WGA Awards Winners List: 'Don't Look Up' stuns, 'CODA' gathers momentum before Oscars
The winners of the 2022 Writers Guild of America Awards were announced on Sunday, March 20, as they honored the best of Film and TV for 2022. Adam Mckay’s apocalyptic black-comedy ‘Don’t Look Up’ won the top prize at this year’s event and made the race to the Oscars even more interesting.
The Netflix movie edged past movies such as ‘Being The Ricardos’, ‘King Richard’, ‘Licorice Pizza’, and ‘The French Dispatch of the Liberty Kansas Evening Sun’ to win the award. The win came as a surprise to many as they predicted ‘King Richard’ or ‘Licorice Pizza’ to take home the trophy.
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Meanwhile, ‘CODA’ added one more trophy to its haul by winning the Adapted Screenplay accolade at this year’s Writers Guild Awards. The Apple TV+ movie continues to gather momentum and is undoubtedly one of the frontrunners for Oscar’s top prize of Best Picture. It also won in the top categories at the Producers’ Guild Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards as well.
The win seems to have confirmed that the battle for the Best Picture accolade will be between ‘CODA’ and ‘The Power of the Dog’.
Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ was not eligible for this year’s ceremony and did not find a place in the Original Screenplay category. On the other hand, Jane Campion’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ were also ineligible and were not nominated for the Adapted Screenplay trophy. All aforementioned are nominated at this year’s Oscars.
On the television side, HBO’s ‘Succession’ and HBO Max’s ‘Hacks’ took home trophies in two categories each. The HBO Max series beat last year’s winner ‘Ted Lasso’ to win the Comedy Series accolade while ‘Succession’ won the trophy in the Drama series category.
The show also paid tribute to the late actor Bob Saget and showed footage of the late comedian attending a previous WGA ceremony.
Here’s the full winners' list of the 2022 Writers Guild of America Awards:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: ‘Don’t Look Up’
Screenplay by Adam McKay, Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota; Netflix
Nominations
‘Being the Ricardos’
Written by Aaron Sorkin; Amazon Studios
‘The French Dispatch of the Liberty Kansas Evening Sun’
Screenplay by Wes Anderson, Story by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman; Searchlight Pictures
‘King Richard’
Written by Zach Baylin; Warner Bros. Pictures
‘Licorice Pizza’
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; United Artists
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: ‘CODA’
Screenplay by Siân Heder, Based on the Original Motion Picture La Famille Belier Directed by Eric Lartigau, Written by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carree de Malberg, Eric Lartigau, and Thomas Bidegain; Apple
Nominations
‘Dune’
Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth, Based on the novel Dune Written by Frank Herbert; Warner Bros. Pictures
‘Nightmare Alley’
Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan, Based on the Novel by William Lindsay Gresham; Searchlight Pictures
‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’
Screenplay by Steven Levenson, Based on the play by Jonathan Larson; Netflix
‘West Side Story’
Screenplay by Tony Kushner, Based on the Stage Play, Book by Arthur Laurents, Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Play Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins; 20th Century Studios
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
WINNER: ‘Exposing Muybridge’
Written by Marc Shaffer; Inside Out Media
Nominations
‘Being Cousteau’
Written by Mark Monroe & Pax Wasserman; National Geographic
‘Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres’
Written by Suzanne Joe Kai; StudioLA.TV
DRAMA SERIES
Winner: 'Succession', written by Jesse Armstrong, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Francesca Gardiner, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO/HBO Max
The Handmaid’s Tale, written by Yahlin Chang, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Jacey Heldrich, John Herrera, Bruce Miller, Aly Monroe, Kira Snyder, Eric Tuchman; Hulu
'Loki', written by Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney+
'The Morning Show', written by Jeff Augustin, Brian Chamberlayne, Kerry Ehrin, Kristen Layden, Erica Lipez, Justin Matthews, Adam Milch, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Torrey Speer, Scott Troy, Ali Vingiano; Apple TV+
'Yellowjackets', written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime
COMEDY SERIES
Winner: 'Hacks', written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max
Nominations
'Curb Your Enthusiasm', written by Larry David, Steve Leff, Carol Leifer, Jeff Schaffer, Nathaniel Stein; HBO/HBO Max
'Only Murders in the Building', written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu
'Ted Lasso', written by Jane Becker, Ashley Nicole Black, Leann Bowen, Sasha Garron, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Michael Orton-Toliver, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+
'What We Do in the Shadows', written by Jake Bender, Jemaine Clement, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Stefani Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Lauren Wells; FX Networks
NEW SERIES
Winner: Hacks, written by Lucia Aniello, Joanna Calo, Jessica Chaffin, Paul W. Downs, Cole Escola, Janis E. Hirsch, Ariel Karlin, Katherine Kearns, Andrew Law, Joe Mande, Pat Regan, Samantha Riley, Michael H. Schur, Jen Statsky; HBO/HBO Max
Nominations
'Loki', written by Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron; Disney+
'Only Murders in the Building', written by Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky; Hulu
'Reservation Dogs', written by Tazbah Rose Chavez, Sydney Freeland, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Tommy Pico, Taika Waititi, Bobby Wilson; FX Networks
'Yellowjackets', written by Cameron Brent Johnson, Katherine Kearns, Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson, Liz Phang, Ameni Rozsa, Sarah L. Thompson, Chantelle M. Wells; Showtime
ORIGINAL LONGFORM
Winner: Mare of Easttown, written by Brad Ingelsby; HBO/HBO Max (WINNER)
Nominations
'American Horror Story: Double Feature', written by Manny Coto, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy, Kristen Reidel, Reilly Smith; FX Networks
'Midnight Mass', written by James Flanagan, Mike Flanagan, Elan Gale, Jeff Howard, Dani Parker; Netflix
'Them: Covenant', written by Christina Ham, Little Marvin, David Matthews, Dominic Orlando, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Francine Volpe; Prime Video
'The White Lotus', written by Mike White; HBO/HBO Max
ADAPTED LONG-FORM
Winner: 'Maid', written by Rebecca Brunstetter, Marcus Gardley, Michelle Denise Jackson, Colin McKenna, Molly Smith Metzler; inspired by the book by Stephanie Land; Netflix
Nominations
'Halston', written by Ian Brennan, Ted Malawer, Ryan Murphy, Tim Pinckney, Sharr White, Kristina Woo; based on the book Simply Halston by Steven Gaines; Netflix
'Impeachment: American Crime Story', written by Flora Birnbaum, Sarah Burgess, Halley Feiffer, Daniel Pearle; based on the book A Vast Conspiracy by Jeffrey Toobin; FX Networks
'The Underground Railroad', written by Jihan Crowther, Allison Davis, Jacqueline Hoyt, Barry Jenkins, Nathan C. Parker, Adrienne Rush; based on the novel by Colson Whitehead; Prime Video
'WandaVision', written by Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Chuck Hayward, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer, Cameron Squires; based on the Marvel Comics; Disney+
EPISODIC DRAMA
Winner: “Retired Janitors of Idaho” ('Succession'), written by Tony Roche & Susan Soon He Stanton; HBO/HBO Max
Nominations
“1883” ('1883'), written by Taylor Sheridan; Paramount+
“Birth Mother” ('This Is Us'), written by Eboni Freeman & Kay Oyegun; NBC
“La Amara Vita” ('The Morning Show'), written by Kerry Ehrin & Scott Troy; Apple TV+
“The New Normal” ('New Amsterdam'), written by David Schulner; NBC
“Testimony” ('The Handmaid’s Tale'), written by Kira Snyder; Hulu
EPISODIC COMEDY
Winner: “Alone at Last” ('The Great'), written by Tony McNamara; Hulu
Nominations
“All Sales Final” ('Superstore'), teleplay by Jonathan Green & Gabe Miller, story by Justin Spitzer; NBC
“Enlightened Dave” ('Dave'), written by Luvh Rakhe & Lee Sung-Jin; FX Networks
“Episode One: True Crime” ('Only Murders in the Building'), written by Steve Martin & John Hoffman; Hulu
“F*ckin’ Rez Dogs” (Pilot) ('Reservation Dogs'), written by Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi; FX Networks
“Pilot” ('The Wonder Years'), written by Saladin K. Patterson; ABC