2021 Writers Guild of America Awards
#BoratSubsequentMoviefilm wins adapted screenplay at #WGAAwards https://t.co/HtviHpoDJy pic.twitter.com/Eo1kCNRAoS
- Variety (@Variety) March 22, 2021
The Writers Guild of America handed out its awards for the best of cinema, television, and other media that you can hire a writer for. The film awards include wins for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan in Best Adapted Screenplay (a category missing a few notable contenders for the Oscar, such as Nomadland) and Promising Young Woman in Best Original Screenplay.
Best Original Screenplay: Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)
Best Documentary Screenplay: Mark Monroe & Bryan Fogel (The Dissident)
Best Drama Series: Peter Morgan & Jonathan Wilson (The Crown)
Best Comedy Series: Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh & Bill Wrubel (Ted Lasso)
Best New Series: Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh & Bill Wrubel (Ted Lasso)
Original Long Form: Tanya Barfield, Joshua Griffith, Sharon Hoffman, Boo Killebrew, Micah Schraft, April Shih & Dahvi Waller (Mrs. America)
Adapted Long Form: Scott Frank & Allan Scott (The Queen's Gambit)
Short Form New Media: Marc Maurino (#FREERAYSHAWN)
Animated: Nick Adams ("Xerox of a Xerox", Bojack Horseman)
Episodic Drama: Miki Johnson ("Fire Pink", Ozark)
Episodic Comedy: Tony McNamara ("Pilot", The Great)
Comedy/Variety Talk Series: Daniel "Desus Nice" Baker, Claire Friedman, Ziwe Fumudoh, Josh Gondelman, Robert Kornhauser, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Heben Nigatu, Mike Pielocik & Julia Young (Desus & Mero)
Comedy/Variety Specials: Ariel Dumas, Jay Katsir, Delmonte Bent, Michael Brumm, River Clegg, Aaron Cohen, Stephen T. Colbert, Nicole Conlan, Paul Dinello, Glenn Eichler, Django Gold, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Michael Cruz Kayne, Eliana Kwartler, Matt Lappin, Felipe Torres Medina, Opus Moreschi, Asher Perlman, Tom Purcell, Kate Sidley, Brian Stack, John Thibodeaux & Steve Waltien (Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020)
Comedy/Variety Sketch Series: Jeremy Beiler, Cole Escola, Peter Grosz & Amy Sedaris (At Home with Amy Sedaris)
Quiz and Audience Participation: Ann Slichter, Chip Dornell, Paul Greenberg, Joyce Ikemi, Stuart Krasnow, Jon Macks, Mona Mira, Scott Saltzburg, Aaron Solomon, Chris Sturgeon & Grant Taylor (The Weakest Link)
Daytime Drama: Ron Carlivati, Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, David Kreizman, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock & Elizabeth Snyder (Days of Our Lives)
Children's Media: Sarah Rothschild (The Sleepover)
Documentary Script - Current Events: Alex Gibney & Michael J. Palmer (Agents of Chaos, Part II)
Documentary Script - Other Than Current Events: Tom Jennings ("Opioids Inc.", Frontline)
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