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2 unusual facts about Writers Guild of America Award


Alex Rubens

Alex Rubens is a Writers Guild Award–winning American writer.

David Hudgins

He was nominated along with the rest of the show's writing staff for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series at the February 2007 ceremony for his work on the first season of Friday Night Lights.


American Splendor

In 2003 a movie adaptation featuring Paul Giamatti playing Pekar (as well as appearances by Pekar himself) and Hope Davis as his wife was released to critical acclaim and first honors at the Sundance Film Festival in addition to the Writers Guild of America Award for best adapted screenplay.

Andy Wolk

In 1989, Wolk won a Writers Guild of America Award for writing the Great Performances episode entitled "Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson".

Chris Gerolmo

Gerolmo's screenplay for Citizen X—based on the book The Killer Department by Robert Cullen—earned him an Emmy nomination, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award.

Deric Washburn

As a writer, Washburn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Quinn Redeker, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

Gail Parent

Parent is the winner of a CableACE Award and two Emmys, and has been nominated for an additional twelve Emmys and two Writers Guild of America Awards.

Quinn Redeker

As a writer, Redeker was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

Russel Friend

Russel Friend is an American television writer and producer producer who served as an executive producer on the Fox series House, for which he won a Writers Guild of America Award in 2010 for co-writing the episode "Broken".

William D. Wittliff

Wittliff wrote screenplays for the Lonesome Dove mini-series (1989) for which he won a Writers Guild of America Award in 1990 for Season 1, Episode 1: "Leaving." and a Bronze Wrangler award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.


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