35th Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1982

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The 35th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1982. Winners were announced in 1983.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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" – MASH* (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

WGA.org

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