62nd Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 2009

The 62nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2009. Winners were announced on February 20, 2010.^[1]

Nominees

Names in bold denote the winners.^[2]

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Crazy Heart
• Julie & Julia
• Precious: Based on the novel "Push" by Sapphire
• Star Trek
• Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

• (500) Days of Summer
• Avatar
• The Hangover
• The Hurt Locker
• A Serious Man

Best Documentary Feature Screenplay

• Against the Tide – Richard Trank; based on original material written by Richard Trank and Rabbi Marvin Hier
• Capitalism: A Love Story – Michael Moore
• The Cove – Mark Monroe
• Earth Days – Robert Stone
• Good Hair – Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, Lance Crouther, and Chuck Sklar
• Soundtrack for a Revolution – Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman

Television

Dramatic Series

Comedy Series

New Series

Episodic Drama

Episodic Comedy

Long Form – Original

Long Form – Adaptation

Animation

Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series

Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials

Daytime Serials

Children's

Episodic and Specials

Long Form or Special

Documentary

Current events

Other than Current Events

News

Regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report

Analysis, Feature, or Commentary

Radio

Documentary

• 2008 Year in Review – Written by Gail Lee; CBS

News – Regularly Scheduled or Breaking

• So Many Goodbyes – Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio
• WCBS News Radio – Written by Robert Hawley; CBS Radio
• World News This Week − July 11, 2009 – Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC Radio

News – Analysis, Feature or Commentary

• Black History Month – Written by Arleen Lebe; CBS Radio
• End of Summer – Written by Duane Tollison; CBS Radio
• Farewells – Written by Gail Lee; CBS Radio
• Paul Harvey: An American Life – Written by Stu Chamberlain; ABC Radio

Promotional Writing and Graphic Animation

On-Air Promotion (Radio or Television)

• How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Promo Process – Written by Michelle Straebler; WNBC
• "Vegas" (Dateline), "The Wanted" Promo, NBC Nightly News Promo, "Iran" (Dateline), "Cheat" (Dateline) – Written by Barry Fitzsimmons; NBC

Television Graphic Animation

• "Hudson Splashdown" (CBS Evening News with Katie Couric) – Written by David M. Rosen and Shannon L. Toma; CBS

Video games

Videogame Writing

• Assassin's Creed II – Story by Corey May, Script Writers Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem; Ubisoft
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Written by Jesse Stern; Additional Writing Steve Fukuda; Story by Todd Alderman, Steve Fukuda, Mackey McCandlish, Zied Rieke, Jesse Stern, Jason West, Battlechatter Dialogue, and Sean Slayback; Activision
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Written by Amy Hennig; Sony Computer Entertainment
• Wet – Written by Duppy Demetrius and Bethesda Softworks
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Written by Marc Guggenheim; Activision

References

1. "Wga awards". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.
2. "Wga awards". Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.

External links

• WGA.org