‘The Descendants’ and Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’ Take WGA Awards

By Brad Brevet

Well you don’t have to tell me twice, after Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash were awarded the USC Libraries Scripter Award right here.

In the Original category I have had Allen’s script at the top since the beginning and I see no reason to change that now. Granted, The Artist is expected to be the top dog at this year’s ceremony and that screenplay, along with several others, was not eligible for an award from the WGA, an organization that only recognizes screenplays written by WGA members or under productions that are signatories to the guild’s Minimum Basic Agreement. Some believe The Artist will still end up taking the Oscar, and it just might, but I’m sticking with Woody.

I have included all of the WGA winners in film and television directly below, along with Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega win for Best Documentary screenplay for Better This World.

MOTION PICTURE WINNERS

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen (Sony Pictures Classics)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings (Fox Searchlight)

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

  • Better This World, Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega (Loteria Films)
TELEVISION WINNERS

DRAMA SERIES

  • “Breaking Bad”, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett (AMC)

COMEDY SERIES

  • “Modern Family”, Written by Cindy Chupack, Paul Corrigan, Abraham Higginbotham, Ben Karlin, Elaine Ko, Carol Leifer, Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Dan O’Shannon, Jeffrey Richman, Brad Walsh, Ilana Wernick, Bill Wrubel, Danny Zuker (ABC)

EPISODIC DRAMA

  • (TIE) “Box Cutter” (Breaking Bad), Written by Vince Gilligan (AMC)

    (TIE) “The Good Soldier” (Homeland), Written by Henry Bromell (Showtime)

EPISODIC COMEDY

  • “Caught in the Act” (Modern Family), Written by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman (ABC)

NEW SERIES

  • “Homeland” – Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm (Showtime)

LONG FORM – ORIGINAL

  • “Cinema Verite” – Written by David Seltzer (HBO)

LONG FORM – ADAPTED

  • “Too Big To Fail” – Written by Peter Gould, Based on the book written by Andrew Ross Sorkin (HBO)

COMEDY / VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES

  • “The Colbert Report”, Writers: Michael Brumm, Stephen Colbert, Rich Dahm, Paul Dinello, Eric Drysdale, Rob Dubbin, Glenn Eichler, Dan Guterman, Peter Gwinn, Jay Katsir, Barry Julien, Frank Lesser, Opus Moreschi, Tom Purcell, Meredith Scardino, Scott Sherman, Max Werner (Comedy Central)

COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS

  • “After the Academy Awards”, Head Writers: Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney; Writers: Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, John N. Huss, Sal Iacono, Eric Immerman, Jimmy Kimmel, Jonathan Kimmel, Jacob Lentz, Danny Ricker, Richard G. Rosner (ABC)

ANIMATION

  • “Homer the Father” (The Simpsons), Written by Joel H. Cohen (Fox)

DAYTIME DRAMA

  • “General Hospital”, Written by Meg Bennett, Nathan Fissell, David Goldschmid, Robert Guza, Jr., Karen Harris, Elizabeth Korte, Mary Sue Price, Michele Val Jean, Susan Wald, Tracey Thomson (ABC)

CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS

  • “Hero of the Shadows” (Supah Ninjas), Written by Leo Chu, Eric S. Garcia (Nickelodeon)

DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS

  • “Wiki Secrets” (Frontline), Written by Marcela Gaviria & Martin Smith (PBS)

NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN OR BREAKING REPORT

  • “Educating Sergeant Pantzke” (Frontline), Written by John Maggio, Martin Smith (PBS)

NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY

  • “Doctor Hot Spot” (Frontline), Written by Thomas Jennings (PBS)

But wait, that’s not all, also last night the Motion Picture Sound Editors handed out their awards where War Horse, Hugo and The Adventures of Tintin were among the winners. I have included that full list of feature film winners directly below.

BEST SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN A FEATURE FILM

  • War Horse

BEST MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM

  • Hugo

BEST SOUND EDITING IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM

  • The Adventures of Tintin

BEST MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FEATURE FILM

  • The Muppets

BEST SOUND EDITING IN A FEATURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • The Flowers of War

BEST SOUND EDITING IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

  • George Harrison: Living in the Material World

BEST DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FILM

  • Super 8
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