66th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 66th Writers Guild of America Awards honor the best film, television, radio and video-game writers of 2013. The television and radio nominees were announced on December 5, 2013. Film nominees were announced on January 3, 2014. All winners were announced on February 1, 2014 at the JW Marriott hotel in the L.A. Live entertainment complex.

Winners and nominees

Film

Original

HerSpike Jonze; Warner Bros. Pictures
Captain Phillips — Screenplay by Billy Ray, on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty; Columbia Pictures
Stories We Tell — Written by Sarah Polley; Roadside Attractions

Drama series

Breaking Bad — Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC
Veep — Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David Quantick, Tony Roche, Will Smith; HBO
House of Cards — Kate Barnow, Rick Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem, Beau Willimon; Netflix
"Confessions" — Gennifer Hutchison; AMC
"Hogcock!" — Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock; NBC
Muhammad Ali's Greatest FightShawn Slovo, based on the book by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace; HBO
"A Test Before Trying" — Joel H. Cohen; Fox
The Colbert Report — Stephen Colbert, Tom Purcell, Michael Brumm, Nate Charny, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Bobby Mort, Meredith Scardino, Max Werner; Comedy Central
Days of Our Lives — Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn, Janet Iacobuzio, David A. Levinson, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons, Christopher J. Whitesell; NBC
"influANTces" — Vincent Brown; Disney Channel
"Egypt in Crisis" — Marcela Gaviria & Martin Smith; PBS
"The Choice 2012" — Michael Kirk; PBS
*"Silicon Valley" — Telescript by Randall MacLowry and Michelle Ferrari; Story by Randall MacLowry; PBS
"Tragedy at Newtown" Special Edition — Lisa Ferri and Matt Negrin; ABC
"Lethal Medicine" — Michael Rey, Oriana Zill de Granados, Michael Radutzky; CBS

Documentary

"Afternoon Drive" — Bill Spadaro; CBS Radio/1010 WINS
"Remembering C. Everett Koop" — Scott Saloway; CBS Radio News

On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television)

"The Crazy Ones – Building a Better Comedy" — Erial Tompkins; CBS
"CBS News Animations" — David Rosen; CBS News

Video games

The Last of Us — Neil Druckmann; Sony Computer Entertainment

[Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement]