58th Writers Guild of America Awards
| 58th WGA Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 4, 2006 |
| Organized by | Writers Guild of America, West |
| Highlights | |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Brokeback Mountain |
The 58th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on February 4, 2006, honored the best
television writers
of 2005.
Winners and nominees
Film
Adapted Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
- Capote – Dan Futterman
- The Constant Gardener – Jeffrey Caine
- A History of Violence – Josh Olson
- Syriana – Stephen Gaghan
Original Screenplay
Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin – Judd Apatow and Steve Carell
- Cinderella Man – Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth
- Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
- The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
Documentary Screenplay
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – Alex Gibney; based on the book The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
- Cowboy del Amor – Michèle Ohayon
- The Fall of Fujimori – Ellen Perry, Zack Anderson, and Kim Roberts
- March of the Penguins – Luc Jacquet and Michel Fessler (narration written by Jordan Roberts); based on the story by Luc Jacquet
- Street Fight – Marshall Curry
Television
Dramatic Series
Christian Taylor, Craig Wright
- Bernadette McNamara, David Milch, Peter Ocko, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steve Shill, Nick Towne, Jody Worth
- Grey's Anatomy – Zoanne Clack, Ann Hamilton, Kip Koenig, Stacy McKee, James D. Parriott, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Shonda Rhimes, Mimi Schmir, Gabrielle Stanton, Krista Vernoff, Harry Werksman
- Jill Soloway, Craig Wright
- John Wells, Bradley Whitford, John Sacret Young
Comedy Series
Curb Your Enthusiasm – Larry David
- Arrested Development – Barbara Feldman, Brad Copeland, Richard Day, Karey Dornetto, Jake Farrow, Abraham Higginbotham, Mitchell Hurwitz, Sam Laybourne, John Levenstein, Courtney Lilly, Dean Lorey, Chuck Martin, Lisa Parsons, Richard Rosenstock, Tom Saunders, Maria Semple, Chuck Tatham, Jim Vallely, Ron Weiner
- Entourage – Brian Burns, Larry Charles, Cliff Dorfman, Doug Ellin, Chris Henchy, Stephen Levinson, Rob Weiss
- Gregory Thomas Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Michael Pennie, Timothy Stack, Hilary Winston, Danielle Sanchez
New Series
- Everybody Hates Chris – Aron Abrams, Rodney Barnes, Craig DiGregorio, Alyson Fouse, Howard Gewirtz, Ali LeRoi, Courtney Lilly, Chris Rock, Gregory Thompson and Kriss Turner
- My Name Is Earl – Barbara Feldman, Bobby Bowman, Vali Chandrasekaran, J.B. Cook, Brad Copeland, Victor Fresco, Gregory Thomas Garcia, John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, Michael Pennie, Timothy Stack, Hilary Winston and Danielle Sanchez
- William J. MacDonald and John Milius
Episodic Drama
"Autopsy" – House – Lawrence Kaplow
- "Grave Danger" – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – Anthony E. Zuiker, Carol Mendelsohn, Naren Shankar (teleplay); Quentin Tarantino (story)
- "Rhea Reynolds" – Nip/Tuck – Jennifer Salt
- "Singing for Our Lives" – Six Feet Under – Scott Buck
- "Normal Is the Watchword" – Veronica Mars – Rob Thomas
- "The West Wing – Carol Flint
Episodic Comedy
"You Can't Miss the Bear (Pilot)" – Weeds – Jenji Kohan
- "The Office – B. J. Novak
- "Exile on Main Street (Pilot)" – Kitchen Confidential – David Hemingson
- "Motivational Seminar" – Malcolm in the Middle – Rob Ulin
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- "Greg Garcia
Long Form – Adapted
Stephen McFeely
- The Colt – Stephen Harrigan
- Lackawanna Blues – Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Our Fathers – Thomas Michael Donnelly
Long Form – Original
- Dirt – Richard Guay and Nancy Savoca
- David N. Titcher
- Randy Feldman
Daytime Serials
Natalie Minardi Slater, Eric Freiwald, Sally Sussman Morina