35th Writers Guild of America Awards

35th WGA Awards
35th WGA Awards
Date	1983
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, West
	← 34th; WGA Awards; 36th →;

The 35th

film writers of 1982. Winners were announced in 1983.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Written by Melissa Mathison
An Officer and a Gentleman, Written by Douglas Day Stewart

Shoot the Moon, Written by Bo Goldman

Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay

Tootsie, Written by Larry Gelbart and Murrya Schisgal; Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
Diner, Written by Barry Levinson

My Favorite Year, Written by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo; Story by Dennis Palumbo

Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium

Missing, Screenplay by Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart; Based on the book by Thomas Hauser
Sophie's Choice, Screenplay by Alan J. Pakula; Based on the novel by William Styron

The Verdict, Screenplay by David Mamet; Based on the novel by Barry Reed

The World According to Garp, Screenplay by Steve Tesich; Based on the novel by John Irving

Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium

Victor Victoria, Screenplay by Blake Edwards; Based on the concept by Hans Hoemburg, and the 1933 script by Reinhold Schünzel
Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Screenplay by Cameron Crowe; Based on his book

Television

Episodic Comedy

"Hunger Strike" – Barney Miller (ABC) – Tony Sheehan and Stephen Neigher
"The Calico Kid Returns" – Best of the West (ABC) – Mitch Markowitz

"The Birthday Girls" – M*A*S*H (CBS) – Karen Hall

"Pilot" – Making the Grade (CBS) – Gary David Goldberg

"Terry Runs Away" – Open All Night (ABC) – Ken Levine and David Isaacs

"Elegant Iggy" – Taxi (ABC) – Ken Estin

Episodic Drama

"The World According to Freedom" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Michael Wagner
"Closed Circuit" – Darkroom (ABC) – Alan Brennert

"A Special Place" – Fame (NBC) – Parke Perine

"Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Jeffrey Lewis

"Review" – Lou Grant (CBS) – Jeffrey Lane

Daytime Serials

Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri, Eugene Price and Rory Metcalf
The Edge of Night (ABC) – Henry Slesar

Adapted Drama Anthology

Of Mice and Men (NBC) – E. Nick Alexander

Original Comedy Anthology

Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend (NBC) – Oliver Hailer and Marilyn Canton Baker

Original Drama Anthology

Skokie (CBS) – Ernest Kinoy

Variety, Musical or Comedy

I Love Liberty (ABC) – Rita Mae Brown, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Rick Mitz, Richard Alfieri and Norman Lear

Children's Show

"First Kill" – CBS Afternoon Playhouse (CBS) – Josef Anderson

"Goldie and the kids... Listen to Us" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Buz Kohan

"Please Don't Hit Me, Mom" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Jeri Taylor and Sydney Julien

"The Wave" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Johnny Dawkins

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Lamar Trotti

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Herbert Baker

Valentine Davies Award

Hal Kanter

Morgan Cox Award

Oliver Crawford

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 (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

External links

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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 (1983)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

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