27th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 27th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1974. Winners were announced in 1975.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay Chinatown, Written by Robert Towne A Woman Under the Influence, Written by John Cassavetes Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Written by Robert Getchell Harry and Tonto, Written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld The Conversation, Written by Francis Ford Coppola	Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay Blazing Saddles, Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger California Split, Written by Joseph Walsh Claudine, Written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine Phantom of the Paradise, Written by Brian de Palma The Sugarland Express, Written by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium The Godfather: Part II, Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo; Based on the novel by Mario Puzo Conrack, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the book "The Water Is Wilde" by Pat Conroy Lenny, Screenplay by Julian Barry; Based on the play by Julian Barry The Parallax View, Screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Sempler Jr.; Based on the novel by Loren Singer The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Screenplay by Peter Stone; Based on the novel by John Godey	Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Screenplay by Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd; Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler The Front Page, Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Based on the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Young Frankenstein, Screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; Based on characters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Television

Episodic Comedy *"O.R." – MASH (CBS) – Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks** "Private Charles Lamb" – MASH* (CBS) – Sid Dorfman "You Can Go Home Again" – Rhoda (CBS) – Patricia Nardo and Gloria Banta "Parent's Day" – Rhoda (CBS) – Charlotte Brown "Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (ABC) – Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels	Episodic Drama *"Thirty a Month and Found" – Gunsmoke* (CBS) – Jim Byrnes** "The Colorado Cattle Caper" – McCloud (NBC) – Michael Gleason "The World Is: Growth" – The New Land (ABC) – William Blinn "The Conflict" – The Waltons (CBS) – Jeb Rosebrook
Daytime Serials Search for Tomorrow (CBS) – Ann Marcus, Joyce Perry, Pamela Wylie and Ray Goldstone Days of Our Lives (NBC) – William J. Bell, Patricia Falken Smith, Bill Rega and Margaret Stewart Love of Life (CBS) – Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Nancy Ford and Clarice Blackburn

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Preston Sturges
Valentine Davies Award
Fay Kanin
Morgan Cox Award
Edmund H. North
Edmund J North Award
James R. Webb

References

^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)". IMDb. Retrieved June 19, 2019.

External links

WGA.org

[1] "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.

[2] "Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)". IMDb. Retrieved June 19, 2019.

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Writers Guild of America Awards
Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Limited Series TV & New Media Pictures Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Evelyn F. Burkey Award
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year