Awards & Winners

1981 Writers Guild of America Award

Check winners and nominations of 1981 Writers Guild of America Award. Check awards winners of Writers Guild of America Awards 1980. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

Writers Guild of America Awards 1980

Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Drama

Bo Goldman

Honored for : Melvin and Howard

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Nominee Nominated Work
Mike Gray The China Syndrome
T.S. Cook The China Syndrome
James Bridges The China Syndrome
John Milius Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola Apocalypse Now
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Comedy

Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller

Honored for : Private Benjamin

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Nominee Nominated Work
Charles Shyer Private Benjamin
Nancy Meyers Private Benjamin
Harvey Miller Private Benjamin
Colin Higgins 9 to 5
Patricia Resnick 9 to 5
John Sayles Return of the Secaucus 7
Woody Allen Stardust Memories
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Comedy

Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Honored for : Airplane!

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Nominee Nominated Work
Jim Abrahams Airplane!
Jerry Zucker Airplane!
David Zucker Airplane!
Leigh Brackett Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Lawrence Kasdan Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Brian Garfield Hopscotch
Bryan Forbes Hopscotch
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Drama

Alvin Sargent

Honored for : Ordinary People

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Nominee Nominated Work
Alvin Sargent Ordinary People
Christopher De Vore The Elephant Man
Eric Bergren The Elephant Man
David Lynch The Elephant Man
Lewis John Carlino The Great Santini
Lawrence B. Marcus The Stunt Man
Richard Rush The Stunt Man
Tom Rickman Coal Miner's Daughter