| Number: | 54 |
| Award: | WGA Awards |
| Date: | March 2, 2002 |
| Organizer: | Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
| Last: | 53rd |
| Next: | 55th |
The 54th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best writing in film, television and radio of 2001. Nominees for television and radio were announced on January 16, 2002, while nominees for film were announced on February 7, 2002.[1] Winners were announced on March 2, 2002 in joint ceremonies at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California and at The Pierre Hotel in New York City, New York. The ceremonies were hosted by Jeffrey Ross (Beverly Hilton) and Mort Sahl (The Pierre).[2]
| Best Original Screenplay | ||
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Gosford Park (USA Films) – Julian Fellowes
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| Best Adapted Screenplay | ||
A Beautiful Mind (Universal Pictures) – Akiva Goldsman; Based on the book by Sylvia Nasar
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| Episodic Drama | ||
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"Pine Barrens" – The Sopranos (HBO) – Teleplay by Terence Winter; Story by Tim Van Patten & Terence Winter
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| Episodic Comedy | ||
"Italy" – Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) – Philip Rosenthal
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| Long Form – Original | ||
Conspiracy (HBO) – Loring Mandel
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| Long Form – Adapted | ||
(ABC) – Teleplay by Kirk Ellis; Based on the book by Melissa Müller
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| Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | ||
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (NBC) – Mike Sweeney, Chris Albers, Ellie Barancik, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Jon Glaser, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Andrew Secunda, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, and Andrew Weinberg
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| Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials | ||
The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) – Don Baer and George Stevens Jr.; Film sequences written by Sara Lukinson and Harry Miles Muheim
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| Daytime Serials | ||
All My Children (ABC) – Agnes Nixon, Jean Passanante, Craig Carlson, Frederick Johnson, N. Gail Lawrence, Victor Miller, Juliet Law Packer, Addie Walsh, Mimi Leahey, Bettina F. Bradbury, Charlotte Gibson, David Hiltbrand, Janet Iacobuzio, Royal Miller, John PiRoman, Rebecca Taylor, and Neal Bell
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| Children's Script | ||
My Louisiana Sky (Showtime) – Teleplay by Anna Sandor; Based on the book by Kimberly Willis Holt
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| Documentary Script – Current Events | ||
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"Drug Wars, Part 2" – Frontline (PBS) – Lowell Bergman & Kenneth Levis and Doug Hamilton & Oriana Zill
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| Documentary Script – Other than Current Events | ||
| Tie between the following two programs: "" – American Experience (PBS) – Barak Goodman "Hitler's Lost Sub" – Nova (PBS) – Rushmore DeNooyer
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| TV News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report | ||
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| "Wedding Disaster" (CBS) – Jonathan Kaplan | ||
| TV News Script – Analysis, Feature, or Commentary | ||
"The Cruelty Connection" (CBS) – Jonathan Kaplan
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| Radio Documentary | ||
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| "Eye on Death Row" – Weekend Roundup (CBS Radio Network) – Wendy Zentz | ||
| Radio News Script – Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin, or Breaking Report | ||
| "The Recount" (CBS Radio Network) – Paul Farry | ||
| Radio News Script – Analysis, Feature or Commentary | ||
"Preserving American Sound" – Perspective (ABC News Radio) – Scott L. Anderson
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| Animation Writers Caucus Animation Award | ||
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| Alan Burnett | ||
| Edmund H. North Award | ||
| Christopher Knopf | ||
| Evelyn F. Burkey Award | ||
| Colin Callender | ||
| Ian McLellan Hunter Award | ||
| Donald E. Westlake | ||
| Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement | ||
| Blake Edwards | ||
| Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement | ||
| Glen and Les Charles | ||
| Morgan Cox Award | ||
| D.C. Fontana | ||
| Paul Selvin Award | ||
| (HBO) – Timothy J. Sexton | ||
| Valentine Davies Award | ||
| David Angell | ||