33rd Writers Guild of America Awards

33rd WGA Awards
33rd WGA Awards
Date	1981
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, West
	← 32nd; WGA Awards; 34th →;

The 33rd

film writers of 1980. Winners were announced in 1981.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay

Melvin and Howard, Written by Bo Goldman
Fame, Written by Christopher Gore

My Bodyguard, Written by Alan Ormsby

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay

Private Benjamin, Written by Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer and Harvey Miller
Nine to Five, Written by Colin Higgins and Patricia Resnick; Story by Patricia Resnick

Return of the Secaucus Seven, Written by John Sayles

Stardust Memories, Written by Woody Allen

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium

Ordinary People, Screenplay by Alvin Sargent; Based on the novel by Judith Guest
Coal Miner's Daughter, Screenplay by Thomas Rickman; Based on the Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey autobiography

The Elephant Man, Screenplay by Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren and David Lynch; Based on the book by Frederick Treves

The Great Santini, Screenplay by Lewis John Carlino; Based on the novel by Pat Conroy

The Stunt Man, Screenplay by Lawrence B. Marcus and Richard Rush; Based on the novel by Paul Brodeur

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium

David Zucker and Jerry Zucker; Based on the story by Arthur Hailey

Hopscotch, Screenplay by Brian Garfield and Bryan Forbes; Based on the novel by Brian Garfield

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Screenplay by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan; Based on the story by George Lucas

Television

Episodic Comedy

"Heal Thyself" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Dennis Koenig and Gene Reynolds
"The Child Stealers" – Barney Miller (ABC) – Frank Dungan and Jeff Stein

"Morale Victory" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – John Rappaport

"Bottle Fatigue" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Thad Mumford, and Dan Wilcox

"Art Work" – Taxi (ABC) – Glen Charles and Les Charles

"Alex Jumps Out of an Airplane" – Taxi (ABC) - Ken Estin

"The Censors" – The Associates (ABC) – Stan Daniels and Ed. Weinberger

"Sometimes" – United States (NBC) – Larry Gelbart and Everett Greenbaum

Episodic Drama

"Pilot: Part 1 & 2" – Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (ABC) – Stephen J. Cannell
"Second Spring" – Little house on the Prairie (NBC) – John T. Dugan

"Inheritance" – Lou Grant (CBS) – April Smith

"Brushfire" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Allan Burns, and Gene Reynolds

"Blackout" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Steve Kline

"Dreams" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Alan Aldan and James Jay Rubinfier

"Pilot" – Skag (NBC) – Abby Mann

Daytime Serials

Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri and Jeffrey Lane
The Doctors (NBC) – Eugenie Hunt, Ann Marie Barlow and Ralph Ellis

Texas (NBC) – John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington, Ralph Adamo, Carole Berlin, Harry Boehm, Elizabeth Boehm, Patrick Mulcahey and John Saffron

Children's Script - Episodic & Specials

"The Secret of Lost Valley" – Wonderful World of Disney
(NBC) – Paul A. Golding and David Irving
"Animal Talk" – CBS Library (CBS) – Kimmer Ringwald

"The Incredible Book Escape" – CBS Library (CBS) – George Arthur Bloom

"The Gold-Bug" – ABC Weekend Specials (ABC) – Edward Pomerantz

Variety, Musical or Comedy

All Commercials, A Steve Martin Special (NBC) – Steve Martin, Neal Israel, Jeffrey Barron, Earl Brown, Carmen Finestra, Denny Johnston, Sean Kelly, Pat McCormick, Michael McManus, Pat Proft and Mason Williams

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Ben Hecht

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Larry Gelbart

Valentine Davies Award

Arthur E. Orloff

Morgan Cox Award

Ronald Austin

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 (1981)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-29.

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 (1981)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-29.

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