The Writers Guild of America, West and Writers Guild of America, East, have announced the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards. The awards honor outstanding achievement in writing original screenplays, adapted screenplays and documentary screenplays.
The winners will be announced on Saturday, February 20th, at simultaneous ceremonies to be held in Los Angeles and New York.
The nominees are as follows:
Original Screenplay
(500) Days of Summer, by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Avatar, by James Cameron
The Hangover, by Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
The Hurt Locker, by Mark Boal
A Serious Man, by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Adapted Screenplay
Crazy Heart, by Scott Cooper
Julie & Julia, by Nora Ephron
Precious: Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, by Geoffrey Fletcher
Star Trek, by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Up in the Air, by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Documentary Screenplay
Against the Tide, by Richard Trank
Capitalism: A Love Story, by Michael Moore
The Cove, by Mark Monroe
Earth Days, by Robert Stone
Good Hair, by Chris Rock & Jeff Stilson and Lance Crouther and Chuck Sklar
Soundtrack for a Revolution, by Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman
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