16th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 16th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1963. Winners were announced in 1964.

Winners & Nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Hud, Screenplay by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch; Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry
* America America, Written by Elia Kazan
* Captain Newman, M.D., Screenplay by Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron; Based on the novel by Leo Rosten
* The Balcony, Screenplay by Ben Maddow; Based on the play by Bernard Frechtman and Jean Genet
* The Great Escape, Screenplay by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett; Based on the book by Paul Brickhill
* The Ugly American, Screenplay by Stewart Stern; Based on the novel by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick

Lilies of the Field, Screenplay by James Poe; Based on the novel by William E. Barrett

* Charade, Screenplay by Peter Stone; Based on the story by Peter Stone and Marc Behm

* Irma la Douce, Screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder; Based on the play by Alexandre Breffort

* Love with the Proper Stranger, Written by Arnold Schulman

* The Thrill of It All, Screenplay by Carl Reiner; Story by Carl Reiner and Larry Gelbart

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