43rd Writers Guild of America Awards

43rd WGA Awards
43rd WGA Awards
Date	1991
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
	← 42nd; WGA Awards; 44th →;

The 43rd

film writers of 1990. Winners were announced in 1991.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay

Avalon, Written by Barry Levinson
Alice, Written by Woody Allen

Ghost, Written by Bruce Joel Rubin

Green Card, Written by Peter Weir

Pretty Woman, Written by J.F. Lawton

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

Dances with Wolves, Screenplay by Michael Blake; based on his novel
Awakenings, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; based on the book by Oliver Sacks

Goodfellas, Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi, and Martin Scorsese; based on his book

Reversal of Fortune, Screenplay by Nicholas Kazan; based on the book by Alan Dershowitz

The Grifters, Screenplay by Donald E. Westlake; based on the novel by Jim Thompson

Television

Episodic Comedy

"Brown Like Me: Part 1 & 2" – Murphy Brown (CBS) – Diane English
"The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century: Part 1 & 2" – Designing Women (CBS) – Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

"The Stakeout" – Seinfeld (NBC) – Larry David, and Jerry Seinfeld

"Rock 'n Roll" – The Wonder Years (ABC) – Bob Stevens

"The Powers That Be" – The Wonder Years (ABC) – David M. Stern

"Goodbye" – The Wonder Years (ABC) – Bob Brush

Episodic Drama

"Souvenirs" – China Beach (ABC) – John Sacret Young
"Warriors" – China Beach (ABC) – Martin M. Goldstein, Neal Baer, and Dottie Dartland

"Justice Swerved" – L.A. Law (NBC) – David E. Kelley, and Bryce Zabel

"Bang... Zoom... Zap" – L.A. Law (NBC) – David E. Kelley, and William M. Finkelstein

"Strangers" – Thirtysomething (ABC) – Richard Kramer

"I'm Nobody, Who Are You?" – Thirtysomething (ABC) – Winnie Holzman

Daytime Serials

Santa Barbara (NBC) – Charles Pratt Jr., Sheri Anderson, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Maralyn Thoma, Sam Hall, Josh Griffith, Patrick Mulcahey, Robert Guza Jr., Courtney Simon, Lynda Myles, Gary Tomlin, Frank Salisbury, Libby Beers, David J. Ross

All My Children (ABC) – Agnes Nixon, Lorraine Broderick, Wisner Washam, Megan McTavish, Mary K. Wells, Susan Kirshenbaum Margaret DePriest, Lorraine Broderick, Victor Miller, Gillian Spencer, Elizabeth Page, Karen Lewis, Kathleen Klein, Michelle Patrick, and Elizabeth Smith

Anthology Episode/Single Program

Sisters (CBS) – Shelley List, and Jonathan Estrin
"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" – Nightmare Classics – J. Michael Straczynski

"The Ventriloquist's Dummy" – Tales from the Crypt (HBO) – Frank Darabont

Original Long Form

The Incident (CBS) – James Norell, and Michael Norell
Heat Wave (TNT) – Michael Lazarou

Adapted Long Form

Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (ABC) – E. Jack Neuman

Children's Script

"The Perfect Date" – ABC Afterschool Special (ABC) – Josef Anderson

"American Eyes" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Cynthia A. Cherbak, Elizabeth Hansen, and Herbert Stein
"The Frog Girl: The Jenifer Graham Story" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Harry Longstreet and Renee Longstreet

Documentary

Documentary – Current Events

"Seven Days in Bensonhurst" – Frontline (PBS) – Thomas Lennon, and Shelby Steele

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

Alvin Sargent

Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Carol Sobieski

Valentine Davies Award

Frank Pierson

Morgan Cox Award

Christopher Knopf

Paul Selvin Award

Michael Lazarou

Edmund J. North Award

Daniel Taradash

Meltzer Award

Kirk Douglas in recognition of his action in 1960 to ensure that Dalton Trumbo received screen credit for writing Spartacus (1960)

References

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

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

Former Awards

Musical

Western

American Scene

Drama

Comedy

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

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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.

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