by Conan Simmons – March 21, 2021 – 8:17 pm
The Writers Guild of America held a virtual ceremony tonight for their annual celebration of the best in writing for movies, television, documentary and news.
The WGA consists of two branches, the WGA East representing writers east of the Mississippi, and the WGA West representing writers west of the Mississippi. The WGA awards brings them all together as one.
The WGA Awards don’t usually point to potential Oscar wins, though last year the winners for Original Screenplay and for Adapted Screenplay both went on to Oscar victory as ‘Parasite’ and ‘Jojo Rabbit’ took home both trophies.
It could happen again this year.
WINNERS OF THE 2020-21 WGA AWARDS:
Adapted Screenplay –
Original Screenplay –
‘Promising Young Woman’ written by Emerald Fennell; Focus Features
Documentary Screenplay –
‘The Dissident’ written by Mark Monroe and Bryan Fogel; Briarcliff Entertainment
Drama Series –
‘The Crown’ written by Peter Morgan, Jonathan Wilson; Netflix
Comedy Series –
‘Ted Lasso’ written by Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt,
Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+
New Series –
‘Ted Lasso’ written by Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt,
Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+
Original Long Form –
‘Mrs. America’ written by Tanya Barfield, Joshua Griffith, Sharon Hoffman,
Boo Killebrew, Micah Schraft, April Shih and Dahvi Waller; FX Networks
Adapted Long Form –
‘The Queen’s Gambit’ written by Scott Frank, Allan Scott, based on the novel
by Walter Tevis; Netflix
Animation –
‘BoJack Horseman Xerox of a Xerox’ – written by Nick Adams; Netflix
Episodic Drama –
‘Ozark – Fire Pink’ written by Miki Johnson; Netflix
Episodic Comedy –
‘The Great – The Great’ written by Tony McNamara; Hulu
Comedy/Variety Talk Series –
‘Desus & Mero’ writers: Daniel “Desus Nice” Baker, Claire Freidman,
Ziwe Fumudoh, Josh Gondelman, Robert Kornhauser, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Heben Nigatu, Mike Pielocik, Julia Young; Showtime
Comedy/Variety Specials –
‘Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand:
Building Back America Great Again Better 2020′ head writers Ariel Dumas, Jay Katsir
writers: 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, Brain Stack, John Thibodeaux, Steve Waltien; Showtime
Comedy/Variety Sketch Series –
‘At Home with Amy Sedaris’ writers: Jeremy Beiler, Cole Escola, Peter Grosz, Amy Sedaris; truTV
Documentary Script – Current Events –
‘Agents of Chaos, Part II’ written by Alex Gibney & Michael J. Palmer; HBO Documentary Films
Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events –
‘Frontline – Opioids, Inc’ written by Tom Jennings; PBS
News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report –
‘World News Tonight with David Muir – Anger in America’ written by Dave Bloch, David Muir,
Karen Mooney, David Schoetz; ABC News
News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary –
‘Juneteenth: A Celebration of Overcoming’ written by Dave Bloch; ABC News
Digital News –
‘The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd’ written by Aymann Ismail;
Slate.com