Woody Allen was the star winner of Sunday night’s Writers Guild Awards, picking up the original screenplay prize for his melancholic comedy MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, while adapted screenplay went to Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, for their well-written revision of the Kaui Hart Hemmings book THE DESCENDANTS.
The award for documentary screenplay went to Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega for their dramatic portrayal of idealism and crime in BETTER THIS WORLD.
In television it was a night of duo awards, as MODERN FAMILY picked up the awards for best comedy and best comedy episode, HOMELAND for new series and a tie for episodic drama and BREAKING BAD, sharing in the tie for episodic drama and winning drama series.
Handed out simultaneously in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Palladium and in New York at the B.B. King Blues Club, the Writers Guild awards also included TV and new media writing. Here is a closer look at the night’s winners:
Film
Original Screenplay MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, Woody Allen
Adapted Screenplay The DESCENDANTS, screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Documentary Screenplay BETTER THIS WORLD, written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega
Television
Drama Series BREAKING BAD, Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett
Comedy Series MODERN FAMILY, Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker
New Series HOMELAND, Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm
Episodic Drama — tie ”Box Cutter” (BREAKING BAD), written by Vince Gilligan ??“The Good Soldier” (HOMELAND), written by Henry Bromell
Episodic Comedy “Caught in the Act” (MODERN FAMILY), written by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman
Long Form – Original CINEMA VERITE, David Seltzer
Long Form – Adapted TOO BIG TO FAIL, written by Peter Gould, based on the book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Animation“Homer the Father” (THE SIMPSONS), written by Joel H. Cohen
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series THE COLBERT REPORT, writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner; Comedy Central
Source: La Times Blog
