The Writers Guild of America Awards

Honoring the nominees and winners of the best writing in movies, TV, new media, documentary, and news during 2017.

The Writers Guild of America Awards
Jordan Peele (Best Original Screenplay winner) and James Ivory (Best Adapted Screenplay winner)

Honoring the nominees and winners of the best writing in movies, TV, new media, documentary, and news during 2017.

The 70th annual WGA Awards were held on Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Here are the nominees and winners of the two movie screenplay awards:


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

The Big Sick, Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani; Amazon Studios

Get Out, Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures — WINNER

I, Tonya, Written by Steven Rogers; Neon

Lady Bird, Written by Greta Gerwig; A24

The Shape of Water, Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro; Fox Searchlight

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Call Me by Your Name, Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman; Sony Pictures Classics — WINNER

The Disaster Artist, Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Based on the Book The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell; A24

Logan, Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold; Based on Characters from the X-Men Comic Books and Theatrical Motion Pictures; Twentieth Century Fox Film

Molly’s Game, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the Book by Molly Bloom; STX Entertainment

Mudbound, Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees; Based on the Novel by Hillary Jordan; Netflix


Here are some video clips of the evening’s festivities:

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!

For the rest of the award winners, go here.