Writers Guild of America Awards

1983 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerVictor VictoriaBlake EdwardsA struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.Amazon1983 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesFast Times at Ridgemont HighCameron CroweAmazon

1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerRich and FamousGerald AyresLiz and Merry Noel become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected "serious" novelist. Merry Noel marries, has a daughter and writes...Amazon1982 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesFirst Monday in OctoberJerome LawrenceAmazonFor Your Eyes OnlyRichard MaibaumAmazon

1981 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerAirplane!Jim AbrahamsA man afraid to fly must ensure that a plane lands safely after the pilots become sick.Amazon1981 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesHopscotchBrian GarfieldAmazonStar Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes BackLeigh BrackettAmazon

1980 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerBeing ThereJerzy KosinskiA simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful businessman and an insider in Washington politics.Amazon1980 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesA Little RomanceAllan BurnsAmazonStarting OverJames L. BrooksAmazon

1979 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerHeaven Can WaitElaine MayA Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.Amazon1979 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesCalifornia SuiteNeil SimonAmazonSame Time, Next YearBernard SladeAmazonSupermanMario PuzoAmazonWho Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Peter StoneAmazon

1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerOh, God!Larry GelbartWhen God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.Amazon1978 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesSemi-ToughWalter BernsteinAmazonThe Spy Who Loved MeChristopher WoodAmazon

1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerThe Pink Panther Strikes AgainFrank WaldmanCharles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.Amazon1977 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesFamily PlotErnest LehmanAmazonStay HungryCharles GainesAmazonThe Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor KingsHal BarwoodAmazonThe RitzTerrence McNallyAmazon

1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerThe Sunshine BoysNeil SimonA vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.Amazon1976 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesHester StreetJoan Micklin SilverAmazonThe Prisoner of Second AvenueNeil SimonAmazon

1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerThe Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzMordecai RichlerThe younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well ...Amazon1975 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium NomineesThe Front PageBilly WilderAmazonYoung FrankensteinGene WilderAmazon

1974 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium WinnerPaper MoonAlvin SargentDuring the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.Amazon1974 Writers Guild of America Awards - Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium Nominees40 CaratsLeonard GersheAmazonGodspellDavid GreeneAmazon