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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data location">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">1953</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Most recent recipient(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.wga.org">https://www.wga.org</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement</b> (also known as the <b>Screen Laurel Award</b>) is a lifetime achievement award given by the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a>. It is given "to that member of the Guild who, in the opinion of the current Board of Directors, has advanced the literature of the motion picture through the years, and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screen writer."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the exception of 2009 in which no award was given, it has been presented annually since the <a href="/wiki/6th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="6th Writers Guild of America Awards">6th Writers Guild of America Awards</a> in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> is the only person to win the award multiple times, winning in 1957 and 1980 (both as part of a partnership). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients">Recipients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1953 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sonya_Levien" title="Sonya Levien">Sonya Levien</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1954 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Nichols" title="Dudley Nichols">Dudley Nichols</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1955 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Riskin" title="Robert Riskin">Robert Riskin</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1956 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein" title="Julius J. 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Epstein">Philip Epstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hackett" title="Albert Hackett">Albert Hackett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Frances_Goodrich" title="Frances Goodrich">Frances Goodrich</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1957 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1958 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Mahin" title="John Lee Mahin">John Lee Mahin</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1959 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson">Nunnally Johnson</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1960 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Norman_Krasna" title="Norman Krasna">Norman Krasna</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1961 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/George_Seaton" title="George Seaton">George Seaton</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1962 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunne_(writer)" title="Philip Dunne (writer)">Philip Dunne</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1963 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1964 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Huston" title="John Huston">John Huston</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1965 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Buchman" title="Sidney Buchman">Sidney Buchman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1966 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Isobel_Lennart" title="Isobel Lennart">Isobel Lennart</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1967 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Brooks" title="Richard Brooks">Richard Brooks</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1968 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Casey_Robinson" title="Casey Robinson">Casey Robinson</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1969 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carl_Foreman" title="Carl Foreman">Carl Foreman</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1970 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo" title="Dalton Trumbo">Dalton Trumbo</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1971 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_Poe" title="James Poe">James Poe</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1972 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1973 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="William Rose (screenwriter)">William Rose</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1974 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1975 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Preston_Sturges" title="Preston Sturges">Preston Sturges</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1976 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(writer)" title="Michael Wilson (writer)">Michael Wilson</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1977 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Samson_Raphaelson" title="Samson Raphaelson">Samson Raphaelson</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1978 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Anhalt" title="Edward Anhalt">Edward Anhalt</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1979 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s">1980s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1980 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> & <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I. A. L. Diamond</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1981 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hecht" title="Ben Hecht">Ben Hecht</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1982 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Osborn" title="Paul Osborn">Paul Osborn</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1983 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Trotti" title="Lamar Trotti">Lamar Trotti</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1984 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="Jack Rose (screenwriter)">Jack Rose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Panama" title="Norman Panama">Norman Panama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Frank" title="Melvin Frank">Melvin Frank</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1985 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1986 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1987 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1988 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ravetch" title="Irving Ravetch">Irving Ravetch</a> & <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Frank_Jr." title="Harriet Frank Jr.">Harriet Frank Jr.</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1989 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ring_Lardner_Jr." title="Ring Lardner Jr.">Ring Lardner Jr.</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1990s">1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1990 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Donald_Ogden_Stewart" title="Donald Ogden Stewart">Donald Ogden Stewart</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1991 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Sargent" title="Alvin Sargent">Alvin Sargent</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1992 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">Frank Pierson</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1993 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1994 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala" title="Ruth Prawer Jhabvala">Ruth Prawer Jhabvala</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1995 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bennett_(screenwriter)" title="Charles Bennett (screenwriter)">Charles Bennett</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1996 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Taradash" title="Daniel Taradash">Daniel Taradash</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1997 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1998 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bo_Goldman" title="Bo Goldman">Bo Goldman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">1999 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000s">2000s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2000 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2001 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2002 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2003 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2004 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Hayes" title="John Michael Hayes">John Michael Hayes</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2005 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2006 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2007 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2008 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Budd_Schulberg" title="Budd Schulberg">Budd Schulberg</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2009 </td> <td>No award given </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010s">2010s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2010s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2010 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2011 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Steven_Zaillian" title="Steven Zaillian">Steven Zaillian</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2012 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Eric_Roth" title="Eric Roth">Eric Roth</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2013 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stoppard" title="Tom Stoppard">Tom Stoppard</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2014 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2015 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ramis" title="Harold Ramis">Harold Ramis</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2016 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2017 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2018 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2019 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Ganz" title="Lowell Ganz">Lowell Ganz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babaloo_Mandel" title="Babaloo Mandel">Babaloo Mandel</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020s">2020s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2020s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="width: 60%;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="20%">Year </th> <th width="80%">Recipient(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2020 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Meyers" title="Nancy Meyers">Nancy Meyers</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;">2023 </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 February</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Writers+Guild+Awards&rft.atitle=The+Laurel+Award+for+Screenwriting+Achievement&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fawards.wga.org%2Fawards%2Fawards-recipients%2Flaurel-awards%2Fscreen-laurel-previous-recipients&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALaurel+Award+for+Screenwriting+Achievement" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Epstein">Julius Epstein</a> & <a href="/wiki/Philip_G._Epstein" title="Philip G. Epstein">Philip Epstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hackett" title="Albert Hackett">Albert Hackett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Frances_Goodrich" title="Frances Goodrich">Frances Goodrich</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Mahin" title="John Lee Mahin">John Lee Mahin</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson">Nunnally Johnson</a> (1959)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Krasna" title="Norman Krasna">Norman Krasna</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Seaton" title="George Seaton">George Seaton</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunne_(writer)" title="Philip Dunne (writer)">Philip Dunne</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Huston" title="John Huston">John Huston</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Buchman" title="Sidney Buchman">Sidney Buchman</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isobel_Lennart" title="Isobel Lennart">Isobel Lennart</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Brooks" title="Richard Brooks">Richard Brooks</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Casey_Robinson" title="Casey Robinson">Casey Robinson</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Foreman" title="Carl Foreman">Carl Foreman</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo" title="Dalton Trumbo">Dalton Trumbo</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Poe" title="James Poe">James Poe</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="William Rose (screenwriter)">William Rose</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Preston_Sturges" title="Preston Sturges">Preston Sturges</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(writer)" title="Michael Wilson (writer)">Michael Wilson</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samson_Raphaelson" title="Samson Raphaelson">Samson Raphaelson</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Anhalt" title="Edward Anhalt">Edward Anhalt</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> & <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I. A. L. Diamond</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hecht" title="Ben Hecht">Ben Hecht</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Osborn" title="Paul Osborn">Paul Osborn</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Trotti" title="Lamar Trotti">Lamar Trotti</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="Jack Rose (screenwriter)">Jack Rose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Panama" title="Norman Panama">Norman Panama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Frank" title="Melvin Frank">Melvin Frank</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ravetch" title="Irving Ravetch">Irving Ravetch</a> & <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Frank_Jr." title="Harriet Frank Jr.">Harriet Frank Jr.</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ring_Lardner_Jr." title="Ring Lardner Jr.">Ring Lardner Jr.</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Ogden_Stewart" title="Donald Ogden Stewart">Donald Ogden Stewart</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Sargent" title="Alvin Sargent">Alvin Sargent</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">Frank Pierson</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala" title="Ruth Prawer Jhabvala">Ruth Prawer Jhabvala</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bennett_(screenwriter)" title="Charles Bennett (screenwriter)">Charles Bennett</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Taradash" title="Daniel Taradash">Daniel Taradash</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bo_Goldman" title="Bo Goldman">Bo Goldman</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Hayes" title="John Michael Hayes">John Michael Hayes</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ramis" title="Harold Ramis">Harold Ramis</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. 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Burkey Award</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">Former Awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Musical" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical">Musical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Western" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Western">Western</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Film_Concerning_American_Scene" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Film Concerning American Scene">American Scene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Drama" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Drama">Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Comedy" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written Comedy">Comedy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DCC09B;width:1%">Ceremonies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="1st Writers Guild of America Awards">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="2nd Writers Guild of America Awards">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="3rd Writers Guild of America Awards">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="4th Writers Guild of America Awards">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="5th Writers Guild of America Awards">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="6th Writers Guild of America Awards">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="7th Writers Guild of America Awards">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="8th Writers Guild of America Awards">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="9th Writers Guild of America Awards">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="10th Writers Guild of America Awards">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="11th Writers Guild of America Awards">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="12th Writers Guild of America Awards">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="13th Writers Guild of America Awards">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="14th Writers Guild of America Awards">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="15th Writers Guild of America Awards">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="16th Writers Guild of America Awards">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="17th Writers Guild of America Awards">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="18th Writers Guild of America Awards">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="19th Writers Guild of America Awards">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="20th Writers Guild of America Awards">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="21st Writers Guild of America Awards">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="22nd Writers Guild of America Awards">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="23rd Writers Guild of America Awards">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="24th Writers Guild of America Awards">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="25th Writers Guild of America Awards">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="26th Writers Guild of America Awards">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="27th Writers Guild of America Awards">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="28th Writers Guild of America Awards">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="29th Writers Guild of America Awards">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="30th Writers Guild of America Awards">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="31st Writers Guild of America Awards">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="32nd Writers Guild of America Awards">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="33rd Writers Guild of America Awards">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="34th Writers Guild of America Awards">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="35th Writers Guild of America Awards">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="36th Writers Guild of America Awards">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="37th Writers Guild of America Awards">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="38th Writers Guild of America Awards">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="39th Writers Guild of America Awards">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="40th Writers Guild of America Awards">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="41st Writers Guild of America Awards">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="42nd Writers Guild of America Awards">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="43rd Writers Guild of America Awards">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="44th Writers Guild of America Awards">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="45th Writers Guild of America Awards">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="46th Writers Guild of America Awards">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="47th Writers Guild of America Awards">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="48th Writers Guild of America Awards">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="49th Writers Guild of America Awards">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="50th Writers Guild of America Awards">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="51st Writers Guild of America Awards">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="52nd Writers Guild of America Awards">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="53rd Writers Guild of America Awards">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="54th Writers Guild of America Awards">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="55th Writers Guild of America Awards">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="56th Writers Guild of America Awards">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="57th Writers Guild of America Awards">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="58th Writers Guild of America Awards">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="59th Writers Guild of America Awards">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="60th Writers Guild of America Awards">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="61st Writers Guild of America Awards">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="62nd Writers Guild of America Awards">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="63rd Writers Guild of America Awards">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="64th Writers Guild of America Awards">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="65th Writers 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