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Film</td></tr><tr><th 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">1949</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Last awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">1984</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="http://www.wga.org/">http://www.wga.org/</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <b>Writers Guild Award for Best Written Comedy</b> was an award presented from 1949 to 1984 by the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of 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Breen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/No_Minor_Vices" title="No Minor Vices">No Minor Vices</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Manoff" title="Arnold Manoff">Arnold Manoff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mating_of_Millie" title="The Mating of Millie">The Mating of Millie</a></i> </td> <td>Louella MacFarlane, and <a href="/wiki/St._Clair_McKelway" title="St. Clair McKelway">St. Clair McKelway</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Paleface_(1948_film)" title="The Paleface (1948 film)">The Paleface</a></i> </td> <td>Edmund L. Hartmann, Frank Tashlin, and Jack Rose </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1949_in_film" title="1949 in film">1949</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/2nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="2nd Writers Guild of America Awards">(2nd)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/A_Letter_to_Three_Wives" title="A Letter to Three Wives">A Letter to Three Wives</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Adam%27s_Rib" title="Adam's Rib">Adam's Rib</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Gordon" title="Ruth Gordon">Ruth Gordon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Garson_Kanin" title="Garson Kanin">Garson Kanin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Come_to_the_Stable" title="Come to the Stable">Come to the Stable</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Millard" title="Oscar Millard">Oscar Millard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sally_Benson" title="Sally Benson">Sally Benson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Every_Girl_Should_Be_Married" title="Every Girl Should Be Married">Every Girl Should Be Married</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Morehouse_Avery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephen Morehouse Avery (page does not exist)">Stephen Morehouse Avery</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Was_a_Male_War_Bride" title="I Was a Male War Bride">I Was a Male War Bride</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lederer" title="Charles Lederer">Charles Lederer</a>, Leonard Spigel, and <a href="/wiki/Hagar_Wilde" title="Hagar Wilde">Hagar Wilde</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It_Happens_Every_Spring" title="It Happens Every Spring">It Happens Every Spring</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Davies" title="Valentine Davies">Valentine Davies</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <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=Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Comedy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Year </th> <th width="35%">Film </th> <th width="45%">Writer(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1950_in_film" title="1950 in film">1950</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/3rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="3rd Writers Guild of America Awards">(3rd)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/All_About_Eve" title="All About Eve">All About Eve</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Adam%27s_Rib" title="Adam's Rib">Adam's Rib</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Gordon" title="Ruth Gordon">Ruth Gordon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Garson_Kanin" title="Garson Kanin">Garson Kanin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Born_Yesterday_(1950_film)" title="Born Yesterday (1950 film)">Born Yesterday</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Mannheimer" title="Albert Mannheimer">Albert Mannheimer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Father_of_the_Bride_(1950_film)" title="Father of the Bride (1950 film)">Father of the Bride</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frances_Goodrich" title="Frances Goodrich">Frances Goodrich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hackett" title="Albert Hackett">Albert Hackett</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jackpot" title="The Jackpot">The Jackpot</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Ephron" title="Phoebe Ephron">Phoebe Ephron</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Ephron" title="Henry Ephron">Henry Ephron</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1951_in_film" title="1951 in film">1951</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/4th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="4th Writers Guild of America Awards">(4th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Father%27s_Little_Dividend" title="Father's Little Dividend">Father's Little Dividend</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hackett" title="Albert Hackett">Albert Hackett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frances_Goodrich" title="Frances Goodrich">Frances Goodrich</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_the_Outfield_(1951_film)" title="Angels in the Outfield (1951 film)">Angels in the Outfield</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Kingsley" title="Dorothy Kingsley">Dorothy Kingsley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Wells_(screenwriter)" title="George Wells (screenwriter)">George Wells</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/People_Will_Talk" title="People Will Talk">People Will Talk</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/That%27s_My_Boy_(1951_film)" title="That's My Boy (1951 film)">That's My Boy</a></i> </td> <td>Cy Howard </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_in_the_Navy_Now" title="You're in the Navy Now">You're in the Navy Now</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Murphy_(screenwriter)" title="Richard Murphy (screenwriter)">Richard Murphy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1952_in_film" title="1952 in film">1952</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/5th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="5th Writers Guild of America Awards">(5th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Quiet_Man" title="The Quiet Man">The Quiet Man</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_S._Nugent" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank S. Nugent">Frank Nugent</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pat_and_Mike" title="Pat and Mike">Pat and Mike</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Gordon" title="Ruth Gordon">Ruth Gordon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Garson_Kanin" title="Garson Kanin">Garson Kanin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Room_for_One_More_(film)" title="Room for One More (film)">Room for One More</a></i> </td> <td>Jack Rose, and <a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Happy_Time" title="The Happy Time">The Happy Time</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earl_Felton" title="Earl Felton">Earl Felton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Marrying_Kind" title="The Marrying Kind">The Marrying Kind</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Gordon" title="Ruth Gordon">Ruth Gordon</a>, and Garson Kanin </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1953_in_film" title="1953 in film">1953</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/6th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="6th Writers Guild of America Awards">(6th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Roman_Holiday" title="Roman Holiday">Roman Holiday</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Ian_McLellan_Hunter" title="Ian McLellan Hunter">Ian McLellan Hunter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo" title="Dalton Trumbo">Dalton Trumbo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John_Dighton" title="John Dighton">John Dighton</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Marry_a_Millionaire" title="How to Marry a Millionaire">How to Marry a Millionaire</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson">Nunnally Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stalag_17" title="Stalag 17">Stalag 17</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Blum" title="Edwin Blum">Edwin Blum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Actress" title="The Actress">The Actress</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Gordon" title="Ruth Gordon">Ruth Gordon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Moon_Is_Blue_(film)" title="The Moon Is Blue (film)">The Moon Is Blue</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/F._Hugh_Herbert" title="F. Hugh Herbert">F. Hugh Herbert</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1954_in_film" title="1954 in film">1954</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/7th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="7th Writers Guild of America Awards">(7th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_(1954_film)" title="Sabrina (1954 film)">Sabrina</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_A._Taylor" title="Samuel A. Taylor">Samuel Taylor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/It_Should_Happen_to_You" title="It Should Happen to You">It Should Happen to You</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garson_Kanin" title="Garson Kanin">Garson Kanin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Knock_on_Wood_(film)" title="Knock on Wood (film)">Knock on Wood</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Frank" title="Melvin Frank">Melvin Frank</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norman_Panama" title="Norman Panama">Norman Panama</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Susan_Slept_Here" title="Susan Slept Here">Susan Slept Here</a></i> </td> <td>Alex Gottlieb </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Long,_Long_Trailer" title="The Long, Long Trailer">The Long, Long Trailer</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hackett" title="Albert Hackett">Albert Hackett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frances_Goodrich" title="Frances Goodrich">Frances Goodrich</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1955_in_film" title="1955 in film">1955</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/8th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="8th Writers Guild of America Awards">(8th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Mister_Roberts_(1955_film)" title="Mister Roberts (1955 film)">Mister Roberts</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Nugent" title="Frank Nugent">Frank S. Nugent</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Logan" title="Joshua Logan">Joshua Logan</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Phffft" title="Phffft">Phffft</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Axelrod" title="George Axelrod">George Axelrod</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seven_Year_Itch" title="The Seven Year Itch">The Seven Year Itch</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and George Axelroad </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tender_Trap_(film)" title="The Tender Trap (film)">The Tender Trap</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein" title="Julius J. Epstein">Julius J. Epstein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/To_Catch_a_Thief" title="To Catch a Thief">To Catch a Thief</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Hayes" title="John Michael Hayes">John Michael Hayes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1956_in_film" title="1956 in film">1956</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/9th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="9th Writers Guild of America Awards">(9th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_(1956_film)" title="Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)">Around the World in 80 Days</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Poe" title="James Poe">James Poe</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Farrow" title="John Farrow">John Farrow</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S._J._Perelman" title="S. J. Perelman">S. J. Perelman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bus_Stop_(1956_film)" title="Bus Stop (1956 film)">Bus Stop</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Axelrod" title="George Axelrod">George Axelrod</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Full_of_Life" title="Full of Life">Full of Life</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Fante" title="John Fante">John Fante</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Solid_Gold_Cadillac" title="The Solid Gold Cadillac">The Solid Gold Cadillac</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abe_Burrows" title="Abe Burrows">Abe Burrows</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Teahouse_of_the_August_Moon_(film)" title="The Teahouse of the August Moon (film)">The Teahouse of the August Moon</a></i> </td> <td>John Patrick </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1957_in_film" title="1957 in film">1957</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/10th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="10th Writers Guild of America Awards">(10th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Love_in_the_Afternoon_(1957_film)" title="Love in the Afternoon (1957 film)">Love in the Afternoon</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Designing_Woman" title="Designing Woman">Designing Woman</a></i> </td> <td>George Wells </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Go_Near_the_Water_(film)" title="Don't Go Near the Water (film)">Don't Go Near the Water</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Kingsley" title="Dorothy Kingsley">Dorothy Kingsley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Wells_(screenwriter)" title="George Wells (screenwriter)">George Wells</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mad_Ball" title="Operation Mad Ball">Operation Mad Ball</a></i> </td> <td>Arthur Carter, <a href="/wiki/Jed_Harris" title="Jed Harris">Jed Harris</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Will_Success_Spoil_Rock_Hunter%3F" title="Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?">Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tashlin" title="Frank Tashlin">Frank Tashlin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1958_in_film" title="1958 in film">1958</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/11th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="11th Writers Guild of America Awards">(11th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Me_and_the_Colonel" title="Me and the Colonel">Me and the Colonel</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/S._N._Behrman" title="S. N. Behrman">S.N. Behrman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/George_Froeschel" title="George Froeschel">George Froeschel</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Houseboat_(film)" title="Houseboat (film)">Houseboat</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a>, and Jack Rose </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Indiscreet_(1958_film)" title="Indiscreet (1958 film)">Indiscreet</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Krasna" title="Norman Krasna">Norman Krasna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Teacher%27s_Pet_(1958_film)" title="Teacher's Pet (1958 film)">Teacher's Pet</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fay_Kanin" title="Fay Kanin">Fay Kanin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Kanin" title="Michael Kanin">Michael Kanin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reluctant_Debutante_(film)" title="The Reluctant Debutante (film)">The Reluctant Debutante</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Douglas_Home" title="William Douglas Home">William Douglas-Home</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein" title="Julius J. Epstein">Julius J. Epstein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1959_in_film" title="1959 in film">1959</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/12th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="12th Writers Guild of America Awards">(12th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Some_Like_It_Hot" title="Some Like It Hot">Some Like It Hot</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Hole_in_the_Head" title="A Hole in the Head">A Hole in the Head</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schulman" title="Arnold Schulman">Arnold Schulman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/North_by_Northwest" title="North by Northwest">North by Northwest</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Petticoat" title="Operation Petticoat">Operation Petticoat</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shapiro" title="Stanley Shapiro">Stanley Shapiro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Richlin" title="Maurice Richlin">Maurice Richlin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pillow_Talk_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pillow Talk (film)">Pillow Talk</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shapiro" title="Stanley Shapiro">Stanley Shapiro</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Richlin" title="Maurice Richlin">Maurice Richlin</a> </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=Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Comedy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Year </th> <th width="35%">Film </th> <th width="45%">Writer(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1960_in_film" title="1960 in film">1960</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/13th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="13th Writers Guild of America Awards">(13th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Apartment" title="The Apartment">The Apartment</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/North_to_Alaska" title="North to Alaska">North to Alaska</a></i> </td> <td>Martin Rackin, <a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Mahin" title="John Lee Mahin">John Lee Mahin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Claude_Binyon" title="Claude Binyon">Claude Binyon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ocean%27s_11" title="Ocean's 11">Ocean's 11</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Brown_(writer)" title="Harry Brown (writer)">Harry Brown</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lederer" title="Charles Lederer">Charles Lederer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Please_Don%27t_Eat_the_Daisies_(film)" title="Please Don't Eat the Daisies (film)">Please Don't Eat the Daisies</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isobel_Lennart" title="Isobel Lennart">Isobel Lennart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Facts_of_Life_(film)" title="The Facts of Life (film)">The Facts of Life</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Panama" title="Norman Panama">Norman Panama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Frank" title="Melvin Frank">Melvin Frank</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1961_in_film" title="1961 in film">1961</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/14th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="14th Writers Guild of America Awards">(14th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_at_Tiffany%27s_(film)" title="Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)">Breakfast at Tiffany's</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Axelrod" title="George Axelrod">George Axelrod</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Majority_of_One_(film)" title="A Majority of One (film)">A Majority of One</a>,</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Spigelgass" title="Leonard Spigelgass">Leonard Spigelgass</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/One,_Two,_Three" title="One, Two, Three">One, Two, Three</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Absent-Minded_Professor" title="The Absent-Minded Professor">The Absent Minded Professor</a></i> </td> <td>Bill Walsh </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Parent_Trap_(1961_film)" title="The Parent Trap (1961 film)">The Parent Trap</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Swift_(director)" title="David Swift (director)">David Swift</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1962_in_film" title="1962 in film">1962</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/15th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="15th Writers Guild of America Awards">(15th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/That_Touch_of_Mink" title="That Touch of Mink">That Touch of Mink</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b>Nate Monaster and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shapiro" title="Stanley Shapiro">Stanley Shapiro</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Hobbs_Takes_a_Vacation" title="Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation">Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson">Nunnally Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Notorious_Landlady" title="The Notorious Landlady">The Notorious Landlady</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Period_of_Adjustment_(film)" title="Period of Adjustment (film)">Period of Adjustment</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Isobel_Lennart" title="Isobel Lennart">Isobel Lennart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pigeon_That_Took_Rome" title="The Pigeon That Took Rome">The Pigeon That Took Rome</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1963_in_film" title="1963 in film">1963</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/16th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="16th Writers Guild of America Awards">(16th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Lilies_of_the_Field_(1963_film)" title="Lilies of the Field (1963 film)">Lilies of the Field</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Poe" title="James Poe">James Poe</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Charade_(1963_film)" title="Charade (1963 film)">Charade</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Irma_la_Douce" title="Irma la Douce">Irma la Douce</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_with_the_Proper_Stranger" title="Love with the Proper Stranger">Love with the Proper Stranger</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schulman" title="Arnold Schulman">Arnold Schulman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thrill_of_It_All_(film)" title="The Thrill of It All (film)">The Thrill of It All</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1964_in_film" title="1964 in film">1964</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/17th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="17th Writers Guild of America Awards">(17th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Dr._Strangelove" title="Dr. Strangelove">Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a>, Peter George, and <a href="/wiki/Terry_Southern" title="Terry Southern">Terry Southern</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Father_Goose_(film)" title="Father Goose (film)">Father Goose</a>,</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tarloff" title="Frank Tarloff">Frank Tarloff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pink_Panther_(1963_film)" title="The Pink Panther (1963 film)">The Pink Panther</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Richlin" title="Maurice Richlin">Maurice Richlin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_World_of_Henry_Orient" title="The World of Henry Orient">The World of Henry Orient</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nora_Johnson" title="Nora Johnson">Nora Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson">Nunnally Johnson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Topkapi_(film)" title="Topkapi (film)">Topkapi</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monja_Danischewsky" title="Monja Danischewsky">Monja Danischewsky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1965_in_film" title="1965 in film">1965</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/18th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="18th Writers Guild of America Awards">(18th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/A_Thousand_Clowns" title="A Thousand Clowns">A Thousand Clowns</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Herb_Gardner" title="Herb Gardner">Herb Gardner</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cat_Ballou" title="Cat Ballou">Cat Ballou</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Newman_(screenwriter)" title="Walter Newman (screenwriter)">Walter Newman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">Frank Pierson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/That_Darn_Cat!" title="That Darn Cat!">That Darn Cat!</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Gordons_(writers)" title="The Gordons (writers)">Mildred Gordon, Gordon Gordon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(producer)" title="Bill Walsh (producer)">Bill Walsh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Race" title="The Great Race">The Great Race</a></i> </td> <td>Arthur A. Ross </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_New_Pussycat%3F" title="What's New Pussycat?">What's New Pussycat</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1966_in_film" title="1966 in film">1966</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/19th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="19th Writers Guild of America Awards">(19th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Russians_Are_Coming,_the_Russians_Are_Coming" class="mw-redirect" title="The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming">The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="William Rose (screenwriter)">William Rose</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/How_to_Steal_a_Million" title="How to Steal a Million">How to Steal a Million</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kurnitz" title="Harry Kurnitz">Harry Kurnitz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Man_Flint" title="Our Man Flint">Our Man Flint</a></i> </td> <td>Hal Fimberg, and <a href="/wiki/Ben_Starr" title="Ben Starr">Ben Starr</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fortune_Cookie" title="The Fortune Cookie">The Fortune Cookie</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Big_Boy_Now" title="You're a Big Boy Now">You're a Big Boy Now</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1967_in_film" title="1967 in film">1967</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/20th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="20th Writers Guild of America Awards">(20th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Graduate" title="The Graduate">The Graduate</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Buck_Henry" title="Buck Henry">Buck Henry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Calder_Willingham" title="Calder Willingham">Calder Willingham</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Barefoot_in_the_Park" title="Barefoot in the Park">Barefoot in the Park</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Divorce_American_Style" title="Divorce American Style">Divorce American Style</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flim-Flam_Man" title="The Flim-Flam Man">The Flim-Flam Man</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="William Rose (screenwriter)">William Rose</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Guide_for_the_Married_Man" title="A Guide for the Married Man">A Guide for the Married Man</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Tarloff" title="Frank Tarloff">Frank Tarloff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1968_in_film" title="1968 in film">1968</a> <p><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/21st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="21st Writers Guild of America Awards">(21st)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Odd_Couple_(film)" title="The Odd Couple (film)">The Odd Couple</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b>Neil Simon</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Millions" title="Hot Millions">Hot Millions</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ira_Wallach_(writer)" title="Ira Wallach (writer)">Ira Wallach</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ustinov" title="Peter Ustinov">Peter Ustinov</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_You,_Alice_B._Toklas" title="I Love You, Alice B. Toklas">I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Tucker_(screenwriter)" title="Larry Tucker (screenwriter)">Larry Tucker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Producers_(1967_film)" title="The Producers (1967 film)">The Producers</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Yours,_Mine_and_Ours_(1968_film)" title="Yours, Mine and Ours (1968 film)">Yours, Mine and Ours</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a>, and Mort Lachman </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1969_in_film" title="1969 in film">1969</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/22nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="22nd Writers Guild of America Awards">(22nd)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Goodbye,_Columbus_(film)" title="Goodbye, Columbus (film)">Goodbye, Columbus</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schulman" title="Arnold Schulman">Arnold Schulman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cactus_Flower_(film)" title="Cactus Flower (film)">Cactus Flower</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gaily,_Gaily" title="Gaily, Gaily">Gaily, Gaily</a></i> </td> <td>Abram S. Ginnes </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/John_and_Mary_(film)" title="John and Mary (film)">John and Marty</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Mortimer" title="John Mortimer">John Mortimer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reivers_(film)" title="The Reivers (film)">The Reivers</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ravetch" title="Irving Ravetch">Irving Ravetch</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Frank_Jr." title="Harriet Frank Jr.">Harriet Frank Jr.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Bob_%26_Carol_%26_Ted_%26_Alice" title="Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice">Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Tucker_(screenwriter)" title="Larry Tucker (screenwriter)">Larry Tucker</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/If_It%27s_Tuesday,_This_Must_Be_Belgium" title="If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium">If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Shaw_(writer)" title="David Shaw (writer)">David Shaw</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Popi" title="Popi">Popi</a></i> </td> <td>Tina Pine, and Lester Pine </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Support_Your_Local_Sheriff!" title="Support Your Local Sheriff!">Support Your Local Sheriff</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Bowers" title="William Bowers">William Bowers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Take_the_Money_and_Run_(film)" title="Take the Money and Run (film)">Take the Money and Run</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a>, and Mickey Rose </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=Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Comedy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Year </th> <th width="35%">Film </th> <th width="45%">Writer(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1970_in_film" title="1970 in film">1970</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/23rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="23rd Writers Guild of America Awards">(23rd)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H" title="M*A*S*H">M*A*S*H</a></b></i> † </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Ring_Lardner_Jr." title="Ring Lardner Jr.">Ring Lardner Jr.</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lovers_and_Other_Strangers" title="Lovers and Other Strangers">Lovers and Other Strangers</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Renee_Taylor_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Renee Taylor (writer)">Renée Taylor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bologna" title="Joseph Bologna">Joseph Bologna</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Zelag_Goodman" title="David Zelag Goodman">David Zelag Goodman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Owl_and_the_Pussycat_(film)" title="The Owl and the Pussycat (film)">The Owl and the Pussycat</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buck_Henry" title="Buck Henry">Buck Henry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs_(1970_film)" title="The Twelve Chairs (1970 film)">The Twelve Chairs</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Where%27s_Poppa%3F" title="Where's Poppa?">Where's Poppa</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Klane" title="Robert Klane">Robert Klane</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Out-of-Towners_(1970_film)" title="The Out-of-Towners (1970 film)">The Out-of-Towners</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Private_Life_of_Sherlock_Holmes" title="The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes">The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Quackser_Fortune_Has_a_Cousin_in_the_Bronx" title="Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx">Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronk</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Walsh" title="Gabriel Walsh">Gabriel Walsh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Start_the_Revolution_Without_Me" title="Start the Revolution Without Me">Start the Revolution Without Me</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fred_Freeman" title="Fred Freeman">Fred Freeman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_D._Cohen" title="Lawrence D. Cohen">Lawrence J. Cohen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cheyenne_Social_Club" title="The Cheyenne Social Club">The Cheyenne Social Club</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Lee_Barrett" title="James Lee Barrett">James Lee Barrett</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1971_in_film" title="1971 in film">1971</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/24th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="24th Writers Guild of America Awards">(24th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Kotch" title="Kotch">Kotch</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Paxton" title="John Paxton">John Paxton</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_New_Leaf_(film)" title="A New Leaf (film)">A New Leaf</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof_(film)" title="Fiddler on the Roof (film)">Fiddler on the Roof</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stein" title="Joseph Stein">Joseph Stein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Murders" title="Little Murders">Little Murders</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jules_Feiffer" title="Jules Feiffer">Jules Feiffer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boy_Friend_(1971_film)" title="The Boy Friend (1971 film)">The Boy Friend</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ken_Russell" title="Ken Russell">Ken Russell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Hospital" title="The Hospital">The Hospital</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bananas_(film)" title="Bananas (film)">Bananas</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rose" title="Mickey Rose">Mickey Rose</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Carnal_Knowledge_(film)" title="Carnal Knowledge (film)">Carnal Knowledge</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jules_Feiffer" title="Jules Feiffer">Jules Feiffer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Made_for_Each_Other_(1971_film)" title="Made for Each Other (1971 film)">Made for Each Other</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Taylor" title="Renée Taylor">Renée Taylor</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bologna" title="Joseph Bologna">Joseph Bologna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Taking_Off_(film)" title="Taking Off (film)">Taking Off</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Forman" title="Miloš Forman">Miloṡ Forman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Guare" title="John Guare">John Guare</a>, and Jon Klein </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1972_in_film" title="1972 in film">1972</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/25th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="25th Writers Guild of America Awards">(25th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Cabaret_(1972_film)" title="Cabaret (1972 film)">Cabaret</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Jay_Presson_Allen" title="Jay Presson Allen">Jay Presson Allen</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Avanti!" title="Avanti!">Avanti!</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Butterflies_Are_Free" title="Butterflies Are Free">Butterflies Are Free</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Gershe" title="Leonard Gershe">Leonard Gershe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Heartbreak_Kid_(1972_film)" title="The Heartbreak Kid (1972 film)">The Heartbreak Kid</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Travels_with_My_Aunt_(film)" title="Travels with My Aunt (film)">Travels with My Aunt</a></i> </td> <td>Jay Presson Allen, and <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Wheeler" title="Hugh Wheeler">Hugh Wheeler</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_Up,_Doc%3F_(1972_film)" title="What's Up, Doc? (1972 film)"><b>What's Up, Doc?</b></a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bogdanovich" title="Peter Bogdanovich">Peter Bogdanovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buck_Henry" title="Buck Henry">Buck Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Newman_(filmmaker)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Newman (filmmaker)">David Newman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Get_to_Know_Your_Rabbit" title="Get to Know Your Rabbit">Get to Know Your Rabbit</a></i> </td> <td>Jordan Crittenden </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hammersmith_Is_Out" title="Hammersmith Is Out">Hammersmith Is Out</a></i> </td> <td>Stanford Whitmore </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Minnie_and_Moskowitz" title="Minnie and Moskowitz">Minnie and Moskowitz</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Cassavetes" title="John Cassavetes">John Cassavetes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_War_Between_Men_and_Women" title="The War Between Men and Women">The War Between Men and Women</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Arnold" title="Danny Arnold">Danny Arnold</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1973_in_film" title="1973 in film">1973</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/26th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="26th Writers Guild of America Awards">(26th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Paper_Moon_(film)" title="Paper Moon (film)">Paper Moon</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Sargent" title="Alvin Sargent">Alvin Sargent</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/40_Carats_(film)" title="40 Carats (film)">40 Carats</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Gershe" title="Leonard Gershe">Leonard Gershe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Godspell_(film)" title="Godspell (film)">Godspell</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Greene_(director)" title="David Greene (director)">David Greenne</a>, and <a href="/wiki/John-Michael_Tebelak" title="John-Michael Tebelak">John-Michael Tebelak</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/A_Touch_of_Class_(film)" title="A Touch of Class (film)">A Touch of Class</a></b></i>‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Frank" title="Melvin Frank">Melvin Frank</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="Jack Rose (screenwriter)">Jack Rose</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/American_Graffiti" title="American Graffiti">American Graffiti</a></i> ‡ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Katz" title="Gloria Katz">Gloria Katz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Willard_Huyck" title="Willard Huyck">Willard Huyck</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Blume_in_Love" title="Blume in Love">Blume in Love</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sleeper_(1973_film)" title="Sleeper (1973 film)">Sleeper</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Brickman" title="Marshall Brickman">Marshall Brickman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slither_(1973_film)" title="Slither (1973 film)">Slither</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/W._D._Richter" title="W. D. Richter">W.D. Richter</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="10" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1974_in_film" title="1974 in film">1974</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/27th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="27th Writers Guild of America Awards">(27th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Apprenticeship_of_Duddy_Kravitz_(film)" title="The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (film)">The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Mordecai_Richler" title="Mordecai Richler">Mordecai Richler</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Chetwynd" title="Lionel Chetwynd">Lionel Chetwynd</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Front_Page_(1974_film)" title="The Front Page (1974 film)">The Front Page</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I.A.L. Diamond</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Frankenstein" title="Young Frankenstein">Young Frankenstein</a></i> ‡ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Wilder" title="Gene Wilder">Gene Wilder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Saddles" title="Blazing Saddles">Blazing Saddles</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b> <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a>, Norman Steinberg, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Bergman" title="Andrew Bergman">Andrew Bergman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a>, and Alan Uger</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/California_Split" title="California Split">California Split</a></i> </td> <td>Joseph Walsh </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Claudine_(film)" title="Claudine (film)">Claudine</a></i> </td> <td>Tina Pine, and Lester Pine </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Phantom_of_the_Paradise" title="Phantom of the Paradise">Phantom of the Paradise</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_De_Palma" title="Brian De Palma">Brian de Palma</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sugarland_Express" title="The Sugarland Express">The Sugarland Express</a></i> </td> <td>Hal Barwood, <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Robbins_(screenwriter)" title="Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)">Matthew Robbins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1975_in_film" title="1975 in film">1975</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/28th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="28th Writers Guild of America Awards">(28th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Sunshine_Boys_(1975_film)" title="The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)">The Sunshine Boys</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hester_Street_(film)" title="Hester Street (film)">Hester Street</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joan_Micklin_Silver" title="Joan Micklin Silver">Joan Micklin Silver</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Second_Avenue" title="The Prisoner of Second Avenue">The Prisoner of Second Avenue</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Shampoo_(film)" title="Shampoo (film)">Shampoo</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hearts_of_the_West" title="Hearts of the West">Heats of the West</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rob_Thompson_(director)" title="Rob Thompson (director)">Rob Thompson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Smile_(1975_film)" title="Smile (1975 film)">Smile</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Belson" title="Jerry Belson">Jerry Belson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Pink_Panther" title="The Return of the Pink Panther">The Return of the Pink Panther</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Waldman" title="Frank Waldman">Frank Waldman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1976_in_film" title="1976 in film">1976</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/29th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="29th Writers Guild of America Awards">(29th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Pink_Panther_Strikes_Again" title="The Pink Panther Strikes Again">The Pink Panther Strikes Again</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Frank_Waldman" title="Frank Waldman">Frank Waldman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Family_Plot" title="Family Plot">Family Plot</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stay_Hungry" title="Stay Hungry">Stay Hungry</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gaines_(writer)" title="Charles Gaines (writer)">Charles Gaines</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Rafelson" title="Bob Rafelson">Bob Rafelson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bingo_Long_Traveling_All-Stars_%26_Motor_Kings" title="The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings">The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings</a></i> </td> <td>Hal Barwood, and <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Robinson_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Robinson (director)">Matthew Robbins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ritz_(film)" title="The Ritz (film)">The Ritz</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terrence_McNally" title="Terrence McNally">Terrence McNally</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_News_Bears" title="The Bad News Bears">The Bad News Bears</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lancaster" title="Bill Lancaster">Bill Lancaster</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Murder_by_Death" title="Murder by Death">Murder by Death</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Next_Stop,_Greenwich_Village" title="Next Stop, Greenwich Village">Next Stop, Greenwich Village</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Silent_Movie" title="Silent Movie">Silent Movie</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Clark_(writer)" title="Ron Clark (writer)">Ron Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rudy_De_Luca" title="Rudy De Luca">Rudy De Luca</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Streak_(film)" title="Silver Streak (film)">Silver Streak</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Higgins" title="Colin Higgins">Colin Higgins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1977_in_film" title="1977 in film">1977</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/30th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="30th Writers Guild of America Awards">(30th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Oh,_God!_(film)" title="Oh, God! (film)">Oh, God!</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b>Larry Gelbart</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spy_Who_Loved_Me_(film)" title="The Spy Who Loved Me (film)">The Spy Who Loved Me</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Wood_(writer)" title="Christopher Wood (writer)">Christopher Wood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Maibaum" title="Richard Maibaum">Richard Maibaum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Semi-Tough" title="Semi-Tough">Semi-Tough</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Bernstein" title="Walter Bernstein">Walter Bernstein</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Annie_Hall" title="Annie Hall">Annie Hall</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Brickman" title="Marshall Brickman">Marshall Brickman</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars (film)">Star Wars</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Slap_Shot_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slap Shot (film)">Slap Shot</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Dowd" title="Nancy Dowd">Nancy Dowd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Goodbye_Girl" title="The Goodbye Girl">The Goodbye Girl</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1978_in_film" title="1978 in film">1978</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/31st_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="31st Writers Guild of America Awards">(31st)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Heaven_Can_Wait_(1978_film)" title="Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)">Heaven Can Wait</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/California_Suite_(film)" title="California Suite (film)">California Suite</a></i> ‡ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Same_Time,_Next_Year_(film)" title="Same Time, Next Year (film)">Same Time, Next Year</a></i> ‡ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Slade" title="Bernard Slade">Bernard Slade</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Superman_(1978_film)" title="Superman (1978 film)">Superman</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mario_Puzo" title="Mario Puzo">Mario Puzo</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Newman_(screenwriter)" title="David Newman (screenwriter)">David Newman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Newman" title="Leslie Newman">Leslie Newman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Is_Killing_the_Great_Chefs_of_Europe%3F" title="Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?">Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Movie_Movie" title="Movie Movie">Movie Movie</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b> <a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheldon_Keller" title="Sheldon Keller">Sheldon Keller</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Wedding_(1978_film)" title="A Wedding (1978 film)">A Wedding</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Considine_(actor)" title="John Considine (actor)">John Considine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Resnick" title="Patricia Resnick">Patricia Resnick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Allan_F._Nicholls" title="Allan F. Nicholls">Allan F. Nicholls</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Altman" title="Robert Altman">Robert Altman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Animal_House" title="Animal House">Animal House</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ramis" title="Harold Ramis">Harold Ramis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Kenney" title="Douglas Kenney">Douglas Kenney</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Miller_(writer)" title="Chris Miller (writer)">Chris Miller</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_Calls_(1978_film)" title="House Calls (1978 film)">House Calls</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Max_Shulman" title="Max Shulman">Max Shulman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein" title="Julius J. Epstein">Julius J. Epstein</a>, Alan Mandel, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Shyer" title="Charles Shyer">Charles Shyer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Once in Paris...</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_D._Gilroy" title="Frank D. Gilroy">Frank D. Gilroy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1979_in_film" title="1979 in film">1979</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/32nd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="32nd Writers Guild of America Awards">(32nd)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Being_There" title="Being There">Being There</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Kosi%C5%84ski" title="Jerzy Kosiński">Jerzy Kosinski</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Starting_Over_(1979_film)" title="Starting Over (1979 film)">Starting Over</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Little_Romance" title="A Little Romance">A Little Romance</a></i> ‡ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Breaking_Away" title="Breaking Away">Breaking Away</a></b></i> † </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Tesich" title="Steve Tesich">Steve Tesich</a> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/10_(1979_film)" title="10 (1979 film)">10</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Manhattan_(1979_film)" title="Manhattan (1979 film)">Manhattan</a></i> ‡ </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody</a> Allen, and <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Brickman" title="Marshall Brickman">Marshall Brickman</a> </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=Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Best_Written_Comedy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%">Year </th> <th width="35%">Nominees </th> <th width="45%">Writer(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1980_in_film" title="1980 in film">1980</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/33rd_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="33rd Writers Guild of America Awards">(33rd)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Airplane!" title="Airplane!">Airplane!</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Jim_Abrahams" title="Jim Abrahams">Jim Abrahams</a>, David Zucker, and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Zucker" title="Jerry Zucker">Jerry Zucker</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hopscotch_(film)" title="Hopscotch (film)">Hopscotch</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Garfield" title="Brian Garfield">Brian Garfield</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Forbes" title="Bryan Forbes">Bryan Forbes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back" title="The Empire Strikes Back">Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Brackett" title="Leigh Brackett">Leigh Brackett</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Private_Benjamin_(1980_film)" title="Private Benjamin (1980 film)">Private Benjamin</a></b></i> † </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Meyers" title="Nancy Meyers">Nancy Meyers</a>, Harvey Miller, and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Shyer" title="Charles Shyer">Charles Shyer</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/9_to_5_(film)" title="9 to 5 (film)">Nine to Five</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colin_Higgins" title="Colin Higgins">Colin Higgins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Resnick" title="Patricia Resnick">Patricia Resnick</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Secaucus_7" title="Return of the Secaucus 7">Return of the Secaucus</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sayles" title="John Sayles">John Sayles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stardust_Memories" title="Stardust Memories">Stardust Memories</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/1981_in_film" title="1981 in film">1981</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/34th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="34th Writers Guild of America Awards">(34th)</a></span><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Adapted from Other Another Medium </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Rich_and_Famous_(1981_film)" title="Rich and Famous (1981 film)">Rich and Famous</a></b></i> </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ayres" title="Gerald Ayres">Gerald Ayres</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/For_Your_Eyes_Only_(film)" title="For Your Eyes Only (film)">For Your Eyes Only'</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Maibaum" title="Richard Maibaum">Richard Maibaum</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Michael_G._Wilson" title="Michael G. Wilson">Michael G. Wilson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/First_Monday_in_October_(film)" title="First Monday in October (film)">First Monday in October</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Lawrence" title="Jerome Lawrence">Jerome Lawrence</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_(playwright)" title="Robert E. Lee (playwright)">Robert E. Lee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(1981_film)" title="Arthur (1981 film)">Arthur</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gordon_(director)" title="Steve Gordon (director)">Steve Gordon</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark" title="Raiders of the Lost Ark">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philip_Kaufman" title="Philip Kaufman">Philip Kaufman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/S.O.B._(film)" title="S.O.B. 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Brooks</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Christmas_Story" title="A Christmas Story">A Christmas Story</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean_Shepherd" title="Jean Shepherd">Jean Shepherd</a>, Leigh Brown, and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Clark" title="Bob Clark">Bob Clark</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/To_Be_or_Not_to_Be_(1983_film)" title="To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)">To Be or Not to Be</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)" title="Thomas Meehan (writer)">Thomas Meehan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ronny_Graham" title="Ronny Graham">Ronny Graham</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><i><b><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Chill_(film)" title="The Big Chill (film)">The Big Chill</a></b></i> ‡ </td> <td style="background:#FAEB86"><b> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Benedek" title="Barbara Benedek">Barbara 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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 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