2022 Writers Guild Award Winners

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• CODA, Screenplay by Siân Heder, Based on the Original Motion Picture La Famille Belier Directed by Eric Lartigau, Written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, Eric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain; Apple

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Don’t Look Up, Screenplay by Adam McKay, Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota; Netflix

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

• Exposing Muybridge, Written by Marc Shaffer; Inside Out Media

ORIGINAL LONG FORM

• Mare of Easttown, Written by Brad Ingelsby; HBO/HBO Max

ADAPTED LONG FORM

• Maid, Written by Bekah Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler, Inspired by the book by Stephanie Land; Netflix

DRAMA SERIES

• Succession, Written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO/HBO Max

COMEDY SERIES

• Hacks, Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Cole Escola, Janis Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max

NEW SERIES

• Hacks, Written by Genevieve Aniello, Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Jess Dweck, Cole Escola, Janis Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max

EPISODIC DRAMA

• “Retired Janitors of Idaho” (Succession), Written by Tony Roche & Susan Soon He Stanton; HBO/HBO Max

EPISODIC COMEDY 

• “Alone At Last” (The Great), Written by Tony McNamara; Hulu

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS’

• “Citizen Hearst, Part One,” American Experience PBS, written by Gene Tempest

ANIMATION

• “Planteau” (Tuca & Bertie), Written by Lisa Hanawalt; Cartoon Network

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES

• Conan, Head Writer: Matt O’Brien Writers: Jose Arroyo, Glenn Boozan, Daniel Cronin, Andres du Bouchet, Jessie Gaskell, Skyler Higley, Brian Kiley, Laurie Kilmartin, Todd Levin, Levi MacDougall, Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Frank Smiley, Mike Sweeney; TBS

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS

• Full Frontal Wants to Take Your Guns, Head Writers: Kristen Bartlett, Mike Drucker Writers: Samantha Bee, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Miles Kahn, Chris Thompson, Holly Walker, Alison Zeidman Writing Supervised by Joe Grossman, Sahar Rizvi Special Material by Michael Rhoa; TBS

COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES

• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, written by Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon

PAUL SELVIN HONOREE

• Barry Jenkins, “Chapter 9: Indiana Winter” of The Underground Railroad

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The Writers Guild Awards will begin roughly 4pm Pacific. The ceremony is being held virtually, and they will be tweeting out their winners.

Remember, these screenplays are not eligible:

The Power of the Dog
Belfast
The Lost Daughter
Drive My Car

All are nominated for the Oscar.