Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
Every winner and nominee of the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay since 1969, newest first.
2025
Mary Bronstein
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You1 nominee
2014🏆 Winner
Spike Jonze
Her
2010
Joel Coen
A Serious Man1 nominee
Nominees (1)
Joel Coen, Ethan CoenA Serious ManNominee2009🏆 Winner
Dustin Lance Black
Milk2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The VisitorNominee
2007
Zach Helm
Stranger Than Fiction2 nominees
Nominees (2)
The QueenNominee2006
The 40 Year Old Virgin1 nominee
2005🏆 Winner
Michel Gondry
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004🏆 Winner
Sofia Coppola
Lost in Translation
2003
Todd Haynes
Far from Heaven2 nominees
2002🏆 Winner
Julian Fellowes
Gosford Park2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Monster's BallNominee
2001🏆 Winner
Kenneth Lonergan
You Can Count on Me
1999🏆 Winner
Tom Stoppard
Shakespeare in Love
1997🏆 WinnerJoel Coen
Fargo
1996
P.J. Hogan
Muriel's Wedding1 nominee
1995
Bullets Over Broadway2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Bullets Over BroadwayNominee
Fran WalshHeavenly CreaturesNominee1994🏆 Winner
Jane Campion
The Piano
1993
Lorenzo's Oil2 nominees
Nominees (2)
Lorenzo's OilNominee
David Webb PeoplesUnforgivenNominee1992
John Singleton
Boyz n the Hood1 nominee
1990
Steven Soderbergh
sex, lies, and videotape3 nominees
1988
Bernardo Bertolucci
The Last Emperor2 nominees
1986
Cocoon1 nominee
1985
Splash1 nominee
1983🏆 Winner
Anne Meara
1975🏆 Winner
Andrew Bergman
1969🏆 Winner
Mel Brooks
The Producers
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Nedrick Young
🏆 WinnerNedrick Young
