Chissà se il prossimo settimana gli Oscar confermeranno le vittorie ai WGA Awards di Taika Waititi per la miglior sceneggiatura non originale (Jojo Rabbit) e Bong Joon Ho e Han Jin Won per la miglior sceneggiatura originale (Parasite).
Le cerimonie di premiazione di questa 72esima edizione si sono tenute sabato sera, contemporaneamente, a Los Angeles e a New York.
L’anno scorso le vittorie non avrebbero potuto essere più diverse Eighth Grade e Can You Ever Forgive Me? ai WGA e Green Book e BlacKkKlansman agli Oscar, rispettivamente nelle categorie originale e adattata. Ieri sera invece le vittorie ai WGA si sono allineate con quelle dei BAFTA.
Alex Gibney ha vinto il premio nella categoria documentari con The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley di HBO.
L’emittente via cavo ha fatto incetta nelle categoria televisiva conquistando i premi principali: Succession ha vinto sia come Serie drammatica che Miglior episodio drammatico, Serie comica (Barry), Nuova serie (Watchmen), Long Form Original (Chernobyl) e Comedy/Variety Talk (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver).
Quattro vittorie per Netflix, tra cui Episodic Comedy (il pilot di Dead to Me which), Comedy/Variety Sketch (I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson). Fosse/Verdon della FX ha vinto nella categoria Long Form Adapted.
Le due Guild, East e West, ha consegnato dei premi speciali. A Los Angeles sono stati premiati: Nancy Meyers (Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement), Merrill Markoe (Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement), Brad Falchuk (Valentine Davies Award) e Charles Randolph (Paul Selvin Award).
A New York la WGA East ha consegnato i seguenti premi: Richard Price (Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement), Paula Pell (Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence and Mentorship) e Lisa Takeuchi Cullen (Richard B. Jablow Award for Devoted Service to the Guild).
Original Screenplay
Parasite
Screenplay by Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, Story by Bong Joon Ho; Neon
Adapted Screenplay
Jojo Rabbit
Screenplay by Taika Waititi, Based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens; Searchlight
Documentary Screenplay
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films
Drama Series
Succession
Written by Jesse Armstrong, Alice Birch, Jon Brown, Jonathan Glatzer, Cord Jefferson, Mary Laws, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Gary Shteyngart, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO
Comedy Series
Barry
Written by Alec Berg, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Emily Heller, Jason Kim, Taofik Kolade, Elizabeth Sarnoff; HBO
New Series
Watchmen
Written by Lila Byock, Nick Cuse, Christal Henry, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Cord Jefferson, Jeff Jensen, Claire Kiechel, Damon Lindelof, Janine Nabers, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Tom Spezialy, Carly Wray; HBO
Original Long Form
Chernobyl
Written by Craig Mazin; HBO
Adapted Long Form
Fosse/Verdon
Written by Debora Cahn, Joel Fields, Ike Holter, Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Charlotte Stoudt, Tracey Scott Wilson; Based on the book Fosse by Sam Wasson; FX Networks
Special
Written by Ryan O’Connell; Netflix
Animation
“Thanksgiving of Horror” (The Simpsons)
Written by Dan Vebber; Fox
Episodic Drama
“Tern Haven” (Succession)
Written by Will Tracy; HBO
Episodic Comedy
“Pilot” (Dead to Me)
Written by Liz Feldman; Netflix
Comedy/Variety Talk Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Senior Writers: Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner Writers: Tim Carvell, Daniel O’Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Ben Silva, Seena Vali; HBO
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee Presents: Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Part 2
Head Writer: Melinda Taub; Writing Supervised by: Joe Grossman, Nicole Silverberg; Writers: Samantha Bee, Kristen Bartlett, Pat Cassels, Sean Crespo, Mike Drucker, Mathan Erhardt, Lewis Friedman, Miles Kahn, Sahar Rizvi. Special Material by: Allison Silverman; TBS
Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Writers: Jeremy Beiler, Zach Kanin, Tim Robinson, John Solomon; Netflix
Quiz And Audience Participation
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
Head Writer: Bret Calvert; Writers: Seth Harrington, Rosemarie DiSalvo; Nickelodeon
Daytime Drama
The Young and the Restless
Writers: Amanda L. Beall, Jeff Beldner, Sara Bibel, Matt Clifford, Annie Compton, Christopher Dunn, Sara Endsley, Janice Ferri Esser, Mellinda Hensley, Lynn Martin, Anne Schoettle, Natalie Minardi Slater, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS
“Remember Black Elvis?” (Family Reunion)
Written by Howard Jordan, Jr.; Netflix
Documentary Script – Current Events
“Trump’s Trade War” (Frontline)
Written by Rick Young; PBS
Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
“Right To Fail” (Frontline)
Written by Tom Jennings; PBS
News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, Or Breaking Report
“Terror in America: The Massacres in El Paso and Dayton” (Special Edition of the CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell)
Written by Jerry Cipriano, Joe Clines, Bob Meyer; CBS News
News Script – Analysis, Feature, Or Commentary
“Fly Like An Eagle” (60 Minutes)
Written by Katie Kerbstat Jacobson, Scott Pelley, Nicole Young; CBS News
Digital News
“Stories About My Brother”
Written by Prachi Gupta, Jezebel.com
Radio Audio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, Or Breaking Report
“Hail and Farewell: Remembering Some Headline Makers”
Written by Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
Radio Audio News Script – Analysis, Feature, Or Commentary
“The Enduring Legacy of Jackie Kennedy Onassis”
Written by Dianne E. James, Gail Lee; CBS News Radio
On Air Promotion
Star Trek: Picard and All Rise Promos
Written by Jessica Katzenstein; CBS
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