67th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 67th Writers Guild of America Awards honor the best film, television, radio and video-game writers of 2014. The nominations for television, new media, and radio categories were announced on December 4, 2014.[1] The nominations for original, adapted, and documentary screenplay nominations were announced on January 7, 2015.[2] The winners were announced in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York on February 14, 2015.[3]

67th WGA Awards
DateFebruary 14, 2015
Organized byWriters Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

Nominees

Film
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Documentary Screenplay

Television
Drama Series
  • True Detective (HBO) – Nic Pizzolatto
    • Game of Thrones (HBO) – David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R. R. Martin, D. B. Weiss
    • The Good Wife (CBS) – Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew Montoya, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia Wolfe
    • House of Cards (Netflix) – Bill Cain, Laura Eason, Sam R. Forman, William Kennedy, Kenneth Lin, John Mankiewicz, David Manson, Beau Willimon
    • Mad Men (AMC) – Lisa Albert, Heather Jeng Bladt, Semi Chellas, Jonathan Igla, David Iserson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy, Patricia Resnick, Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly Wray
Comedy Series
  • Louie (FX) – Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.
    • Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) – Stephen Falk, Sian Heder, Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Lauren Morelli, Alex Regnery, Hartley Voss
    • Silicon Valley (HBO) – John Altschuler, Alec Berg, Matteo Borghese, Jessica Gao, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell, Dan O'Keefe, Clay Tarver, Rob Turbovsky, Ron Weiner
    • Transparent (Amazon) – Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway
    • Veep (HBO) – Simon Blackwell, Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche, Will Smith
New Series
  • True Detective (HBO) – Nic Pizzolatto
    • The Affair (Showtime) – Dan LeFranc, Hagai Levi, Melanie Marnich, Eric Overmyer, Kate Robin, Sarah Treem
    • The Knick (Cinemax) – Jack Amiel, Michael Begler, Steven Katz
    • Silicon Valley (HBO) – John Altschuler, Alec Berg, Matteo Borghese, Jessica Gao, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell, Dan O'Keefe, Clay Tarver, Rob Turbovsky, Ron Weiner
    • Transparent (Amazon) – Bridget Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg, Ali Liebegott, Faith Soloway, Jill Soloway
Long Form Original
Long Form Adapted
Short Form New Media – Original
  • "Episode 113: Rachel" – High Maintenance – Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair
    • "Apocalypse No" – Bad Shorts – Ben Zelevansky
    • "City of Angles" – Caper (Hulu) – Amy Berg & Mike Sizemore
    • "Episode 1 – Nurture" – F To 7th – Ingrid Jungermann
    • "Episode 204" – Vicky and Lysander – Damon Cardasis and Shannon Walker
    • "Episode 207" – Vicky and Lysander – Damon Cardasis and Shannon Walker
Animation
Episodic Drama
  • "The Last Call" – The Good Wife (CBS) – Robert King & Michelle King
    • "A Day’s Work" – Mad Men (AMC) – Jonathan Igla and Matthew Weiner
    • "Devil You Know" – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Howard Korder
    • "Donald the Normal" – Rectify (SundanceTV) – Kate Powers & Ray McKinnon
    • "Friendless Child" – Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – Riccardo DiLoreto & Cristine Chambers and Howard Korder
    • "The Lion and the Rose" – Game of Thrones (HBO) – George R. R. Martin
Episodic Comedy
  • "So Did the Fat Lady" – Louie (FX) – Louis C.K.
    • "The Cold" – Modern Family (ABC) – Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz
    • "Landline" – New Girl (Fox) – Rob Rosell
    • "Low Self Esteem City" – Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) – Nick Jones
    • "Three Dinners" – Modern Family (ABC) – Abraham Higginbotham & Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman
    • "The Wilderness" – Transparent (Amazon) – Written by Ethan Kuperberg
Comedy/Variety (including Talk) – Series
  • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner
    • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) – Rory Albanese, Dan Amira, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Travon Free, Hallie Haglund, JR Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parsons, Daniel Radosh, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart, Delaney Yeager
    • Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) – Jessi Klein, Emily Altman, Jeremy Beiler, Neil Casey, Kyle Dunnigan, Kurt Metzger, Christine Nangle, Dan Powell, Amy Schumer
    • The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) – Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabe Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Sam Kim, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner
    • Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC) – Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker, Gary Greenberg, Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Bryan Paulk, Rick Rosner, Bridger Winegar
    • Saturday Night Live (NBC) – Seth Meyers, Colin Jost, Rob Klein, Bryan Tucker, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Steve Higgins, Leslie Jones, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Lorne Michaels, Claire Mulaney, Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich, Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, LaKendra Tookes
    • Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) – Billy Martin, Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Danny Vermont
Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials
Quiz and Audience Participation
  • Hollywood Game Night (NBC) – Grant Taylor; Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter
    • Jeopardy! (ABC) – John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius, Billy Wisse
Daytime Drama
  • General Hospital (ABC) – Ron Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten
    • Days of Our Lives (NBC) – Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Janet Iacobuzio, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Christopher Whitesell
Children's Script – Episodic and Specials
Documentary Script – Current Events
  • "United States of Secrets: The Program (Part One)" – Frontline (PBS) – Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser
    • "Losing Iraq" – Frontline (PBS) – Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser
    • "United States of Secrets: Privacy Lost (Part Two)" – Frontline (PBS) – Martin Smith
Documentary Script – Other than Current Events
TV News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
TV News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "Nowhere to Go" – 60 Minutes (CBS) – Scott Pelley, Oriana Zill de Granados & Michael Rey

Radio
Radio Documentary
  • "Three Shots Rang Out: The JFK Assassination 50 Years Later," (ABC News Radio) – Darren Reynolds
Radio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report
Radio News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary
  • "Civil Rights at 50" (WCBS-AM) – Jane Tillman Irving

Promotional Writing
On-Air Promotion – Television, New Media, or Radio
  • "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS) – Dan Greenberger
    • "WABC-TV On-Air Promos" (WABC-TV) – Brandon Nelson

Videogames
Outstanding Achievement in Videogame Writing

References
  1. McNary, Dave (December 4, 2014). "'Game of Thrones,' 'True Detective,' 'Transparent' Lead WGA TV Nominations". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. Goodman, Stephanie (January 7, 2015). "SEARCH Writers Guild Gives 'Nightcrawler,' 'Whiplash' More Momentum". The New York Times. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  3. "WGA Awards: 'Budapest', 'Imitation Game' Win Top Film Honors, 'True Detective', 'Louie' Score On TV Side — Full List". Deadline.com. February 14, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
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