2012 Writers Guild Awards: The Show, The Winners
Honoring the best in their profession over the accomplished year, the WGA captivated its 2012 Writers Guild Awards commemoration in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday black (February 19).
With the Tinseltown accolade demography abode at the Hollywood Palladium, the anniversary action was hosted by "New Girl" extra Zooey Deschanel and "Community" amateur Joel McHale.
Among the stars axis up to present trophies were "The Help" co-stars Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer, as able-bodied as "Twilight" hunk Jackson Rathbone, above "Friends" extra Lisa Kudrow, Brenda Strong and "Parks and Recreation" funny woman Amy Poehler.
With aboriginal triumphs including "Modern Family" as Best Comedy TV Series and Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" as Best Original Screenplay, the complete briefing of 2012 Writers Guild Awards winners is as follows:
SCREENPLAY NOMINEES
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
50/50, Accounting by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Accounting by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
WINNER: Midnight in Paris, Accounting by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Accounting by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
WINNER: The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the atypical by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the atypical by Stieg Larsson, originally appear by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures
The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the atypical by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures
Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures
Moneyball, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin; Based on the book by Michael Lewis; Columbia Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
WINNER: Better This World, Accounting by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Accounting by Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek; Oscilloscope Pictures
Nostalgia for the Light, Accounting by Patricio Guzmán; Icarus Films
Pina, Screenplay by Wim Wenders; Sundance Selects
Position Among the Stars, Script by Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich; HBO Films
Senna, Accounting by Manish Pandey; Producers Distribution Agency
TELEVISION NOMINEES
DRAMA SERIES
Boardwalk Empire, Accounting by Bathsheba Doran, Dave Flebotte, Gina Gionfriddo, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Itamar Moses, Margaret Nagle,Terence Winter; HBO
WINNER: Breaking Bad,Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC
Game of Thrones, Accounting by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss; HBO
The Good Wife, Accounting by Courtney Kemp Agboh, Meredith Averill, Corinne Brinkerhoff, Leonard Dick, Keith Eisner, Karen Hall, Ted Humphrey, Michelle King, Robert King, Steve Lichtman, Matthew Montoya, Julia Wolfe; CBS
Homeland,Written by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime
COMEDY SERIES
30 Rock, Accounting by Jack Burditt, Hannibal Buress, Kay Cannon, Robert Carlock, Tom Ceraulo, Vali Chandrasekaran, Tina Fey, Jon Haller, Matt Hubbard, Dylan Morgan, John Riggi, Josh Siegal, Ron Weiner, Tracey Wigfield; NBC
Curb Your Enthusiasm,Written by Alec Berg, Larry David, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer; HBO
Louie, Accounting by Pamela Adlon, Louis C.K.; FX
WINNER: Modern Family, Accounting 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
Parks & Recreation, Accounting by Greg Daniels, Katie Dippold, Daniel J. Goor, Norm Hiscock, Emily Kapnek, Dave King, Greg Levine, Aisha Muharrar, Chelsea Peretti, Amy Poehler, Brian Rowe, Michael Schur, Mike Scully, Emily Spivey, Alan Yang, Harris Wittels; NBC
NEW SERIES
Episodes,Written by David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik; Showtime
Game of Thrones, Accounting by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espenson, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss; HBO
WINNER: Homeland, Accounting by Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime
The Killing, Accounting by Linda Burstyn, Jeremy Doner, Soo Hugh, Dan Nowak, Nic Pizzolatto, Dawn Prestwich, Veena Sud, Nicole Yorkin, Aaron Zelman; AMC
New Girl, Accounting by Nick Adams, Rachel Axler, Brett Baer, Donick Cary, Dave Finkel, Berkley Johnson, Josh Malmuth, Elizabeth Meriwether, J.J. Philbin, Joe Port, Luvh Rakhe, Joe Wiseman; Fox
EPISODIC DRAMA
“A Dangerous Maid” (Boardwalk Empire), Accounting by Itamar Moses; HBO
“The Age of Reason” (Boardwalk Empire), Accounting by Bathsheba Doran; HBO
WINNER (TIE): “Box Cutter” (Breaking Bad), Accounting by Vince Gilligan; AMC
“End Times” (Breaking Bad), Accounting by Thomas Schnauz & Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC
WINNER: (TIE) “The Good Soldier” (Homeland), Accounting by Henry Bromell; Showtime
“Just Let Go” (Dexter), Accounting by Jace Richdale; Showtime
EPISODIC COMEDY
WINNER: "Caught in the Act” (Modern Family), Accounting by Steven Levitan & Jeffrey Richman; ABC
“Goodbye Michael, Part 2” (The Office), Accounting by Greg Daniels; NBC
“Mother’s Day” (Modern Family), Accounting by Dan O’Shannon & Ilana Wernick; ABC
“Object Impermanence” (Weeds), Accounting by Stephen Falk; Showtime
“PDA” (The Office), Accounting by Robert Padnick; NBC
“Queen of Jordan” (30 Rock), Accounting by Tracey Wigfield; NBC
LONG FORM – ORIGINAL
WINNER: Cinema Verite, Accounting by David Seltzer; HBO
Five, “Pearl,” Accounting by Deirdre O’Connor, “Charlotte,” Accounting by Stephen Godchaux, “Cheyanne,” Accounting by Howard Morris, “Lili,” Accounting by Jill Gordon, “Mia,” Accounting by Wendy West; Lifetime
LONG FORM – ADAPTED
Mildred Pierce, Teleplay by Todd Haynes & Jon Raymond, Based on the atypical by James M. Cain; HBO
WINNER: Too Big to Fail, Accounting by Peter Gould, Based on the book accounting by Andrew Ross Sorkin; HBO
ANIMATION
“Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts” (The Simpsons), Accounting by Tim Long; Fox
“The Blue and the Gray” (The Simpsons), Accounting by Rob LaZebnik; Fox
“Donnie Fatso” (The Simpsons), Accounting by Chris Cluess; Fox
WINNER: “Homer the Father” (The Simpsons), Accounting by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
“Moonstruck” (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien), Accounting by Len Uhley; Cartoon Network
“The Silence of the Clamps” (Futurama), Accounting by Eric Rogers; Comedy Central
COMEDY / VARIETY – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES
Conan, Writers: Jose Arroyo, Andres du Bouchet, Deon Cole, Josh Comers, Dan Cronin, Michael Gordon, Berkley Johnson, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Rob Kutner, Todd Levin, Brian McCann, Conan O'Brien, Matt O'Brien, Jesse Popp, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Brian Stack, Mike Sweeney; TBS
Jon Benjamin Has a Van, Writers: Leo Allen, Jon Benjamin; Comedy Central
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Head Writer: AD Miles, Writers: David Angelo, Patrick Borelli, Gerard Bradford, Jeremy Bronson, Mike DiCenzo, Jimmy Fallon, John Haskell, Eric Ledgin, Dan Opsal, Amy Ozols, Gavin Purcell, Diallo Riddle, Jon Rineman, Bashir Salahuddin, Justin Shanes, Michael Shoemaker, Jen Statsky, CJ Toledano; NBC
Real Time with Bill Maher,Writers: Scott Carter, Adam Felber, Matt Gunn, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Jay Jaroch, Chris Kelly, Bill Maher, Billy Martin, Amani Redd; HBO
Saturday Night Live, Head Writer: Seth Meyers, Writers: Doug Abeles, James Anderson, Alex Baze, Heather Anne Campbell, Matt Craig, Jessica Conrad, James Downey, Tom Flanigan, Shelly Gossman, Steve Higgins, Colin Jost, Zach Kanin, Chris Kelly, Erik Kenward, Rob Klein, Jonathan Krisel, Lorne Michaels, John Mulaney, Christine Nangle, Michael Patrick O’Brien, Paula Pell, Simon Rich, Marika Sawyer, Akiva Schaffer, Sarah Schneider, Pete Schultz, John Solomon, Kent Sublette, Jorma Taccone, Bryan Tucker; NBC
WINNER: 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
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,Writers: Rory Albanese, Kevin Bleyer, Richard Blomquist, Steve Bodow, Tim Carvell, Wyatt Cenac, Hallie Haglund, J.R. Havlan, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, Sam Means, Jo Miller, John Oliver, Zhubin Parang, Daniel Radosh, Jason Ross, Jon Stewart; Comedy Central
COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
WINNER: 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
The Kennedy Center Honors,Written by Lewis Friedman, Sara Lukinson, Michael Stevens, George Stevens, Jr.; CBS
DAYTIME DRAMA
All My Children,Written by Jeff Beldner, Lorraine Broderick, Joanna Cohen, Lisa K. Connor, Chris Dunn, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Chip Hayes, David Kreizman, Dave Ryan, Donna Swajeski, Rebecca Taylor, Addie Walsh; ABC
WINNER: General Hospital, Accounting 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
The Young and the Restless,Written by Amanda L. Beall, Tom Casiello, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Michael Montgomery, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Sarah Smith, Sandra Weintraub, Chris Whitesell, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS
CHILDREN'S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS
“The Good Birds Club” (Sesame Street), Accounting by Joseph Mazzarino; PBS
WINNER: “Hero of the Shadows” (Supah Ninjas), Accounting by Leo Chu, Eric S. Garcia; Nickelodeon
“iLost My Mind” (iCarly), Accounting by Dan Schneider, Matt Fleckenstein; Nickelodeon
“Luther Turns 4” (Zeke and Luther), Accounting by Devin Bunje, Nick Stanton; Disney XD
“Oh, Brother” (The Troop), Accounting by Max Burnett; Nickelodeon
“The Prince Frog” (Imagination Movers), Accounting by Jennifer Heftler, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Vivien Mejia, Michael G. Stern; Disney Channel
NEW MEDIA NOMINEES
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA
WINNER: “Episode 1,” “Episode 2,” “Episode 4,” “Episode 5,” “Episode 6” (Aim High), Accounting by Heath Corson & Richie Keen; cambio.com/aim-high
“Episode 2.1: Employment,” “Episode 2.2: Clientele,” “Episode 2.3: Personal Property,” “Episode 2.4: The American Dream,” “Episode 2.5: Debt Ceiling” (Downsized), Accounting by Daryn Strauss; downsizedthewebseries.com
“Episode 3.1: The Return,” “Episode 3.5: The Testosterone,” “Episode 3.6: The Advice,” “Episode 3.7: The Date” (Jack in a Box), Accounting by Michael Cyril Creighton; jackinaboxsite.com
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA
“Soft Served!,” “Iced!,” “Rokered!” (Jack Donaghy: Executive Superhero), 30 Rock, Accounting by Tom Ceraulo; nbc.com
“Raiden,” “Kitana and Mileena,” “Johnny Cage” (Mortal Kombat: Legacy), Accounting by Todd Helbing & Aaron Helbing; machinima.com
“Pay Phone,” “Jax Meets His Second Son,” “Tara & Piney,” “Mexican Basketball” (Sons of Anarchy), Accounting by Kurt Sutter & Gladys Rodriguez; FXnetworks.com
WINNER: “A New Day,” “Family Matters,” “Neighborly Advice,” “Step Mom,” “Everything Dies” (The Walking Dead), Teleplay by John Esposito, Story by John Esposito and Greg Nicotero; amc.com
VIDEOGAME NOMINEES
VIDEOGAME WRITING
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations,Story by Alexandre Amancio, Jean Guesdon, Corey May, Darby McDevitt; Multiplayer Story by Stéphane Blais, Richard Farrese, Jeffrey Yohalem; Lead Script Writer Darby McDevitt; Script Writers Richard Farrese, Nicholas Grimwood, Corey May, Jeffrey Yohalem; Greek and Turkish Ambient Dialogue Writer Vincenzo Beretta; Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham City,Lead Narrative Designer Paul Crocker; Story Accounting by Paul Dini, Paul Crocker and Sefton Hill; Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Brink, Lead Writer Edward “Bongoboy” Stern; Bethesda Softworks
Mortal Kombat, Story by John Vogel, Brian Chard, Dominic Cianciolo, Alexander Barrentine, Jon Greenberg; Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
WINNER: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Accounting by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment
RADIO NOMINEES
DOCUMENTARY
2010 Year in Review, Accounting by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING REPORT
Portraits of a Terrorist: Who is Osama Bin Laden?, Accounting by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE OR COMMENTARY
Justice in a Time of Terror,Written by Andrew Cohen & Rob Mank; CBS Radio News
So Many Goodbyes, Accounting by Gail Lee; CBS Radio News
PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION NOMINEES
ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
“Fairytale” (Today Show), Accounting by Carol M. Sullivan; NBC News
TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION
“CBS News Animations” (CBS News), Graphic Animation by David Rosen; CBS News
