2011 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Nominations Announced

The Writers Guild of America (WGA), West (WGAW) and East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2010. 

The WGA said that many acclaimed films were not eligible. They include: Another Year, Biutiful, Blue Valentine, The Ghost Writer, The King’s Speech, Made in Dagenham, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Toy Story 3 and Winter’s Bone. Of course, last year great screenplays like Inglourious Basterds and An Education didn’t make the cut, and those went on to get Oscar nominations later in the same month.

Winners will be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 5, 2011, simultaneously at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the AXA Equitable Center in New York City.

Both the “Original Screenplay” and “Adapted Screenplay” categories have matched the Academy Awards 11 out of the last 16 years.

A complete list of all of this year’s nominees is as follows:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Black Swan
  Screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin,
  Story by Andres Heinz
  Fox Searchlight

• The Fighter
  Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
  Story by Keith Dorrington and Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson
  Paramount Pictures

• Inception
  Written by Christopher Nolan
  Warner Bros.

• The Kids Are All Right
  Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
  Focus Features

• Please Give
  Written by Nicole Holofcener
  Sony Pictures Classics

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 127 Hours
  Screenplay by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
  Based on the book “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” by Aron Ralston
  Fox Searchlight

• I Love You Phillip Morris
  Written by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra
  Based on the book by Steven McVicker
  Roadside Attractions

• The Social Network
  Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
  Based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich
  Sony Pictures

• The Town
  Screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck and Aaron Stockard
  Based on the novel “Prince of Thieves” by Chuck Hogan
  Warner Bros.

• True Grit
  Screenplay by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  Based on the novel by Charles Portis
  Paramount Pictures

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

• Enemies of the People
  Written, Directed, Filmed and Produced by Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath
  International Film Circuit

• Freedom Riders
  Written, Produced and Directed by Stanley Nelson
  International Film Circuit

• Gasland
  Written and Directed by Josh Fox
  HBO Documentary Films and International WOW Company

• Inside Job
  Produced, Written and Directed by Charles Ferguson
  Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt

• The Two Escobars
  Written by Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist
  ESPN Films

• Who Is Harry Nilsson?
  Written and Directed by John Scheinfeld
  Lorber Films

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