), Written by Martin Smithand Marcela Gaviria (PBS)

DOCUMENTARY - OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
"The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time" (Nova), Telescript by Randall MacLowry, Story by Joseph McMasterand Randall MacLowry; PBS

NEWS - REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
"Tragedy In Colorado: The Movie Theatre Massacre," Written by Lisa Ferri, Joel Siegel (ABC News)

NEWS - ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
"The Ghost of Joe McCarthy" (Moyers & Company), Written by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship (Thirteen/WNET)

MOVIES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Zero Dark Thirty (Sony/Columbia Pictures), Written by Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo (Warner Bros Pictures) - Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Searching for Sugar Man (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Malik Bendjelloul

RADIO

NEWS - REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING REPORT
"World News This Year 2011," Written byDarren Reynolds (ABC News Radio)

NEWS - ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
"Dishin Digital," Written by Robert Hawley (WCBS-AM)

NEW MEDIA/VIDEO GAMES

DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA
The Walking Dead: Cold Storage, Written by John Esposito (amctv.com) - "Hide And Seek," "Keys to the Kingdom," "The Chosen Ones," "Parting Shots"

ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA
Jack In A Box, Written by Michael Cyril Creighton (jackinaboxsite.com) - "The Compromises, Episode 1," "The Pest, Episode 3," The Snake, Episode 4," "The Bonding, Episode 6," "The Future, Episode 7/Series Finale"

VIDEO GAME WRITING
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, Script written by Richard Farrese, Jill Murray (Ubisoft)




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