Awards & Winners

WGA Award for Best Documentary - Current Events - Television

Writers Guild of America Award

Check all the winners of WGA Award for Best Documentary - Current Events - Television presented under Writers Guild of America Award since 1997 .


Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith

Honored for : Egypt In Crisis
(From the TV Series: Frontline)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Cliffhanger
From the TV Program: Frontline
Mike Wiser Cliffhanger
From the TV Program: Frontline
Marcela Gaviria Egypt In Crisis
From the TV Program: Frontline
Martin Smith Egypt In Crisis
From the TV Program: Frontline

Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith

Honored for : Money, Power and Wall Street, Part 1
(From the TV Series: Frontline)

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Frontline
For episode \"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Three\"
Mike Wiser Frontline
For episode \"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Three\"
Marcela Gaviria Frontline
For episode \"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Four\"
Martin Smith Frontline
For episode \"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Four\"
Tom Jennings Frontline
For episode \"A Perfect Terrorist\"
Marcela Gaviria Frontline
For episode \"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One\"
Martin Smith Frontline
For episode \"Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One\"
Rick Young Frontline
For episode \"Lost in Detention\"
Michael Kirk Frontline
For episode \"The Anthrax Files\"

Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser

Honored for : Frontline
(Top Secret America)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Frontline
Top Secret America
Mike Wiser Frontline
Top Secret America
Julia Cort Nova
Smartest Machine on Earth
Michael Bicks Nova
Smartest Machine on Earth
Marcela Gaviria Frontline
The Spill
Martin Smith Frontline
The Spill

Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith

Honored for : The Madoff Affair
(From the TV Series Frontline)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marcela Gaviria The Madoff Affair
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Martin Smith The Madoff Affair
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Oriana Zill de Granados Black Money
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Lowell Bergman Black Money
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Ofra Bikel The Hugo Chavez Show
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Michael Kirk Inside the Meltdown
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Hedrick Smith Poisoned Waters
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Rick Young Poisoned Waters
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"
Martin Smith Heat
From the TV Series \"Frontline\"

Michael Kirk

Honored for : Frontline
(For episode Bush's War: Part One)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Frontline
For episode \"Bush's War: Part One\"
Marcela Gaviria Frontline
For episode \"The Medicated Child\"
Arun Rath Frontline
For episode \"Rules of Engagement\"
Joseph McMaster Nova
For episode \"Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial\"
Larkin McPhee Depression: Out of the Shadows

Martin Smith

Honored for : Frontline
(For episode: Return of the Taliban)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Martin Smith Frontline
For episode: \"Return of the Taliban\"
Edward Gray America at a Crossroads
For episode: \"Security Versus Liberty: The Other War\"
Stephen Talbot What's Happening to the News
Lowell Bergman What's Happening to the News

Michael Kirk

Honored for : Frontline
(For episode The Dark Side (#24.8).)

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Frontline
For episode \"The Dark Side (#24.8)\".
Hedrick Smith Frontline
For episode \"Can You Afford to Retire? (#24.6)\"
Rick Young Frontline
For episode \"Can You Afford to Retire? (#24.6)\"
William Cran Frontline
For episode \"The Age of AIDS (#24.7)\" Part 1.
Renata Simone Frontline
For episode \"The Age of AIDS (#24.7)\" Part 1.
Carl Byker Frontline
For episode \"The Meth Epidemic (#24.3)\".
Martin Smith Frontline
For episode \"The Storm\"

Edward Gray

Honored for : Someone's Watching
(From the TV Series Risk Factor.)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Gray Someone's Watching
From the TV Series Risk Factor.
Michael Kirk The Torture Question
From the TV Series Frontline.
Raney Aronson-Rath Frontline
For the feature \"The Soldier's Heart\".
Hedrick Smith Frontline
For the feature \"Is Wal-Mart Good for America?\".
Rick Young Frontline
For the feature \"Is Wal-Mart Good for America?\".
Martin Smith Frontline
For episode: \"Private Warriors\"

Michael Kirk

Honored for : The Torture Question
(From the TV Series Frontline.)

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Edward Gray Someone's Watching
From the TV Series Risk Factor.
Michael Kirk The Torture Question
From the TV Series Frontline.
Raney Aronson-Rath Frontline
For the feature \"The Soldier's Heart\".
Hedrick Smith Frontline
For the feature \"Is Wal-Mart Good for America?\".
Rick Young Frontline
For the feature \"Is Wal-Mart Good for America?\".
Martin Smith Frontline
For episode: \"Private Warriors\"

Michael Kirk

Honored for : Frontline
(For the Feature From China With Love.)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Frontline
For the Feature \"From China With Love\".
Paul Stekler Last Man Standing: Politics - Texas Style: POV
Screened within \"P.O.V.\".

Greg Kandra, Tom Forman

Honored for : 9/11

Michael Kirk

Honored for : Frontline
(For feature The Man Who Knew.)

Barak Goodman, Marc Shaffer

Honored for : Frontline
(For the Feature Rollover: The Hidden History Of The Suv)

Rocky Collins

Honored for : Nova
(For the feature Bioterror.)

Lowell Bergman, Kenneth Levis, Doug Hamilton, Oriana Zill de Granados

Honored for : Frontline
(For episode Drug Wars: Part Two (#18.13).)

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lowell Bergman Frontline
For episode \"Drug Wars: Part Two (#18.13)\".
Kenneth Levis Frontline
For episode \"Drug Wars: Part Two (#18.13)\".
Doug Hamilton Frontline
For episode \"Drug Wars: Part Two (#18.13)\".
Oriana Zill de Granados Frontline
For episode \"Drug Wars: Part Two (#18.13)\".
Martin Smith Frontline
For episode \"Drug Wars: Part One (#18.12)\".
Brooke Runnette Frontline
For episode \"Drug Wars: Part One (#18.12)\".
Oriana Zill de Granados Frontline
For episode \"Drug Wars: Part One (#18.12)\".

Helen Whitney, Jane Barnes

Honored for : Frontline
(For the feature John Paul II: The Millennial Pope.)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Helen Whitney Frontline
For the feature \"John Paul II: The Millennial Pope\".
Jane Barnes Frontline
For the feature \"John Paul II: The Millennial Pope\".
Michael Moore The Awful Truth
For the feature \"Holiday Inn Attempts To deport Its Mexican Housekeepers For Organizing A Union\".
Nick McKinney The Awful Truth
For the feature \"Holiday Inn Attempts To deport Its Mexican Housekeepers For Organizing A Union\".
Michael Kirk Frontline
For episode \"The Killer at Thurston High (#18.2)\". (Screened within Frontline).
Peter J. Boyer Frontline
For episode \"The Killer at Thurston High (#18.2)\". (Screened within Frontline).
Stephen Talbot Frontline
For episode \"Justice for Sale (#17.17)\".
Sheila Kaplan Frontline
For episode \"Justice for Sale (#17.17)\".

Michael Kirk, Peter J. Boyer

Honored for : Frontline
(For the segment Give War A Chance.)

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Frontline
For the segment \"Give War A Chance\".
Peter J. Boyer Frontline
For the segment \"Give War A Chance\".
Tom Brokaw Dateline NBC
For the segment \"The Greatest Generation\".
Craig Leake Dateline NBC
For the segment \"The Greatest Generation\".
Andrea Malin Dateline NBC
For the segment \"The Greatest Generation\".
Annie Cohen The Awful Truth
For the segment \"HMO Funeral\".
Francis Gasparini The Awful Truth
For the segment \"HMO Funeral\".
Henriette Mantel The Awful Truth
For the segment \"HMO Funeral\".
Jay Martel The Awful Truth
For the segment \"HMO Funeral\".
Nick McKinney The Awful Truth
For the segment \"HMO Funeral\".
Michael Moore The Awful Truth
For the segment \"HMO Funeral\".
Elizabeth Arledge Nova
For the segment \"Surviving Aids\".
Martin Smith Frontline
Lowell Bergman Frontline

Michael Kirk, Peter J. Boyer

Honored for : Frontline
(For episode Once Upon a Time in Arkansas (#15.14). (Screened within Frontline).)

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Michael Kirk Frontline
For episode \"Once Upon a Time in Arkansas (#15.14)\". (Screened within Frontline).
Peter J. Boyer Frontline
For episode \"Once Upon a Time in Arkansas (#15.14)\". (Screened within Frontline).
Elena Mannes Frontline
For episode \"Busted: America's War on Marijuana (#16.7)\".
Lori A. Bores Primetime
For episode \"The McCaughey Seven: A Homecoming\".

Craig Leake

Honored for : Dateline NBC
(For feature Why Can't We Live Together?.)

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Craig Leake Dateline NBC
For feature \"Why Can't We Live Together?\".
Helen Whitney Frontline
For episode \"The Choice '96 (#14.13)\".
Jane Barnes Frontline
For episode \"The Choice '96 (#14.13)\".

Marshall Frady, Mark Zwonitzer

Honored for : Frontline
(For episode The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson.)

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marshall Frady Frontline
For episode \"The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson\".
Mark Zwonitzer Frontline
For episode \"The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson\".
Nancy Linde Nova
For episode \"Bombing of America\".
Lori A. Bores Primetime
For episode \"Judgement at Midnight\".
Mark Zwonitzer Primetime
For episode \"Judgement at Midnight\".