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Award ceremony for writing of 2009
The 62nd
Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best
film ,
television , and
videogame writers of 2009. Winners were announced on February 20, 2010.
[1]
Names in bold denote the winners.
[2]
Best Documentary Feature Screenplay
Title
Writers
Network
Breaking Bad
Sam Catlin ,
Vince Gilligan ,
Peter Gould ,
George Mastras ,
J. Roberts ,
John Shiban , and
Moira Walley-Beckett
AMC
Dexter
Scott Buck ,
Charles H. Eglee ,
Lauren Gussis ,
Clyde Phillips ,
Scott Reynolds ,
Melissa Rosenberg ,
Timothy Schlattman , and
Wendy West
Showtime
Friday Night Lights
Bridget Carpenter ,
Kerry Ehrin ,
Ron Fitzgerald ,
Brent Fletcher ,
Etan Frankel ,
Jason Gavin ,
Elizabeth Heldens ,
David Hudgins ,
Rolin Jones ,
Jason Katims ,
Patrick Massett ,
Derek Santos Olson , and
John Zinman
NBC
Lost
Carlton Cuse ,
Adam Horowitz ,
Melinda Hsu Taylor ,
Edward Kitsis ,
Damon Lindelof ,
Greggory Nations ,
Kyle Pennington ,
Elizabeth Sarnoff ,
Brian K. Vaughan , and
Paul Zbyszewski
ABC
Mad Men
Lisa Albert ,
Andrew Colville ,
Kater Gordon ,
Cathryn Humphris ,
Andre Jacquemetton ,
Maria Jacquemetton ,
Brett Johnson ,
Erin Levy ,
Marti Noxon ,
Frank Pierson ,
Robin Veith ,
Dahvi Waller , and
Matthew Weiner
AMC
Title
Writers
Network
30 Rock
Jack Burditt ,
Kay Cannon ,
Robert Carlock ,
Tom Ceraulo ,
Vali Chandrasekaran ,
Tina Fey ,
Donald Glover ,
Steve Hely ,
Matt Hubbard ,
Dylan Morgan ,
Paula Pell , Jon Pollack,
John Riggi ,
Tami Sagher ,
Josh Siegal ,
Ron Weiner , and
Tracey Wigfield
NBC
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Larry David
HBO
Glee
Ian Brennan ,
Brad Falchuk , and
Ryan Murphy
Fox
Modern Family
Paul Corrigan ,
Sameer Gardezi ,
Joe Lawson ,
Steven Levitan ,
Christopher Lloyd ,
Dan O'Shannon ,
Brad Walsh ,
Caroline Williams ,
Bill Wrubel , and
Danny Zuker
ABC
The Office
Jennifer Celotta ,
Danny Chun ,
Greg Daniels ,
Lee Eisenberg ,
Anthony Q. Farrell ,
Brent Forrester ,
Dan Goor ,
Charlie Grandy ,
Mindy Kaling ,
Ryan Koh ,
Lester Lewis ,
Paul Lieberstein ,
Warren Lieberstein ,
B. J. Novak ,
Michael Schur ,
Aaron Shure ,
Justin Spitzer ,
Gene Stupnitsky , and
Halsted Sullivan
NBC
Title
Writers
Network
Glee
Ian Brennan ,
Brad Falchuk , and
Ryan Murphy
Fox
The Good Wife
Angela Amato Velez ,
Corinne Brinkerhoff ,
Ted Humphrey ,
Dee Johnson ,
Todd E. Kessler ,
Michelle King , and
Robert King
CBS
Hung
Colette Burson ,
Ellie Herman ,
Emily Kapnek ,
Brett C. Leonard ,
Dmitry Lipkin , and
Angela Robinson
HBO
Modern Family
Paul Corrigan ,
Sameer Gardezi ,
Joe Lawson ,
Steven Levitan ,
Christopher Lloyd ,
Dan O'Shannon ,
Brad Walsh ,
Caroline Williams ,
Bill Wrubel , and
Danny Zuker
ABC
Nurse Jackie
Taii K. Austin ,
Liz Brixius ,
Rick Cleveland ,
Evan Dunsky ,
Nancy Fichman ,
Liz Flahive ,
Jennifer Hoppe ,
Mark Hudis ,
John Hilary Shepherd ,
Linda Wallem , and
Christine Zander
Showtime
Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series
Title
Writers
Network
The Colbert Report
Head Writers
Barry Julien ,
Thomas Purcell , Writers
Michael Brumm ,
Stephen Colbert ,
Richard Dahm ,
Rob Dubbin ,
Glenn Eichler ,
Peter Grosz ,
Peter Gwinn ,
Jay Katsir ,
Frank Lesser ,
Opus Moreschi ,
Meredith Scardino ,
Allison Silverman , and
Max Werner
Comedy Central
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Head Writer
Steve Bodow , Writers
Rory Albanese ,
Rachel Axler ,
Kevin Bleyer ,
Rich Blomquist ,
Tim Carvell ,
Wyatt Cenac ,
Hallie Haglund ,
J.R. Havlan ,
DJ Javerbaum ,
J. R. Havlan ,
David Javerbaum ,
Elliott Kalan , Josh Lieb,
Sam Means ,
Jo Miller ,
John Oliver ,
Daniel Radosh ,
Jason Ross , and
Jon Stewart
Real Time with Bill Maher
Head writer:
Billy Martin , Writers:
Scott Carter ,
Adam Felber ,
Matt Gunn ,
Brian Jacobsmeyer ,
Jay Jaroch ,
Chris Kelly ,
Bill Maher ,
Jonathan Schmock , and
Danny Vermont
HBO
Saturday Night Live
Head Writer:
Seth Meyers , Writers:
Doug Abeles ,
James Anderson ,
Alex Baze ,
Jessica Conrad ,
James Downey ,
Steve Higgins ,
Colin Jost ,
Erik Kenward ,
Rob Klein ,
John Lutz ,
Lorne Michaels ,
John Mulaney ,
Paula Pell ,
Simon Rich ,
Marika Sawyer ,
Akiva Schaffer ,
John Solomon ,
Emily Spivey ,
Kent Sublette ,
Jorma Taccone , and
Bryan Tucker ; Additional Sketches by
Adam McKay and
Andrew Steele
NBC
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Head Writer:
Mike Sweeney , Writers
Chris Albers ,
Jose Arroyo ,
Josh Comers ,
Dan Cronin ,
Kevin Dorff ,
Andres du Bouchet ,
Michael Gordon ,
Berkley Johnson ,
Brian Kiley ,
Rob Kutner ,
Todd Levin ,
Brian McCann ,
Guy Nicolucci ,
Conan O'Brien , Matt O'Brien,
Andy Richter ,
Brian Stack , and
Andrew Weinberg
Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials
Title
Writers
Network
All My Children
Jeff Beldner ,
Joanna Cohen ,
Kate Hall ,
Chip Hayes ,
Michelle Patrick ,
Charles Pratt Jr. ,
Rebecca Taylor ,
Tracey Thomson , and
Addie Walsh
ABC
As the World Turns
Peter Brash ,
Lisa Connor ,
Susan Dansby ,
Cheryl L. Davis ,
Leah Laiman ,
David A. Levinson ,
Leslie Nipkow ,
Jean Passanante ,
Gordon Rayfield , and
Courtney Simon
CBS
One Life to Live
Shelly Altman ,
Ron Carlivati ,
Anna Theresa Cascio ,
Aida Croal ,
Carolyn Culliton ,
Janet Iacobuzio ,
Frederick Johnson ,
Sharon Lennon ,
Elizabeth Page ,
Melissa Salmons ,
Katherine Schock ,
Scott Sickles , and
Chris Van Etten
ABC
The Young and the Restless
Amanda L. Beall ,
Tom Casiello ,
Lisa Connor ,
Janice Ferri Esser ,
Eric Freiwald ,
Jay Gibson ,
Scott Hamner ,
Marla Kanelos ,
Beth Milstein ,
Natalie Minardi Slater ,
Melissa Salmons ,
Linda Schreiber ,
James Stanley ,
Sandra Weintraub , and
Teresa Zimmerman
CBS
Other than Current Events
Regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report
News – Regularly Scheduled or Breaking
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Promo Process – Written by
Michelle Straebler ;
WNBC
"Vegas" (Dateline), "The Wanted" Promo, NBC Nightly News Promo, "Iran" (Dateline), "Cheat" (Dateline) – Written by
Barry Fitzsimmons ;
NBC
Television Graphic Animation
Assassin's Creed II – Story by
Corey May , Script Writers Corey May,
Joshua Rubin ,
Jeffrey Yohalem ;
Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Written by
Jesse Stern ; Additional Writing
Steve Fukuda ; Story by
Todd Alderman , Steve Fukuda,
Mackey McCandlish ,
Zied Rieke , Jesse Stern, Jason West,
Battlechatter Dialogue , and
Sean Slayback ;
Activision
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Written by
Amy Hennig ;
Sony Computer Entertainment
Wet – Written by
Duppy Demetrius and
Bethesda Softworks
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Written by
Marc Guggenheim ; Activision
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