title: 55th Writers Guild of America Awards
text: # 55th Writers Guild of America Awards
  
  The 55th Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2003, honored the film and television best writers of 2002.
  
  ## Film
  
  ### Best Original Screenplay
  
  Bowling for Columbine - Michael Moore
  
  * Antwone Fisher - Antwone Fisher
  * Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
  * Gangs of New York - Jay Cocks, Kenneth Lonergan and Steven Zaillian
  * My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Nia Vardalos
  
  ### Best Adapted Screenplay
  
  The Hours - David Hare
  
  * About a Boy - Peter Hedges, Chris and Paul Weitz
  * About Schmidt - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
  * Adaptation. - Charlie and Donald Kaufman
  * Chicago - Bill Condon
  
  ## Television
  
  ### Best Episodic Comedy
  
  Frasier - Bob Daily, Lori Kirkland and Dan O'Shannon for "Rooms With a View"
  
  * The Bernie Mac Show - Larry Wilmore for "Pilot"
  * Ed - Jon Beckerman and Rob Burnett for "The Wedding"
  * Scrubs - Bill Lawrence for "My First Day (Pilot)"
  * Sex and the City - Cindy Chupack for "Plus One Is the Loneliest Number"
  * Sex and the City - Michael Patrick King for "I Heart NY"
  * Sex and the City - Julie Rottenberg; Elisa Zuritsky for "Change of a Dress"
  
  ### Best Episodic Drama
  
  The Education of Max Bickford - Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin for "Pilot"
  
  * ER - John Wells for "On the Beach"
  * Resurrection Blvd. - Robert Eisele for "Nino Del Polvo"
  * Six Feet Under - Christian Taylor for "In Place of Anger"
  * The Sopranos - Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green for "Whoever Did This"
  * The West Wing - Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin for "Game On"
  