ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Zero Dark Thirty, Written by Mark Boal; Columbia Pictures
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman; Warner Bros. Pictures
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Searching for Sugar Man, Written by Malik Bendjelloul; Sony Pictures Classics
TELEVISION WINNERS
DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC
COMEDY SERIES
Louie, Written by Pamela Adlon, Vernon Chatman, Louis C.K.; FX
NEW SERIES
Girls, Written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, Lena Dunham, Sarah Heyward, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Jenni Konner, Deborah Schoeneman, Dan Sterling; HBO
EPISODIC DRAMA
“The Other Woman” (Mad Men), Written by Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner; AMC
EPISODIC COMEDY
“Virgin Territory” (Modern Family), Written by Elaine Ko; ABC
LONG FORM – ORIGINAL
Hatfields & McCoys, Nights Two and Three, Teleplay by Ted Mann and Ronald Parker, Story by Bill Kerby and Ted Mann; History Channel
LONG FORM – ADAPTED
Game Change, Written by Danny Strong, Based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann; HBO
ANIMATION
“Ned ’N’ Edna’s Blend Agenda” (The Simpsons), Written by Jeff Westbrook; Fox
COMEDY / VARIETY (INCLUDING TALK) – SERIES
Portlandia, Writers: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Karey Dornetto, Jonathan Krisel, Bill Oakley; IFC
COMEDY / VARIETY – MUSIC, AWARDS, TRIBUTES – SPECIALS
66th Annual Tony Awards, Written by Dave Boone; Special Material by Paul Greenberg; Opening and Closing Songs by David Javerbaum, Adam Schlesinger; CBS
DAYTIME DRAMA
The Young and the Restless, Written by Amanda Beall, Jeff Beldner, Susan Dansby, Janice Ferri Esser, Jay Gibson, Scott Hamner, Marla Kanelos, Natalie Minardi Slater, Beth Milstein, Michael Montgomery, Anne Schoettle, Linda Schreiber, Sarah K. Smith, Christopher J. Whitesell, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS
CHILDREN’S – EPISODIC & SPECIALS
“The Good Sport” (Sesame Street); Written by Christine Ferraro; PBS
CHILDREN’S – LONG FORM OR SPECIAL
Girl vs. Monster, Teleplay by Annie DeYoung and Ron McGee, Story by Annie DeYoung; Disney Channel
DOCUMENTARY – CURRENT EVENTS
“Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One” (Frontline), Written by Martin Smith and Marcela Gaviria; PBS
DOCUMENTARY – OTHER THAN CURRENT EVENTS
“The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time” (Nova), Telescript by Randall MacLowry, Story by Joseph McMaster and Randall MacLowry; PBS
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“Tragedy In Colorado: The Movie Theatre Massacre,” Written by Lisa Ferri, Joel Siegel; ABC News
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“The Ghost of Joe McCarthy” (Moyers & Company), Written by Bill Moyers, Michael Winship; Thirteen/ WNET
RADIO WINNERS
NEWS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED OR BREAKING REPORT
“World News This Year 2011,” Written by Darren Reynolds; ABC News Radio
NEWS – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Dishin Digital,” Written by Robert Hawley; WCBS-AM
PROMOTIONAL WRITING AND GRAPHIC ANIMATION WINNERS
ON-AIR PROMOTION (RADIO OR TELEVISION)
“Partners,” Written by Dan A. Greenberger; CBS
TELEVISION GRAPHIC ANIMATION
“The Oscars” (Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood), Animation by Bob Pook; CBS
VIDEOGAME WRITING WINNER
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN VIDEOGAME WRITING
Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, Scriptwriting by Richard Farrese, Jill Murray; Ubisoft
NEW MEDIA WRITING WINNERS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING ORIGINAL NEW MEDIA
“The Compromises, Episode 1,” “The Pest, Episode 3,” The Snake, Episode 4,” “The Bonding, Episode 6,” “The Future, Episode 7/Series Finale” (Jack in a Box), Written by Michael Cyril Creighton; jackinaboxsite.com
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DERIVATIVE NEW MEDIA
“Hide And Seek,” “Keys to the Kingdom,” “The Chosen Ones,” “Parting Shots” (The Walking Dead: Cold Storage), Written by John Esposito; amctv.com
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Geez, this troll really has some serious issues-far worse than I originally thought.
So this is just shocking Kushner overlooked for a screenplay that was tenfold at least more accomplished, smarter and far and away innovative to the shit that the supposed most undeserved inevitable Oscar winner in Argo which is to answer u earlier question sasha already determined Argo will b a also ran a fuked up wasted opportunity to embrace the best of the best that film is Lincoln not Argo. What a truckload of shithouse waste . Oscar season denegrates itself to. They should start calling themselves the mediocre arts and motion picture sciences. This year marks a all time lowest ebb for Oscar and the guilds. They are arrogant, selfish and ruthless. Stop at nothing to get their way at the expense of us the little pple who oncce were considered as to who should win best picture. Now Oscar cast us aside. U watch in yrs to come the only thing memorable bout this year is Oscarw elitism on the rise and it public support base in rapid decline. Everyone will tlk of Lincoln in yrs to come and that includes the discredited some not on this site who arrogantly press awards season agenda. There something rotten in Hollywood awards. And that is the rise and rise of mediocruty at the expense of the true deserving rightful best film of the year.
@Ryan Adams, you don’t have to be condescending. If you’re going to try to call me out on something (which could very well be my opinion) then at least read my post a bit more closely. I said, “With those 4 movies I’ve heard many criticisms about the endings.” So yes, some people have told me about how they feel the ending cheated them but that would be their opinion, maybe they don’t have the time to dwell on our choices the way some of us, or you, do (like you said before, are you expected to stubbornly stick with the way you feel about a movie?) I for one LOVED Life of Pi and I feel Ang Lee deserves the Oscar. The ending was a bit of a let down at first because I bought into the magic. Within a minute of leaving the theater I realized the audience was allowed to come up with their own ending and let the magic transform how they felt. Sorry, even if I wanted my “Calvin and Hobbes” it’s what I want and I don’t need a snide remark from someone trying to knock me a peg down. Luckily I love the ending the way it is. I never missed the point of the entire movie, maybe you just missed the point of my post.
I think the problem is that many video game writers aren’t part of the Writer’s Guild…or many members of the WGA aren’t necessarily avid gamers.
To me, two of the best written games of the past two years came from Japanese studios (Catherine and Deadly Premonition).
I mean why wasn’t Portal 2 or Bastion nominated? Unless the writers aren’t members of WGA.
Andre: I, too, did a bit of a double take when I saw Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation win the Video Game Writing award. I mean, in a year with both The Walking Dead, Spec Ops: The Line, and Dishonored, I’m really surprised the best nominees they could come up with were AC:3 Liberation, AC:3, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Epic Mickey 2 (???), 007 Legends (???), and Halo 4.
people talk about new. to my curiosity, what makes lincoln so different from any spielberg movie?
Well…. as long as Zero Dark Thirty won something it deserved, i don’t care about either Argo or Lincoln! So incredibly happy. I hope ZDT gets this at the Oscars too. I know it wont get editing or actress!!
Just out of curiosity, what’s your age Ryan Adams? Jason Travis?
Just feeling a generation gap here. (Hope you don’t mind me asking, I’m 32.)
then we’re near peers, Ben Fan. no generation gap.
I really don’t understand how Life of Pi’s ending felt like a cheat, other than…
*SPOILER WARNING*
If you felt the film made too strong of a case that none of it actually happened and was Pi’s way of coping with the horror of what actually happened rather than leaving it more ambiguous for the viewer.
However, I don’t think it was a cheat at all. I think it shows how one deals with the trauma and situation at hand. Pi could have let it defeat him and grow up to be extremely cynical and angry. Instead he embraces the mystery of life and how we all came to be. He lets his experience fuel his already existing curiosity for the metaphysical. Maybe some people don’t like the possible message that because of people’s preference to think of the world in a more “fantastical” way in order to make it easier to swallow the harshness of the reality, they turn to religion.
I personally thought if anything Life of Pi gave us a lot to think about on why we choose to view the world the way we do.