Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Film |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
First awarded | 1949 |
Last awarded | 1984 |
Website | http://www.wga.org/ |
The Writers Guild Award for Best Written Comedy was an award presented from 1949 to 1984 by the Writers Guild of America, after which it was discontinued.
Winners & Nominees[1]
Notes
- The year indicates when the film was released. The awards were presented the following year.
1940s
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1948 | Sitting Pretty | F. Hugh Herbert |
A Foreign Affair | Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, and Richard L. Breen | |
Apartment for Peggy | George Seaton | |
I Remember Mama | Dewitt Bodeen | |
June Bride | Ranald Macdougall | |
Miss Tatlock's Millions | Charles Brackett, and Richard L. Breen | |
No Minor Vices | Arnold Manoff | |
The Mating of Millie | Louella MacFarlane, and St. Clair McKelway | |
The Paleface | Edmund L. Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, and Jack Rose | |
1949 | A Letter to Three Wives | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Adam's Rib | Ruth Gordon, and Garson Kanin | |
Come to the Stable | Oscar Millard, and Sally Benson | |
Every Girl Should Be Married | Stephen Morehouse Avery | |
I Was a Male War Bride | Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigel, and Hagar Wilde | |
It Happens Every Spring | Valentine Davies |
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
Year | Nominees | Writer(s) |
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1980 (33rd)[34] | Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Airplane! | Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker | |
Hopscotch | Brian Garfield, and Bryan Forbes | |
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | Leigh Brackett, and Lawrence Kasdan | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Private Benjamin † | Nancy Meyers, Harvey Miller, and Charles Shyer | |
Nine to Five | Colin Higgins, and Patricia Resnick | |
Return of the Secaucus | John Sayles | |
Stardust Memories | Woody Allen | |
1981 (34th)[35] | Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Rich and Famous | Gerald Ayres | |
For Your Eyes Only' | Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson | |
First Monday in October | Jerome Lawrence, and Robert E. Lee | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Arthur ‡ | Steve Gordon | |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas, and Philip Kaufman | |
S.O.B. | Blake Edwards | |
The Four Seasons | Alan Alda | |
1982 (35th)[36] | Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Victor Victoria ‡ | Blake Edwards | |
Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Cameron Crowe | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
Tootsie ‡ | Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart, and Murray Schisgal | |
Diner | Barry Levinson | |
My Favorite Year | Norman Steinberg, and Dennis Palumbo | |
1983 (36th)[37] | Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium | |
Terms of Endearment † | James L. Brooks | |
A Christmas Story | Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark | |
To Be or Not to Be | Thomas Meehan, and Ronny Graham | |
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
The Big Chill ‡ | Lawrence Kasdan, and Barbara Benedek | |
Risky Business | Paul Brickman | |
Zelig | Woody Allen |
References
- ^ "Writers Guild Awards Winners 1995-1949". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1949)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1950)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1951)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1952)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1953)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1954)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1955)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1956)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1957)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1958)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1959)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1960)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1961)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1962)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1963)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1964)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1965)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1966)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1967)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1968)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1969)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1970)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1971)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1972)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1973)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1974)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1976)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1978)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1979)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1980)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1981)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1982)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
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