27th Writers Guild of America Awards

27th WGA Awards
27th WGA Awards
Date	1975
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, West
	← 26th; WGA Awards; 28th →;

The 27th

television writers of 1974. Winners were announced in 1975.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay

Chinatown, Written by Robert Towne
A Woman Under the Influence, Written by John Cassavetes

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Written by Robert Getchell

Harry and Tonto, Written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld

The Conversation, Written by Francis Ford Coppola

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay

Blazing Saddles, Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger
California Split, Written by Joseph Walsh

Claudine, Written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine

Phantom of the Paradise, Written by Brian de Palma

The Sugarland Express, Written by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium

The Godfather: Part II, Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo; Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
Conrack, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the book "The Water Is Wilde" by Pat Conroy

Lenny, Screenplay by Julian Barry; Based on the play by Julian Barry

The Parallax View, Screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Sempler Jr.; Based on the novel by Loren Singer

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Screenplay by Peter Stone; Based on the novel by John Godey

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Screenplay by Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd; Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler
The Front Page, Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Based on the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur

Young Frankenstein, Screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; Based on characters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Television

Episodic Comedy

"O.R." – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks
"Private Charles Lamb" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Sid Dorfman

"You Can Go Home Again" – Rhoda (CBS) – Patricia Nardo and Gloria Banta

"Parent's Day" – Rhoda (CBS) – Charlotte Brown

"Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (ABC) – Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels

Episodic Drama

"Thirty a Month and Found" – Gunsmoke (CBS) – Jim Byrnes
"The Colorado Cattle Caper" – McCloud (NBC) – Michael Gleason

"The World Is: Growth" – The New Land (ABC) – William Blinn

"The Conflict" – The Waltons (CBS) – Jeb Rosebrook

Daytime Serials

Search for Tomorrow (CBS) – Ann Marcus, Joyce Perry, Pamela Wylie and Ray Goldstone
Days of Our Lives (NBC) – William J. Bell, Patricia Falken Smith, Bill Rega and Margaret Stewart

Love of Life (CBS) – Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Nancy Ford and Clarice Blackburn

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Preston Sturges

Valentine Davies Award

Fay Kanin

Morgan Cox Award

Edmund H. North

Edmund J North Award

James R. Webb

References

^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-19.

External links

WGA.org

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Writers Guild of America Awards
Film Awards

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay

Best Documentary Screenplay

Television/
New Media Awards

Animation

Comedy Series

Comedy/Variety Talk Series

Comedy/Variety Specials

Comedy/Variety Sketch Series

Daytime Serials

Drama Series

Episodic Comedy

Episodic Drama

Long Form – Adapted

Long Form – Original

Short Form New Media

New Series

Children's Script

Documentary Script – Current Events

Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events

Special Awards

Paul Selvin Award

Valentine Davies Award

Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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[1] "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.

[2] "Writers Guild of America, USA (1975)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-19.

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