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IFC Films
proudly congratulates
RICHARD LINKLATER
on his nomination for
Best Original Screenplay
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Y E A R S
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T H E
M A K I N G
Produced, Written and Directed by
Richard Linklater
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The 67th
Annual
Writers
Guild
Awards
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014 • EDISON BALLROOM • NEW YORK CITY
Officers
Michael Winship: President
Jeremy Pikser: Vice President
Bob Schneider: Secretary–Treasurer
Council Members
John Auerbach
Henry Bean
Walter Bernstein
Kyle Bradstreet
Sue “Bee” Brown
Bonnie Datt
Terry George
Susan Kim
Christopher Kyle
Gail Lee
Jenny Lumet
Kathy McGee
Zhubin Parang
Phil Pilato
Bernardo Ruiz
Courtney Simon
Duane Tollison
Cath Twohill
Beau Willimon
Lowell Peterson
Executive Director
Ruth Gallo
Assistant Executive Director
Marsha Seeman
Assistant Executive Director
Awards Committee
Bonnie Datt, Chair
Ann B. Cohen
Gail Lee
John Marshall
Allan Neuwirth
Danielle Paige
Courtney Simon
Lauren Ashley Smith
Leslie Schapira
Richard Vetere
Shannon Walker
Dana Weissman
Director of Programs
Nancy Hathorne
Events Coordinator
Jason Gordon
Director of Communications
PKPR
Red Carpet
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CONGRATULATIONS
© 2015 AMC Networks Entertainment LLC. All rights reserved.
Writers Guild of America Awards Nominees
WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
Patricia Resnick
David Iserson
Jonathan Igla
Carly Wray
Heather Jeng Bladt
Matthew Weiner
Janet Leahy
Semi Chellas
Erin Levy
Tom Smuts
Lisa Albert
EPISODIC DRAMA
MAD MEN, “A DAY’S WORK”
Matthew Weiner
Jonathan Igla
®
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GREETING
Happy Valentine’s Day and welcome to the 67th Annual
Writers Guild Awards! What better way is there to celebrate
February 14th than dining, drinking and hearing speeches?
Perhaps tonight will inspire a scene in the world’s next
great romantic comedy. Or maybe a few of those awards
will work as aphrodisiacs. Who knows? It’s a night for
celebrating writing and romance.
We’re happy to be back at the elegant Edison Ballroom with its own romantic
and colorful history. The Edison got its start as a music club in the 1930s, featuring
Swing bands. Then, in the 1990s it became The Supper Club, hosting everyone
from Bob Dylan to Tony Bennett. In the interim, it was the Edison Theatre, home
to many Broadway shows, including the infamous “Oh! Calcutta!” a show which
has absolutely nothing in common with tonight’s awards. We hope.
We’re thrilled that you’re here to celebrate some of the best work that
our members have produced in the past year. But don’t let this be your
only way of engaging with the Writers Guild. We encourage you to become
involved with the WGAE’s committees and caucuses as well as its activities
and organizing campaigns.
Congratulations to all tonight’s winners and nominees. I’d like to give my
heartfelt appreciation to our brilliant host Larry Wilmore and all our presenters.
I’d also like to thank the show’s amazing Executive Producer John Marshall
and the rest of our writing team, the incredibly dedicated Awards Committee
and tireless WGAE staff, particularly Marsha Seeman, Dana Weissman,
Nancy Hathorne and Jason Gordon, the crew, all tonight’s volunteers,
my fellow Council members, my very patient husband Chris and everyone
else involved in making tonight’s show possible.
Enjoy the food, drink up and have a great time!
In Solidarity,
Bonnie Datt
Chair, WGAE Awards Committee
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CONGRATULATES LOUIE ON ITS 2015
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS NOMINATIONS
COMEDY SERIES
EPISODIC COMEDY
LOUIE
“SO DID THE FAT LADY”
Written by
Louis C.K. & Pamela Adlon
Written by
Louis C.K.
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THE
SHOW
HOSTED BY LARRY WILMORE
PRESENTERS
Mahershala Ali
André Holland
Julie Klausner
Robert Klein
Judith Light
Clive Owen
Frank Rich
Sarah Silverman
Morgan Spurlock
Michael Kenneth Williams
Lizz Winstead
ANNOUNCER
Nancy Giles
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congratulates our client
PAUL HAGGIS
Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement
and salutes all our clients nominated for
2015 Writers Guild Awards
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SPECIAL
AWARDS
PAUL HAGGIS
IAN MCLELLAN HUNTER AWARD
PRESENTED BY EDWARD ZWICK
FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING
NORMAN LEAR
EVELYN F. BURKEY AWARD
PRESENTED BY BILL MOYERS
FOR BRINGING HONOR AND DIGNITY TO WRITERS
JEREMY PIKSER
RICHARD B. JABLOW AWARD
PRESENTED BY PHILIP V. PILATO
FOR DEVOTED SERVICE TO THE GUILD
MEGAN RICO
MICHAEL COLLYER MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP IN SCREENWRITING
PRESENTED BY LOWELL PETERSON
AWARDED BY THE WRITERS GUILD INITIATIVE;
FUNDED BY THE CHARLES & LUCILLE KING FAMILY FOUNDATION
LIZ ESSLEY WHYTE
THE JOHN MERRIMAN MEMORIAL AWARD
PRESENTED BY MICHAEL WINSHIP
FOR THE STUDY OF BROADCAST JOURNALISM AT
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C.
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MOTION
PICTURE
NOMINEES
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Boyhood, Written by Richard Linklater;
IFC Films
The Imitation Game, Written by
Graham Moore; Based on the book
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew
Hodges; The Weinstein Company
Foxcatcher, Written by E. Max Frye
and Dan Futterman; Sony Pictures
Classics
Wild, Screenplay by Nick Hornby;
Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed;
Fox Searchlight
The Grand Budapest Hotel,
Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story
by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness;
Fox Searchlight
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Nightcrawler, Written by Dan Gilroy;
Open Road Films
Whiplash, Written by Damien Chazelle;
Sony Pictures Classics
Finding Vivian Maier, Written by John
Maloof & Charlie Siskel; Sundance
Selects
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story
of Aaron Swartz, Written by Brian
Knappenberger; FilmBuff
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Last Days in Vietnam, Written by Mark
Bailey & Kevin McAlester; American
Experience Films
American Sniper, Written by Jason
Hall; Based on the book by Chris Kyle
with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice;
Warner Bros.
Red Army, Written by Gabe Polsky;
Sony Pictures Classics
Gone Girl, Screenplay by Gillian Flynn;
Based on her novel; 20th Century Fox
Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by
James Gunn and Nicole Perlman;
Based on the Marvel comic by Dan
Abnett and Andy Lanning; Walt Disney
Studios Motion Pictures
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THE 67TH ANNUAL
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS
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TELEVISION
AND NEW MEDIA
NOMINEES
DRAMA SERIES
COMEDY SERIES
Game of Thrones, Written by David
Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R.R.
Martin, D.B. Weiss; HBO
Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon,
Louis C.K.; FX
The Good Wife, Written by Leonard
Dick, Keith Eisner, Matthew Hodgson,
Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert
King, Erica Shelton Kodish, Matthew
Montoya, Luke Schelhaas, Nichelle
Tramble Spellman, Craig Turk, Julia
Wolfe; CBS
House of Cards, Written by Bill
Cain, Laura Eason, Sam R. Forman,
William Kennedy, Kenneth Lin,
John Mankiewicz, David Manson,
Beau Willimon; Netflix
Mad Men, Written by Lisa Albert,
Heather Jeng Bladt, Semi Chellas,
Jonathan Igla, David Iserson, Janet
Leahy, Erin Levy, Patricia Resnick,
Tom Smuts, Matthew Weiner, Carly
Wray; AMC
True Detective, Written by Nic
Pizzolatto; HBO
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Orange Is the New Black, Written
by Stephen Falk, Sian Heder,
Tara Herrmann, Sara Hess, Nick Jones,
Jenji Kohan, Lauren Morelli,
Alex Regnery, Hartley Voss; Netflix
Silicon Valley, Written by John
Altschuler, Alec Berg, Matteo
Borghese, Jessica Gao, Mike
Judge, Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell,
Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Rob
Turbovsky, Ron Weiner; HBO
Transparent, Written by Bridget
Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue,
Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg,
Ali Liebegott, Faith Soloway,
Jill Soloway; Amazon Prime
Veep, Written by Simon Blackwell,
Kevin Cecil, Roger Drew,
Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci,
Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David
Quantick, Andy Riley, Tony Roche,
Will Smith; HBO
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TELEVISION
AND NEW MEDIA
NOMINEES
NEW SERIES
LONG FORM ADAPTED
The Affair, Written by Dan LeFranc,
Hagai Levi, Melanie Marnich,
Eric Overmyer, Kate Robin,
Sarah Treem; Showtime
Houdini, Written by Nicholas Meyer;
Based on the book Houdini: A
Mind in Chains: A Psychoanalytic
Portrait by Bernard C. Meyer, M.D.;
History Channel
The Knick, Written by Jack Amiel,
Michael Begler, Steven Katz; Cinemax
Silicon Valley, Written by John
Altschuler, Alec Berg, Matteo
Borghese, Jessica Gao, Mike Judge,
Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell, Dan
O’Keefe, Clay Tarver, Rob Turbovsky,
Ron Weiner; HBO
Transparent, Written by Bridget
Bedard, Micah Fitzerman-Blue,
Noah Harpster, Ethan Kuperberg,
Ali Liebegott, Faith Soloway,
Jill Soloway; Amazon Prime
True Detective, Written by Nic
Pizzolatto; HBO
Klondike, Parts One, Three and Six,
Teleplay by Paul T. Scheuring, Parts
Two, Four and Five, Teleplay by
Josh Goldin & Rachel Abramowitz,
Based on the book Gold Diggers by
Charlotte Gray; Discovery Channel
The Normal Heart, Teleplay by Larry
Kramer, Based on his play The Normal
Heart; HBO
Olive Kitteridge, Teleplay by Jane
Anderson, Based on the novel by
Elizabeth Strout; HBO
“Pilot” (The Leftovers), Teleplay by
Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta, Based
on the book by Tom Perrotta; HBO
LONG FORM ORIGINAL
Deliverance Creek, Written by
Melissa Carter; Lifetime
Return to Zero, Written by Sean
Hanish; Lifetime
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WRITERS GUILD AWARDS
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SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA–ORIGINAL
“Apocalypse No” (Bad Shorts),
Written by Ben Zelevansky;
luckybirdsmedia.com
“City of Angels” (Caper), Written
by Amy Berg & Mike Sizemore;
hulu.com/caper
“Steal This Episode” (The Simpsons),
Written by J. Stewart Burns; Fox
“Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl”
(Bob’s Burgers), Written by
Nora Smith; Fox
EPISODIC DRAMA
“Episode 1 – Nurture” (F To 7th), Written
by Ingrid Jungermann; fto7th.com
“A Day’s Work” (Mad Men),
Written by Jonathan Igla and
Matthew Weiner; AMC
“Episode 113: Rachel”
(High Maintenance), Written by
Katja Blichfeld & Ben Sinclair;
helpingyoumaintain.com
“Devil You Know” (Boardwalk Empire),
Written by Howard Korder; HBO
“Episode 204” (Vicky and Lysander),
Written by Damon Cardasis and
Shannon Walker; vickyandlysander.com
“Episode 207” (Vicky and Lysander),
Written by Damon Cardasis and
Shannon Walker; vickyandlysander.com
ANIMATION
“Bob and Deliver” (Bob’s Burgers),
Written by Greg Thompson; Fox
“Brick Like Me” (The Simpsons), Written
by Brian Kelley; Fox
“Donald the Normal” (Rectify), Written
by Kate Powers & Ray McKinnon;
Sundance Channel
“Friendless Child” (Boardwalk Empire),
Written by Riccardo DiLoreto
& Cristine Chambers and Howard
Korder; HBO
“The Last Call” (The Good Wife),
Written by Robert King & Michelle
King; CBS
“The Lion and the Rose” (Game of
Thrones), Written for Television by
George R.R. Martin; HBO
“Covercraft” (The Simpsons), Written
by Matt Selman; Fox
“Pay Pal” (The Simpsons), Written by
David H. Steinberg; Fox
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TELEVISION
AND NEW MEDIA
NOMINEES
EPISODIC COMEDY
“The Cold” (Modern Family), Written
by Rick Wiener & Kenny Schwartz; ABC
“Landline” (New Girl), Written by
Rob Rosell; Fox
“Low Self Esteem City” (Orange
Is the New Black), Written by
Nick Jones; Netflix
“So Did the Fat Lady” (Louie), Written
by Louis C.K.; FX
“Three Dinners” (Modern Family),
Written by Abraham Higginbotham &
Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman; ABC
“The Wilderness” (Transparent), Written
by Ethan Kuperberg; Amazon Prime
COMEDY / VARIETY
(INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
Inside Amy Schumer, Head Writer: Jessi
Klein Writers: Emily Altman, Jeremy
Beiler, Neil Casey, Kyle Dunnigan, Kurt
Metzger, Christine Nangle, Dan Powell,
Amy Schumer; Comedy Central
The Colbert Report, Writers: Michael
Brumm, Nate Charny, Aaron Cohen,
Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul
Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin,
Ariel Dumas, Glenn Eichler, Gabe
Gronli, Barry Julien, Jay Katsir, Sam
Kim, Matt Lappin, Opus Moreschi,
Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino,
Max Werner; Comedy Central
Jimmy Kimmel Live, Head Writers:
Molly McNearney, Danny Ricker,
Gary Greenberg Writers: Jack Allison,
Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Joelle
Boucai, Josh Halloway, Sal Iacono,
Eric Immerman, Bess Kalb, Jimmy
Kimmel, Jeff Loveness, Bryan Paulk,
Rick Rosner, Bridger Winegar; ABC
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,
Writers: Rory Albanese, Dan Amira,
Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Travon Free,
Hallie Haglund, JR Havlan, Elliott
Kalan, Matt Koff, Adam Lowitt,
Dan McCoy, Jo Miller, John Oliver,
Zhubin Parang, Owen Parsons, Daniel
Radosh, Lauren Sarver, Jon Stewart,
Delaney Yeager; Comedy Central
Saturday Night Live, Head Writers:
Seth Meyers, Colin Jost, Rob Klein,
Bryan Tucker Writers: James
Anderson, Alex Baze, Michael Che,
Mikey Day, Steve Higgins, Leslie Jones,
Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward,
Lorne Michaels, Claire Mulaney,
Josh Patten, Paula Pell, Katie Rich,
Tim Robinson, Sarah Schneider, Pete
Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette,
Lakendra Tookes; NBC
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,
Writers: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell,
Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff
Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman,
Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner; HBO
Real Time with Bill Maher, Head Writer:
Billy Martin Writers: Scott Carter,
Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian
Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly,
Bill Maher, Danny Vermont; HBO
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COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC,
AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
The 68th Annual Tony Awards, Written
by Dave Boone; Special Material by
Jon Macks; CBS
71st Annual Golden Globe Awards,
Written by Barry Adelman; Special
Material by Alex Baze, Dave Boone,
Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, Jon Macks,
Sam Means, Seth Meyers, Amy
Poehler, Mike Shoemaker; NBC
2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards,
Written by Gerry Duggan, Wayne Federman, Patton Oswalt, Erik Weiner; IFC
Bill Maher: Live from D.C., Written by
Bill Maher; HBO
Sarah Silverman: We Are Miracles,
Written by Sarah Silverman; HBO
QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Hollywood Game Night, Head Writer:
Grant Taylor; Writers: Alex Chauvin,
Ann Slichter; NBC
Jeopardy!, Written by John Duarte,
Harry Friedman, Mark Gaberman,
Debbie Griffin, Michele Loud, Robert
McClenaghan, Jim Rhine, Steve D.
Tamerius, Billy Wisse; ABC
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DAYTIME DRAMA
Days of Our Lives, Written by
Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill,
Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton,
Rick Draughon, Christopher Dunn,
Janet Iacobuzio, Ryan Quan,
Dave Ryan, Melissa Salmons,
Christopher Whitesell; NBC
General Hospital, Written by Ron
Carlivati, Anna Theresa Cascio,
Suzanne Flynn, Kate Hall, Elizabeth
Korte, Daniel James O’Connor,
Elizabeth Page, Katherine Schock,
Scott Sickles, Chris Van Etten; ABC
CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS
“Girl Meets 1961” (Girl Meets World),
Written by Matthew Nelson;
Disney Channel
“Haunted Heartthrob” (Haunted
Hathaways), Written by Bob Smiley;
Nickelodeon
“Haunted Sisters” (Haunted
Hathaways), Written by Boyce Bugliari
& Jamie McLaughlin; Nickelodeon
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TELEVISION AND
NEW MEDIA NOMINEES
DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
“Losing Iraq” (Frontline), Written by
Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
CBS This Morning, Written by
Bill Crowley, Evan Gray, Duane
Tollison, Chip Sorrentino; CBS News
“United States of Secrets: Privacy Lost
(Part Two)” (Frontline), Written by
Martin Smith; PBS
“Nelson Mandela: A Man Who
Changed the World” (World News with
Diane Sawyer), Written by Dave Bloch,
Lisa Ferri, Diane Sawyer; ABC News
“United States of Secrets: The Program
(Part One)” (Frontline); PBS; Written by
Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser; PBS
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE,
OR COMMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY – OTHER
THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“Nowhere to Go” (60 Minutes),
Written by Oriana Zill de Granados,
Scott Pelley, Michael Rey; CBS
“Episode Five: The Rising Road
(1933-1939)” (The Roosevelts: An
Intimate History), Written by Geoffrey C.
Ward; PBS
“League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion
Crisis” (Frontline), Written by Michael Kirk
& Mike Wiser; PBS
“Standing Up in the Milky Way (Episode
1)” (COSMOS: A Space Time Odyssey),
Written by Ann Druyan & Steven Soter; Fox
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED,
BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“50th Anniversary of JFK’s Assassination”
(CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley),
Written by Jerry Cipriano, Joe Clines;
CBS News
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VIDEOGAME WRITING
Alien: Isolation, Writers Dan Abnett,
Dion Lay, Will Porter; SEGA
Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, Lead
Scriptwriter Jill Murray; Scriptwriter Melissa
MacCoubrey; Story by Jill Murray, Hugo
Giard, Wesley Pincombe; Ubisoft
Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Story by
Alexandre Amancio, Sylvain Bernard,
Travis Stout; Scriptwriting Alexandre
Amancio, Travis Stout, Russell Lees,
Darby McDevitt, Ceri Young;
Additional Scriptwriting Jeffrey
Yohalem; Ubisoft
The Last of Us: Left Behind, Written
by Neil Druckmann; Sony Computer
Entertainment
THE 67TH ANNUAL
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS
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RADIO
NOMINEES
DOCUMENTARY
“Three Shots Rang Out: The JFK
Assassination 50 Years Later,” Written
by Darren Reynolds; ABC News Radio
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED,
BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“6AM News,” Written by Philip Pilato;
1010 WINS Radio
“8PM Hour,” Written by Robert Hawley;
WCBS-AM
“New York City Loses a Radio News
Legend,” Written by Bill Spadaro; CBS
Radio/1010 WINS
“World News This Week,” Written by
Andrew Evans; ABC News Radio
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE,
OR COMMENTARY
“Civil Rights at 50,” Written by
Jane Tillman Irving; WCBS Radio
“Remembering Nelson Mandela,”
Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
PROMOTIONAL
WRITING
NOMINEES
ON-AIR PROMOTION
(TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA OR RADIO)
“How I Met Your Mother,” Written by
Dan Greenberger; CBS
“WABC-TV On-Air Promos,” Written by
Brandon Nelson; WABC-TV
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CREDITS
Executive Producer/Head Writer
John Marshall
Producer
Bonnie Datt
Writers
Bruce Cherry
Ann B. Cohen
David Steven Cohen
Frank Conniff
Bonnie Datt
Nick Nadel
Leslie Schapira
Craig Shemin
Writing Assistant
Graam Liu
Additional Material
Timothy Cooper
Writers from The Nightly Show
with Larry Wilmore
Robin Thede
Larry Wilmore
Line Producer
LBI Audio, Video & Scenic Solutions
Clip Reels
Ann B. Cohen
Craig Shemin
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THE 67TH ANNUAL
WRITERS GUILD AWARDS
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SPECIAL THANKS
Thank You
Deborah Marriott
Twentieth Century Fox Television
Maria Pagano and Ron Simon
Paley Center for New Media
Edward Zimmerman,
Sony Pictures Television
Patrons
Zach Borden
Mario Cilento, President
New York State AFL-CIO
Barbara Gallagher
Rifkin Lubcher, LLP
Spivak Lipton LLP
Paul Ohlson, Medallion Media Group
Activities Committee
Joan Wilen, Chair
Kia Barbee
Amanda Cole
Bill Deane
Lee Hunkins
Nurit Koppel
Susane Lee
Jeff Stolzer
George Strayton
Lydia Wilen
John Yarbrough
Volunteers
Steven Arvanites
Kia Barbee
Anne Bernstein
Lamonia Brown
Tony Clomax
Amanda Cole
Timothy Cooper
Bill Deane Brett Diggs
Matthew Goldberg
Carin Greenberg
JB Holderness
Don Hooper
Olga Humphrey
Lee Hunkins
Janelle Hunter
Rachael Johnson Jim Kierstead
Nurit Koppel
Susane Lee
Nicholas Martin-Smith
Rita Moore
Allan Neuwirth
Danielle Paige
Lexi Peterson
Felissa Rubin
Rochelle Rubin Martine Sainvil
Jeff Stolzer
The Guild mourns the recent loss
of our dear friend, longtime
Activities Committee member and
enthusiastic volunteer, Jim Ryan.
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C O N G R AT UL AT I O N S
TO OUR NOMINEES AT THE 2015 WRITERS GUILD AWARDS
COMEDY SERIES
SILICON VALLEY
NEW SERIES
SM
Written by Mike Judge,
Alec Berg, John Altschuler,
Matteo Borghese, Jessica Gao,
Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell,
Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver,
Rob Turbovsky, Ron Weiner
VEEP ®
Written by Armando Iannucci,
Simon Blackwell, Kevin Cecil,
Roger Drew, Sean Gray,
Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett,
David Quantick, Andy Riley,
Tony Roche, Will Smith
®
Written by Jack Amiel,
Michael Begler, Steven Katz
(Cinemax )
®
SILICON VALLEY
Written by Mike Judge,
Alec Berg, John Altschuler,
Matteo Borghese, Jessica Gao,
Dave Krinsky, Carson Mell,
Dan O’Keefe, Clay Tarver,
Rob Turbovsky, Ron Weiner
TRUE DETECTIVE
Written by Nic Pizzolatto
LONG FORM ADAPTED
DRAMA SERIES
GAME OF THRONES
THE NORMAL HEART
®
Teleplay by Larry Kramer,
Based on His Play
The Normal Heart
Written by David Benioff,
D.B. Weiss, Bryan Cogman,
George R.R. Martin
TRUE DETECTIVE
THE KNICK
OLIVE KITTERIDGE
®
Teleplay by Jane Anderson,
Based on the Novel by
Elizabeth Strout
Written by Nic Pizzolatto
EPISODIC DRAMA
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
®
“Devil You Know” Written by
Howard Korder
BOARDWALK EMPIRE
“Friendless Child” Written by
Riccardo DiLoreto & Cristine
Chambers and Howard Korder
GAME OF THRONES
“The Lion and the Rose”
Written for Television by
George R.R. Martin
THE LEFTOVERS
“Pilot” Teleplay by
Damon Lindelof &
Tom Perrotta, Based on the
Book by Tom Perrotta
COMEDY / VARIETY
(INCLUDING TALK)—
SERIES
LAST WEEK TONIGHT
WITH JOHN OLIVER
SM
Writers: Kevin Avery,
Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch,
Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer,
John Oliver, Scott Sherman,
Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner
REAL TIME WITH
BILL MAHER
Head Writer: Billy Martin
Writers: Scott Carter,
Adam Felber, Matt Gunn,
Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch,
Chris Kelly, Bill Maher,
Danny Vermont
COMEDY / VARIETY —
MUSIC, AWARDS,
TRIBUTES —SPECIALS
BILL MAHER :
LIVE FROM D.C.
Written by Bill Maher
SARAH SILVERMAN :
WE ARE MIRACLES
Written by Sarah Silverman
THANK YOU, WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA,
FOR OUR 17 NOMINATIONS AND FOR
YOUR RECOGNITION.
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