29th Writers Guild of America Awards

29th WGA Awards
29th WGA Awards
Date	1977
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, West
	← 28th; WGA Awards; 30th →;

The 29th

television writers of 1976. Winners were announced in 1977.^[1]

Winners and nominees

[2]

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay

Network, Written by Paddy Chayefsky
The Omen, Written by David Seltzer

Rocky, Written by Sylvester Stallone

Taxi Driver, Written by Paul Schrader

The Front, Written by Walter Bernstein

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay

The Bad News Bears, Written by Bill Lancaster
Murder by Death, Written by Neil Simon

Next Stop, Greenwich Village, Written by Paul Mazursky

Silent Movie, Written by Mel Brooks, Ron Clark, Rudy De Luca and Barry Levinson

Silver Streak, Written by Colin Higgins

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium

All the President's Men, Screenplay by William Goldman; Based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Bound for Glory, Screenplay by Robert Getchell; Based on the autobiography by Woody Guthrie

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Screenplay by Nicholas Meyer; Based on the novel by Nicholas Meyer

Marathon Man, Screenplay by William Goldman, Based on his novel

The Shootist, Screenplay by Miles Hood Swarthout and Scott Hale; Based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium

The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Screenplay by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards
Family Plot, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; Based on the novel by Victor Canning

Stay Hungry, Screenplay by Charles Gaines and Bob Rafelson; Based on the novel by Charles Gaines

The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings, Screenplay by Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins; Based on the novel by William Brashler

The Ritz, Screenplay by Terrence McNally; Based on his play

Television

Episodic Comedy

"Dear Sigmund" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Alan Alda
"Joey's Baptism" – All in the Family (CBS) – Mel Tolkin, Larry Rhine and Milt Josefsberg

"Evacuation" – Barney Miller (ABC) – Danny Arnold and Chris Hayward

"Hawkeye Get Your Gun" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Jay Folb, and Gene Reynolds

"Mary's Insomnia" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) – David Lloyd

"My Son, the Genius" – The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS) – Bob Ellison

Episodic Drama

"Crossing Fox River" – Lincoln (NBC) – Loring Mandel
"Flying Misfits" – Baa Baa Black Sheep (NBC) – Stephen J. Cannell

"The November Plan: Part 1, 2 & 3" – City of Angels (NBC) – Stephen J. Cannell and Roy Huggins

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (ABC) – Millard Lampell

"So Help Me God" – The Rockford Files (NBC) – Juanita Barltett

Daytime Serials

Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Paul Avila Mayer, Mary Munisteri and Jeffrey Lane
Days of Our Lives (NBC) – William J. Bell, Patricia Falken Smith, Bill Rega, Margaret Stewart and Kay Lenard

The Edge of Night (ABC) – Henry Slesar

Children's Script - Episodic & Specials

"Blind Sunday" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Arthur Barron
"Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid" – NBC Special Treat (NBC) – W.W. Lewis

Bound for Freedom (NBC) – Jan Hartman

"Part II" – God's Country (CBS) – Alfa-Betty Olsen and Marshall Efron

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Samson Raphaelson

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Everett Greenbaum, James Fritzell

Valentine Davies Award

Carl Foreman

Morgan Cox Award

Herbert Baker

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 (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

External links

WGA.org

v
t
e
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

Former Awards

Musical

Western

American Scene

Drama

Comedy

Ceremonies

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=29th_Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards&oldid=1215116273"

[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 (1977)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

[1]