Awards & Winners

1972 Writers Guild of America Award

Check winners and nominations of 1972 Writers Guild of America Award. Check awards winners of Writers Guild of America Awards 1971. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Writers Guild of America Awards 1971

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama

Penelope Gilliatt

Honored for : Sunday Bloody Sunday

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Nominee Nominated Work
Penelope Gilliatt Sunday Bloody Sunday
David Seltzer The Hellstrom Chronicle
Andy Lewis Klute
Dave Lewis Klute
Herman Raucher Summer of '42
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy

Paddy Chayefsky

Honored for : The Hospital

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Nominee Nominated Work
Paddy Chayefsky The Hospital
Woody Allen Bananas
Mickey Rose Bananas
Jules Feiffer Carnal Knowledge
Renée Taylor Made for Each Other
Joseph Bologna Made for Each Other
Miloš Forman Taking Off
Jean-Claude Carrière Taking Off
John Guare Taking Off
Jon Klein Taking Off
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy

John Paxton

Honored for : Kotch

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Nominee Nominated Work
John Paxton Kotch
Ken Russell The Boy Friend
Joseph Stein Fiddler on the Roof
Jules Feiffer Little Murders
Elaine May A New Leaf
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama

Ernest Tidyman

Honored for : The French Connection

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Nominee Nominated Work
Ernest Tidyman The French Connection
Stanley Kubrick A Clockwork Orange
Dalton Trumbo Johnny Got His Gun
Larry McMurtry The Last Picture Show
Peter Bogdanovich The Last Picture Show
Robert Altman McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Brian McKay McCabe & Mrs. Miller