Award ceremony for writing of 2011
The 64th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2011. Winners were announced on February 19, 2012.
Nominees.
Film.
Original.
"Midnight in Paris" — Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Adapted.
"The Descendants" — Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon &amp; Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings; Fox Searchlight
Documentary.
"Better This World" — Written by Katie Galloway &amp; Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
Television.
Drama series.
"Breaking Bad" — Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC
Comedy Series.
"Modern Family" — 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
New Series.
"Homeland" — Henry Bromell, Alexander Cary, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chip Johannessen, Gideon Raff, Meredith Stiehm; Showtime
Episodic Drama.
"Box Cutter" ("Breaking Bad") — Vince Gilligan; AMC
"The Good Soldier" ("Homeland") — Henry Bromell; Showtime
Episodic Comedy.
"Caught in the Act" ("Modern Family") — Steven Levitan &amp; Jeffrey Richman; ABC
Long form – original – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times.
"Cinema Verite" — David Seltzer; HBO
Long form – adaptation – over one hour – one or two parts, one or two airing times.
"Too Big to Fail" — Teleplay by Peter Gould, Based on the book "Too Big to Fail" by Andrew Ross Sorkin; HBO
Short Form - original new media.
“Episode 1,” “Episode 2,” “Episode 4,” “Episode 5,” “Episode 6” (Aim High) by Heath Corson &amp; 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") 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) by Michael Cyril Creighton; jackinaboxsite.com
Animation – any length – one airing time.
"Homer the Father" ("The Simpsons") — Joel H. Cohen; FOX
Comedy/variety – (including talk) series.
"The Colbert Report" — 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