2018 Writers Guild of America

Actor-writer Kumail Nanjiani, writer Emily V. Gordon and James L. Brooks arrive at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony at The Beverly Hilton Hotel. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images)

WGA Awards 2018: 'Get Out' and 'Call Me by Your Name' win screenplay awards

The 70th annual Writers Guild Awards are being presented at concurrent ceremonies tonight, in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton and in New York City at the Edison Ballroom. Patton Oswalt returned for the third year in a row to host the Los Angeles show. In the television categories, "Veep" won the award for comedy series and "The Handmaid's Tale" won for drama series.

James Ivory, at 89, is the screenwriter of "Call Me by Your Name." (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Adapted Screenplay 
James Ivory  Winner
"Call Me by Your Name"
Interview
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
"The Disaster Artist"
Aaron Sorkin
"Molly's Game"
Interview
Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
"Mudbound"
Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green
"Logan"
Animation 
Kate Purdy  Winner
"Bojack Horseman"
Joanna Calo
"Bojack Horseman"
Simon Rich
"The Simpsons"
Lizzie Molyneux and Wendy Molyneux
"Bob's Burgers"
Brian Kelley
"The Simpsons"
Children's Episodic and Specials 
May Chan  Winner
"An American Girl Story - Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance"
Raye Lankford, Jessica Carleton and Ken Scarborough
"Sesame Street"
Christine Ferraro
"Sesame Street"
Lauren Thompson
"Just Add Magic"
Alison McDonald and Caron Tschampion
"An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life"

David Mandel and "Veep" winning the Emmy for comedy series. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Comedy Series 
"Veep" Winner
Review
Gabrielle Allan, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Jennifer Crittenden, Alex Gregory, Steve Hely, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Dan Mintz, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett and Will Smith
"Curb Your Enthusiasm"
Larry David, Jon Hayman, Justin Hurwitz and Jeff Schaffer
"Silicon Valley"
Alec Berg, Shawn Boxe, Adam Countee, Jonathan Dotan, Mike Judge, Carrie Kemper, Andrew Law, Rachele Lynn, Dan O'Keefe, Meghan Pleticha, Chris Provenzano, Clay Tarver, Graham Wagner and Aaron Zelman
"Master of None"
Review
Aniz Adam Ansari, Aziz Ansari, Andrew Blitz, Zoe Jarman, Cord Jefferson, Sarah Peters, Sarah Schneider, Michael Schur, Leila Strachan, Gene Stupnitsky, Lakshmi Sundaram, Lena Waithe, Jason Woliner, Alan Yang, Matt Hubbard, Joe Mande and Matt Murray
"GLOW"
Kristoffer Diaz, Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Carly Mensch, Emma Rathbone, Sascha Rothchild and Rachel Shukert

Comedy/Variety (including Talk) - Series 
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver" Winner
Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner, Ben Silva and Seena Vali
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
Jimmy Kimmel, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gonzalo Cordova, Devin Field, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jesse Joyce, Bess Kalb, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Cece Pleasants, Danny Ricker and Joe Strazzullo
"The Jim Jefferies Show"
Jason Reich, Jim Jefferies, Subhah Agarwal, Kevin Avery, Curtis Cook, Lucas Kavner, Matt Kirshen, Chris McKinley, Bryan Olsen, Laura Willcox, Jj Whitehead and Scott Y. Zabielski
"The Daily Show With Trevor Noah"
Dan Amira, David Angelo, Steve Bodow, Kashana Cauley, Devin Delliquanti, Zach Dilanzo, Hallie Haglund, David Kibuuka, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt, Dan McCoy, Lauren Sarver Means, Trevor Noah, Joseph Opio, Zhubin Parang, Owen Parsons, Daniel Radosh and Michelle Wolf
"Real Time With Bill Maher"
Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Bob Oschack and Danny Vermont
"Late Night With Seth Meyers"
Jermaine Affonso, Alex Baze, Bryan Donaldson, Sal Gentile, Matt Goldich, Dina Gusovsky, Jenny Hagel, Allison Hord, Mike Karnell, John Lutz, Seth Meyers, Ian Morgan, Seth Reiss, Amber Ruffin, Mike Scollins, Mike Shoemaker and Ben Warheit
"Full Frontal With Samantha Bee"
Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Jo Miller, Jason Reich and Melinda Taub
"Conan"
Matt O'Brien, Jose Arroyo, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Leah Krinsky, Stephen Kutner, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O'Brien, Paul Richter, Frank Smiley and Mike Sweeney

Comedy/Variety - Sketch Series 
"Saturday Night Live" Winner
Chris Kelly, Sarah Schneider, Bryan Tucker, James Anderson, Kristen Bartlett, Jeremy Beiler, Neal Brennan, Zack Bornstein, Joanna Bradley, Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Anna Drezen, Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Nick Kocher, Michael Koman, Dave McCary, Brian McElhaney, Dennis McNicholas, Drew Michael, Lorne Michaels, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Will Stephen, Kent Sublette and Julio Torres
"Weekend Update Summer Edition"
Megan Callahan, Michael Che, Mikey Day, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Dennis McNicholas, Josh Patten, Katie Rich, Pete Schultz, Streeter Seidell, Kent Sublette and Brian Tucker
"Portlandia"
Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Karen Kilgariff, Jonathan Krisel and Graham Wagner
"Nathan For You"
Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola
"The President Show"
Emily Altman, Anthony Atamanuik, Emmy Blotnick, Neil Casey, Mike Drucker, Noah Garfinkel, John Gemberling, Peter Grosz, Mitra Jouhari, John Knefel, Alison Leiby, Christine Nangle, John Reynolds, Jason Ross, Rae Sanni and Evan Waite
Comedy/Variety Specials 
"39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors" Winner
Dave Boone
"Michael Bolton's Big, Sexy, Valentine's Day Special"
Scott Aukerman, Dave Ferguson, Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis, Joe Saunders, Akiva Schaffer, Zach Kanin, Claudia O'Doherty and Tim Robinson
"Nathan For You: A Celebration"
Leo Allen, Nathan Fielder, Carrie Kemper, Michael Koman, Adam Locke-Norton and Eric Notarnicola
"AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Diane Keaton"
Bob Gazzale and Jon Macks
"The 89th Annual Academy Awards"
Billy Kimball, Jon Macks, Jack Allison, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle Boucai, Gonzalo Cordova, Gary Greenberg, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker and Joe Strazzullo
Daytime Drama 
"General Hospital" Winner
Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Christopher van Etten and Christopher Whitesell
"Days of Our Lives"
Ron Carlivati, Sheri Anderson, Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Lisa Connor, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Cydney Kelley, David Kreizman, David A. Levinson, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Elizabeth Snyder and Tyler Topits
Digital News 
Melissa Jeltsen and Dana Liebelson  Winner
"The Super Predators"
Emma Roller
"At the Capitol With Those for Whom Last Night Mattered the Most"
Libby Watson
"Why Did Politicon Make Me Want To Die?"
Madeleine Davies
"Becoming Ugly"
Documentary Screenplay 
Brett Morgen  Winner
"Jane"
Alex Gibney
"No Stone Unturned"
Theodore Braun
"Betting on Zero"
Barak Goodman
"Oklahoma City"
Documentary Script - Current Events 
Martin Smith  Winner
"Frontline"
Rick Young
"Frontline"
Janet Tobias
"Unseen Enemy"
Documentary Script - Other Than Current Events 
Stephen Ives  Winner
"American Experience"
Geoffrey C. Ward
"The Vietnam War"
Rob Rapley
"American Experience"
Michelle Ferrari
"American Experience"
Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser
"Frontline"

Drama Series 
Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser and Eric Tuchman  Winner
"The Handmaid's Tale"
David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Dave Hill and D.B. Weiss
"Game of Thrones"
Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Stephen Schiff, Joe Weisberg and Tracey Scott Wilson
"The Americans"
Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Jonathan Glatzer, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz and Gordon Smith
"Better Call Saul"
Paul Dichter, Justin Doble, The Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross Duffer), Jessie Nickson-Lopez and Kate Trefry
"Stranger Things"
Episodic Comedy 
Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally  Winner
"Will & Grace"
Willie Hunter
"The Carmichael Show"
Brendan McCarthy and David Budin
"Grace And Frankie"
Ted Cohen
"Veep"
Jeff Astrof
"Trial & Error"
Episodic Drama 
Gordon Smith  Winner
"Better Call Saul"
Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij
"The OA"
Heather Marion
"Better Call Saul"
Chad Hodge
"Good Behavior"
Teleplay by Tom Perrotta & Damon Lindelof, Story by Tom Spezialy & Damon Lindelof
"The Leftovers"
Long Form Adapted 
Teleplay by David E. Kelley; Based on the novel by Liane Moriarty  Winner
"Big Little Lies"
Monica Beletsky, Bob DeLaurentis, Noah Hawley, Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert, Based on the film Fargo
"Fargo (Television Series)"
Interview
Teleplay by Sam Levinson and John Burnham Schwartz and Samuel Baum, Based on the book written by Diane B. Henriques and "Truth and Consequences" by Laurie Sandell
"The Wizard of Lies"
Teleplay by Peter Landesman and Alexander Woo and George C. Wolfe, Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Long Form Original 
Barbara Stepansky  Winner
"Flint"
Jaffe Cohen, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Gina Welch and Michael Zam
"FEUD: Bette And Joan"
Brad Falchuk, John J. Gray, Joshua Green, Todd Kubrak, Crystal Liu, Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy, Adam Penn and James Wong
"American Horror Story: Cult"
Scott Frank
"Godless"
Jim Clemente, Tony Gittelson, Max Hurwitz, Steven Katz, Nick Schenk, Andrew Sodroski and Nick Towne
"Manhunt: Unabomber"

New Series 
"The Handmaid's Tale" Winner
Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser and Eric Tuchman
"The Deuce"
Review
Megan Abbott, Marc Henry Johnson, Lisa Lutz, George Pelecanos, Richard Price, Will Ralston, David Simon and Chris Yakaitis
"American Vandal"
Seth Cohen, Lauren Herstik, Dan Lagana, Kevin McManus, Matthew McManus, Jessica Meyer, Dan Perrault, Amy Pocha, Mike Rosolio and Tony Yacenda
"Ozark"
Whit Anderson, Bill Dubuque, Ryan Farley, Alyson Feltes, Paul Kolsby, Chris Mundy, Mark Williams, Ning Zhou, Martin Zimmerman and David Manson
"GLOW"
Kristoffer Diaz, Liz Flahive, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones, Jenji Kohan, Carly Mensch, Emma Rathbone, Sascha Rothchild and Rachel Shukert
News Script - Analysis, Feature or Commentary 
"60 Minutes" Winner
Steve Kroft and Oriana Zill de Granados
"60 Minutes"
Scott Pelley and Nicole Young
News Script - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report 
"60 Minutes" Winner
Scott Pelley, Nicole Young and Katie Kerbstat
"World News Now"
Matt Nelko, Jack Sheahan, Debbie Humes, Carla Brittain, Constance Johnson, Lloyd Devries and Craig Morancie
"World News Tonight with David Muir"
Mark Berman, Barbara Rick and Tom Llamas
On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television) 
Dan Greenberger  Winner
"CBS Comedy"
Brian Retchless
"The Good Fight"

Jordan Peele explains 'the sunken place'.

Original Screenplay 
Jordan Peele  Winner
"Get Out"
Video
Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor
"The Shape of Water"
Interview
Video
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
"The Big Sick"
Video
Greta Gerwig
"Lady Bird"
Interview
Video
Steven Rogers
"I, Tonya"
Interview
Quiz and Audience Participation 
"Hollywood Game Night" Winner
Grant Taylor, Michael Agbabian, Alex Chauvin, Ann Slichter and Dwight D. Smith
"Jeopardy!"
Matthew Caruso, John Duarte, Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman, Deborah Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D. Tamerius and Billy Wisse
Radio/Audio Documentary 
Dianne E. James and Gail Lee  Winner
"CBS Radio 90th Anniversary"
Andrew Evans
"Remembering Princess Diana 20 Years Later"
Thomas A. Sabella
"Castro, Cuba & Communism"
Gail Lee
"2016 Year in Review"
Radio/Audio News Script - Analysis, Feature or Commentary 
"Dishin' Digital on WCBS-AM" Winner
Robert Hawley
"Chuck Berry"
Jerry Edling
"Holiday Stories"
Gail Lee
"One Nation, Overdosed: An Investigative Report"
Tara Gimbel Tanis
Radio/Audio News Script - Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report 
"World News This Week: June 9, 2017" Winner
Tara Gimbel Tanis
"Hugh Hefner: A Social Revolutionary in Silk Pajamas"
Gail Lee
"World News This Week November 18, 2016"
Joan B. Harris
Short Form New Media Adapted 
Allen Clary and Andrew Rothschild  Winner
"Zac & Mia"
Nick Bernardone
"The Walking Dead: Red Machete"
James C. Oliver and Sharla Oliver
"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot"
Mark Leitner
"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot"