Awards & Winners

WGA Award for Best Documentary - Other Than Current Events - Television

Writers Guild of America Award

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


Michael Kirk

Honored for : The Choice 2012
(From the TV Series: Frontline)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rob Rapley American Experience
Episode: \"The Abolitionists\"
Michael Kirk The Choice 2012
From the TV Program: Frontline
Dayton Duncan The Great Plow Up
From the TV Series: The Dust Bowl
Randall MacLowry Silicon Valley
From the TV Series: American Experience
Michelle Ferrari Silicon Valley
From the TV Series: American Experience

Michelle Ferrari, Randall MacLowry

Honored for : Silicon Valley
(From the TV Series: American Experience)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rob Rapley American Experience
Episode: \"The Abolitionists\"
Michael Kirk The Choice 2012
From the TV Program: Frontline
Dayton Duncan The Great Plow Up
From the TV Series: The Dust Bowl
Randall MacLowry Silicon Valley
From the TV Series: American Experience
Michelle Ferrari Silicon Valley
From the TV Series: American Experience

Randall MacLowry

Honored for : The Fabric of the Cosmos - The Illusion of Time
(From the TV Series: Nova)

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Peter Jones American Masters
For episode \"Johnny Carson: King of Late Night\"
Ric Burns American Experience
For episode \"Death and the Civil War\"
David Belton American Experience
For episode \"The Amish\"
Randall MacLowry Nova
For episode \"The Fabric of the Cosmos: Illusion of Time\"
Joseph McMaster Nova
For episode \"The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap\"
Julia Cort Nova
For episode \"The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap\"
Josh Rosen Nova
For episode \"The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap\"
Barak Goodman American Experience
For episode \"Clinton\"

Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith

Honored for : Frontline
(Wiki Secrets)

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marcela Gaviria Frontline
Wiki Secrets
Martin Smith Frontline
Wiki Secrets
Mark J. Davis American Experience
Dinosaur Bone War
David Belton God in America
A New Adam, a New Eden
Stanley Nelson Jr. American Experience
Freedom Riders
Austin Hoyt American Experience
The Great Famine
Daniel McCabe Nova
Making Stuff Smarter
Geoffrey Ward Prohibition
A Nation of Scofflaws
Mark Zwonitzer American Experience
Triangle Fire

Rob Rapley

Honored for : American Experience
(Wyatt Earp)

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rob Rapley American Experience
Wyatt Earp

David Grubin

Honored for : The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
(From the TV Series American Experience)

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Grubin The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
From the TV Series \"American Experience\"
Ric Burns We Shall Remain (Part 2): Tecumseh's Vision
From the TV Series \"American Experience\"
Barak Goodman The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
From the TV Series \"American Experience\"
Mark Zwonitzer We Shall Remain (Part 3): Trail of Tears
From the TV Series \"American Experience\"
Dayton Duncan The Last Refuge: 1890-1915
From the TV Series \" The National Parks: America's Best Idea\"
Andrea Kalin Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
Olive Emma Bucklin Soul of a People: Writing America's Story
David A. Taylor Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Gary Glassman

Honored for : Nova
(For the episode Secrets of the Parthenon)

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gary Glassman Nova
For the episode \"Secrets of the Parthenon\"
Michelle Ferrari American Experience
For episode \"Kit Carson\"
David Grubin The Jewish Americans
For episode \"The Best of Times, The Worst of Times (1924-1945)\"
Carl Byker Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency
Linda Garmon The Truth About Cancer

Robert Levi, Robert Seidman

Honored for : Independent Lens
(For episode Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life)

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Robert Levi Independent Lens
For episode \"Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life\"
Robert Seidman Independent Lens
For episode \"Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life\"

David Grubin

Honored for : Marie Antoinette

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Grubin Marie Antoinette
Arthur Gelb American Experience
For episode \"Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film (#18.9)\".
Barbara Gelb American Experience
For episode \"Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film (#18.9)\".
Ric Burns American Experience
For episode \"Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film (#18.9)\".
Elizabeth Deane American Experience
For episode \"John & Abigail Adams (#18.5)\".
Mark J. Davis American Experience
For episode \"The Alaska Pipeline (#18.11)\".
Barak Goodman American Experience
For episode \"The Boy in the Bubble (#18.10)\".

Geoffrey Ward

Honored for : Unforgivable Blackness

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Geoffrey Ward Unforgivable Blackness
Adriana Bosch American Experience
For episode \"Fidel Castro\".
Barak Goodman American Experience
For episode \"Kinsey\".
Mark Zwonitzer American Experience
For episode \"The Massie Affair\".
Tim Prokop Shot from the Sky

Barak Goodman

Honored for : American Experience
(For episode The Fight.)

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Barak Goodman American Experience
For episode \"The Fight\".
Mel Bucklin American Experience
For episode \"Emma Goldman\".
David Grubin American Experience
For episode \"RFK\".
Llewellyn M. Smith American Experience
For episode \"Reconstruction\", part I.
Elizabeth Deane American Experience
For episode \"Reconstruction\", part I.
Patricia Garcia Rios American Experience
For episode \"Reconstruction\", part I.
JoAnn Young Broadway The American Musical
For episode \"Oh, What a Beautiful Morning\" (episode 4).
Carl Charlson They made America
For episode \"Revolutionaries\".
Harold Evans They made America
For episode \"Revolutionaries\".

Marcia Smith

Honored for : American Experience
(For episode The Murder of Emmett Till (#15.6).)

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marcia Smith American Experience
For episode \"The Murder of Emmett Till (#15.6)\".
Michelle Ferrari American Experience
For episode \"Seabiscuit (2003)\".
Julia Cort The Elegant Universe
For episode \"Welcome To the 11th Dimension\". (Screened within Nova).
Joseph McMaster The Elegant Universe
For episode \"Welcome To the 11th Dimension\". (Screened within Nova).
Joseph McMaster The Elegant Universe
For episode \"The String's the Thing\". (Screened within Nova).
Michael Kirk Frontline
For episode \"Cyber War!\".
Thomas Lennon Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
For part II.
Mi Ling Tsui Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
For part II.
Bill D. Moyers Becoming American: The Chinese Experience
For part II.

Christine Lesiak

Honored for : American Experience
(For episode Monkey Trial.)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Christine Lesiak American Experience
For episode "Monkey Trial".
Kelly McPherson Founding Brothers
Melissa Peltier Founding Brothers
Allison MacEwan Founding Brothers
Tom Spain America's First River
For part one.
Peter Hankoff A Day in Their Lives: Empire State Building Ironworker

Rushmore DeNooyer

Honored for : Nova
(For episode Hitler's Lost Sub.)

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rushmore DeNooyer Nova
For episode \"Hitler's Lost Sub\".
Barak Goodman Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Martin Smith Frontline
For the feature \"Medicating Kids\".
Geoffrey Ward Jazz
For episode \"Dedicated To Chaos\".
Thomas Wagner American Masters
For episode \"Finding Lucy\".
Ken Emerson American Experience
For episode \"Stephen Foster (#13.12)\".
Randy MacLowry American Experience
For episode \"Stephen Foster (#13.12)\".

Barak Goodman

Honored for : Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rushmore DeNooyer Nova
For episode \"Hitler's Lost Sub\".
Barak Goodman Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
Martin Smith Frontline
For the feature \"Medicating Kids\".
Geoffrey Ward Jazz
For episode \"Dedicated To Chaos\".
Thomas Wagner American Masters
For episode \"Finding Lucy\".
Ken Emerson American Experience
For episode \"Stephen Foster (#13.12)\".
Randy MacLowry American Experience
For episode \"Stephen Foster (#13.12)\".

Steve Fayer, Daniel McCabe, Paul Stekler

Honored for : George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Steve Fayer George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
Daniel McCabe George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
Paul Stekler George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire
Jill Janows Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Screened within Culture Shock.)
Leslie Lee Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Screened within Culture Shock.)
William Cran Frontline
For the feature \"Apocalypse!\".
Ben Loeterman Frontline
For the feature \"Apocalypse!\".
Michael Epstein American Masters
For episode \"Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood\".
Bridget Terry Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood
Cari Beauchamp Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood

Stephen Stept

Honored for : American Experience
(For episode Hoover Dam.)

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Stephen Stept American Experience
For episode \"Hoover Dam\".
David Axelrod Nova
For episode \"Lost at Sea - The Search for Longitude\".
Bruce Alfred Margaret Sanger
Michelle Ferrari Margaret Sanger
Chana Gazit American Experience
For episode \"Meltdown at Three Mile Island\".
Tim Prokop War Dogs: America's Forgotten Heroes

David Grubin

Honored for : American Experience
(For episode Truman.)

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee Nominated Work
David Grubin American Experience
For episode \"Truman\".
Thomas N. Brown The Irish In America: Long Journey Home
For episode #1 \"Long Journey Home\".
Thomas Lennon The Irish In America: Long Journey Home
For episode #1 \"Long Journey Home\".
Chana Gazit American Experience
For episode \"Surviving the Dust Bowl\".
Adriana Bosch American Experience
For episode \"Reagan: Part I (#10.11)\".
Alice Markowitz In Search of Ourselves
Kelly McPherson Lusitania
For episode \"Murder on the Atlantic\".
Melissa Peltier Lusitania
For episode \"Murder on the Atlantic\".
Christopher Meindl Sea Tales
For episode \"The Doomed Voyage of the St. Louis\".
Melissa Peltier Sea Tales
For episode \"The Doomed Voyage of the St. Louis\".

Carol L. Fleisher, William Doyle

Honored for : Investigative Reports
(For the feature The Secret White House Tapes.)

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Carol L. Fleisher Investigative Reports
For the feature \"The Secret White House Tapes\".
William Doyle Investigative Reports
For the feature \"The Secret White House Tapes\".
Geoffrey Ward The West
For episode #8 \"One Sky Above Us\".
Dayton Duncan The West
For episode #8 \"One Sky Above Us\".
Susan Berman The Real Las Vegas
WGA title: \"Las Vegas: Gamble in the Desert\".
Jim Milio The Real Las Vegas
WGA title: \"Las Vegas: Gamble in the Desert\".
Melissa Peltier The Real Las Vegas
WGA title: \"Las Vegas: Gamble in the Desert\".
Paul S. Kaufman The Real Las Vegas
WGA title: \"Las Vegas: Gamble in the Desert\".
Elena Mannes American Experience
For the feature \"New York Underground\".
L. Franklin DeVine American Experience
For the feature \"New York Underground\".

Susan Kim

Honored for : Paving the Way

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Susan Kim Paving the Way
Ben Loeterman Frontline
For episode \"Angel on Death Row\".
Robert Lipsyte Idols of the Game
For episode \"Inventing the All-American\".