35th Writers Guild of America Awards explained

Number:	35
Award:	WGA Awards
Date:	1983
Organizer:	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
Last:	34th
Next:	36th

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.

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	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
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	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

*"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	*"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
Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Claire Labine, Mary Munisteri, Eugene Price and Rory Metcalf The Edge of Night (ABC) – Henry Slesar	Of Mice and Men (NBC) – E. Nick Alexander
(NBC) – Oliver Hailer and Marilyn Canton Baker	Skokie (CBS) – Ernest Kinoy
I Love Liberty (ABC) – Rita Mae Brown, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Rick Mitz, Richard Alfieri and Norman Lear	*"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

Web site: Awards Winners. wga.org. Writers Guild of America. https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551. 2012-12-05. 2010-06-06. live.
Web site: Writers Guild of America, USA (1983). IMDb. 2019-07-04.

External links

WGA.org