WGA Awards 2024: Writers Guild chooses winners

He Writers Guild (WGA; Writers Guild of America) recognized the best of film and television of the year 2023, during its annual gala held at the Hollywood Palladium for the West Coast, and the Edison Ballroom in New York for the East Coast ceremony.

The WGA Awards or WGA Awards gave awards to American Fiction as best adapted screenplay (Cord Jefferson), to The Holdovers as the best original screenplay (David Hemingson), while in the television sector Succession it won best drama and best drama episode. As for the comedy category, this one went to The Bearand limited series for Beef. New series took it The Last of Us.

• HBO/Max led the night's biggest winners with 5 awards, followed by Netflix with 3.

ALL WRITERS UNION AWARD WINNERS:

ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Air, written by Alex Convery; Amazon MGM Studios
Barbie, written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbah; The Warner Bros. Pictures
The Holdovers, written by David Hemingson; Focus Features – WINNER
May December, escrito por Samy Burch, historia de Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik; Netflix
Past Lives, escrito por Celine Song; A24

ADAPTED SCRIPT

American Fiction, written by Cord Jefferson, based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios – WINNER
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, written by Kelly Fremon Craig, based on the novel by Judy Blume; Lionsgate
Killers of the Flower Moon, written by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, based on the novel by David Grann; Apple Original Films
Nyad, written by Julia Cox, based on the book Find a Way by Diana Nyad; Netflix
Oppenheimer, written by Christopher Nolan, based on the book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; Universal Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT

Bella!, written by Jeff L. Lieberman; Re-Emerging Films
It Ain’t Over, escrito por Sean Mullin; Sony Pictures Classics
The Pigeon Tunnel, written by Errol Morris; Apple Original Films – WINNER
Stamped from the Beginning, written by David Teague, based on the book Stamped From the Beginning by Dr. David Teague. Abram X. Kennedy; Netflix
What the Hell Happend to Blood, Sweat & Tears?, escrito por John Scheinfeld; Abramorama

DRAMA SERIES

The Crown, written by Peter Morgan; Netflix
The Curse, escrito por Carmen Christopher, Nathan Fielder, Alex Huggins, Carrie Kemper, Benny Safdie; Showtime
The Diplomat, escrito por Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Mia Chung, Anna Hagen, Amanda Johnson-Zetterstrom, Peter Noah; Netflix
The Last of Us, escrito por Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin; HBO/Max
Succession, escrito por Will Arbery, Jesse Armstrong, Miriam Battye, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Nate Elston, Francesca Gardiner, Callie Hersheway, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Toy Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO/Max – GANADORA

COMEDY SERIES

Abbot Elementary, escrito por Quinta Brunson, Ava Coleman, Riley Dufurrena, Justin Halpern, Joya McCrory, Morgan Murphy, Brittani Nichols, Kate Peterman, Brian Rubestein, Patrick Schumacker, Justin Tan, Jordan Temple, Garrett Werner; ABC
Barry, escrito por Emma Barrie, Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Nicky Hirsch, Taofik Kolade, Liz Sarnoff; HBO/Max
The Bear, written by Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Kelly Galuska, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer; FX Networks – WINNER
Jury Duty, escrito por Tanner Bean, Lee Eisenberg, Marcos González, Cody Heller, Mekki Leeper, Katrina Mathewson, Kerry O’Neill, Ese Shaw, Gene Stupnitsky, Andrew Weinberg, Evan Williams; Amazon Freevee
Only Murders in the Building, escrito por Matteo Borghese, Madeleine George, Sas E. Goldberg, Joshua Allen Griffith, John Hoffman, Elaine Ko, Noah Levine, Tess Morris, J.J. Philbin, Ben Philippe, Jake Schnesel, Ben Smith, Siena Streiber, Pete Swanson, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu

NEW SERIES

The Diplomat, escrito por Eli Attie, Debora Cahn, Mia Chung, Anna Hagen, Amanda Johnson-Zetterstrom, Peter Noah; Netflix
Jury Duty, escrito por Tanner Bean, Lee Eisenberg, Marcos González, Cody Heller, Mekki Leeper, Katrina Mathewson, Kerry O’Neill, Ese Shaw, Gene Stupnitsky, Andrew Weinberg, Evan Williams; Amazon Freevee
The Last of Us, escrito por Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin; HBO/Max – GANADORA
Poker Face, escrito por Christine Boylan, Wyatt Cain, Chris Downey, CS Fischer, Rian Johnson, Alice Ju, Joe Lawson, Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Peppers, Lilla Zuckerman, Nora Zuckerman; Peacock
Shrinking, escrito por Wally Baram, Rachna Fruchbom, Brian Gallivan, Neil Goldman, Brett Goldstein, Bill Lawrence, Annie Mebane, Bill Posley, Jason Segel, Sofia Selig; Apple TV+

LIMITED SERIES

A Murder at the End of the World, escrito por Zal Batmanglij, Cherie Dimaline, Brit Marling, Melanie Marnich, Rebecca Roanhorse; FX Networks
Beef, written by JOanna Calo, Bathsheba Doran, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Niko Gutierrez-Kovner, Lee Sung Jin, Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper, Mike Makowsky, Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen, Kevin Rosen, Alex Russell; Netflix – WINNER
Daisy Jones & The Six, escrito por Susan Coyne, Jihan Crowther, Harris Danow, Charmaine DeGraté, Will Graham, Nora Kirkpatrick, Jenny Klein, Liz Koe, Judalina Neira, Scott Neustadter, Stacy Traub, Michael H. Weber; Prime Video
Fargo, written by Thomas Bezucha, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, April Shih; FX Networks
Lessons in Chemistry, escrito por Victoria Bata, Lee Eisenberg, Hannah Fidell, Emily Jane Fox, Susanna Grant, Rosa Handelman, Elissa Karasik, Boo Killebrew, Mfoniso Udofia; Apple TV+