“Anora” continued its march toward possible Oscar glory Saturday, earning the Best Original Screenplay prize from the Writers Guild Awards, beating out Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” Justin Kuritzkes’ “Challengers,” Alex Garland’s “Civil War” and Megan Park’s “My Old Ass.”
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for “Nickel Boys,” based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. They also earned the guild’s Paul Selvin Award for the screenplay. The award honors a script that “best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties that are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere.”
During the ceremony, the late David Lynch, who died in January, was named the recipient of the guild’s Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, honoring a career that included films such as “Blue Velvet,” “Wild at Heart” and “Mulholland Drive.”
Award-winning writer, director and producer Vince Gilligan, best known as the force behind “Breaking Bad” and its spinoff prequel “Better Call Saul,” received the WGA’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement.
Here is a complete list of winners:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Anora,” Written by Sean Baker; NEON
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Nickel Boys,” Screenplay by RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes, Based on the Book The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead; Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
“Jim Henson: Idea Man,” Written by Mark Monroe; Imagine Documentaries
TELEVISION, STREAMING, AND NEWS NOMINEES
DRAMA SERIES
“Shogun,” Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu
COMEDY SERIES
“Hacks,” Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Guy Branum, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Ariel Karlin, Andrew Law, Carol Leifer, Carolyn Lipka, Joe Mande, Aisha Muharrar, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Jen Statsky; HBO Max
NEW SERIES
“Shogun,” Written by Shannon Goss, Maegan Houang, Rachel Kondo, Matt Lambert, Justin Marks, Caillin Puente, Nigel Williams, Emily Yoshida; FX/Hulu
LIMITED SERIES
“The Penguin,” Written by Vladimir Cvetko, Breannah Gibson, Erika L. Johnson, Lauren LeFranc, Corina Maritescu, Megan Martin, John McCutcheon, Shaye Ogbonna, Nick Towne, Noelle Valdivia, Kira Snyder; HBO Max
TV & STREAMING MOTION PICTURES
“The Great Lillian Hall,” Written by Elisabeth Seldes Annacone; HBO Max
ANIMATION
“Saving Favorite Drive-In (Bob’s Burgers),” Written by Katie Crown; Fox
EPISODIC DRAMA
“Anjin (Shogun),” Written for Television by Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks; FX/Hulu
EPISODIC COMEDY
“Bulletproof (Hacks),” Written by Lucia Aniello & Paul W. Downs & Jen Statsky; HBO Max
COMEDY/VARIETY SERIES – TALK OR SKETCH
“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” Senior Writers Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali Writers Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford; HBO Max
COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
“Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die,” Written by Nikki Glaser; HBO Max
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
“Pop Culture Jeopardy!,” Writers Marcus Brown, Buzzy Cohen, Michael Davies, Chip Dornell, John Duarte, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Traci Mack, Amy Ozols, Louis Virtel, Billy Wisse; Amazon Prime
DAYTIME DRAMA
“The Young and the Restless,” Head Writer Amanda L. Beall; Writers Susan Banks, Jeff Beldner, Marin Gazzaniga, Lindsay Harrison, Marla Kanelos, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips, Dave Ryan; CBS/Paramount+
CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
“Welcome to Spiderwick(The Spiderwick Chronicles),” Written by Aron Eli Coleite; Roku Channel
SHORT FORM STREAMING
“Die Hart 3: Hart to Kill,” Written by Tripper Clancy; Roku Channel
DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT
“Part One: Inferno to Paradise (Dante),” Written by Ric Burns and Riccardo Bruscagli; PBS
NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Willie Mays Tribute (CBS Newspath),” Written by Gerald Mazza; CBS News
NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“The Resistance (60 Minutes),” Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News
DIGITAL NEWS
“What Is Hamas Thinking Now?” Written by Akbar Shahid Ahmed; HuffPost
RADIO/AUDIO
RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
“Art on Trial (One Year: 1990),” Written by Evan Chung; Slate
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Passages: Three Women Who Made A Difference,” Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Charles Osgood Remembered,” Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
PROMOTIONAL WRITING
ON AIR PROMOTION
“LC Voting Ads,” Written by Desireena Almoradie, Angad Bhalla; YouTube