Beyond Words 2024 — Writers Guild Awards Screenplay Nominees

An audio recording of the recent WGA event featuring screenwriters nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.

From the Writers Guild Foundation:

The Writers Guild Foundation, in partnership with the Writers Guild of America West, Final Draft/Coverfly, Variety, and sponsored by Late Night with Seth Meyers, Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, present BEYOND WORDS 2024, our annual event highlighting this year’s Writers Guild Awards screenplay nominees.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY PANEL

Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik — May December 
Alex Convery — Air
Greta Gerwig — Barbie 
David Hemingson — The Holdovers

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY PANEL

Julia Cox — Nyad
Kelly Fremon Craig — Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Cord Jefferson — American Fiction
Eric Roth — Killers of the Flower Moon

Both panels moderated by Variety Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis.

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