Writers Guild Award Nominations for 2012

The Writers Guild announced their annual award nominations on Friday, January 4. There were very few surprises.

Original Screenplay Nominees:

• Flight: John Gatins
• Looper: Rian Johnson
• The Master: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Moonrise Kingdom: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty: Mark Boal

Adapted Screenplay Nominees:

• Argo: Chris Terrio
• Life of Pi: David Magee
• Lincoln: Tony Kushner
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower: Stephen Chbosky
• Silver Linings Playbook: David O. Russell

 Documentary Screenplay Nominees:

• The Central Park Five: Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns
• The Invisible War: Kirby Dick
• Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God: Alex Gibney
• Searching for Sugar Man: Malik Bendjelloul
• We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists: Brian Knappenberger
• West of Memphis: Amy Berg, Billy McMillin

 Dramatic Series Nominees:

• “Boardwalk Empire”
• “Breaking Bad”
• “Game of Thrones”
• “Homeland”
• “Mad Men”

 Comedy Series Nominees:

• “30 Rock”
• “Girls”
• “Louie”
• “Modern Family”
• “Parks and Recreation”

New Series Nominees:

• “Girls” (2012)
• “The Mindy Project” (2012)
• “Nashville” (2012)
• “The Newsroom” (2012)
• “Veep” (2012)

Comedy/Variety Series Nominees:

• “The Colbert Report”
• “Conan”
• “The Daily Show”
• “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
• “Key and Peele”
• “Portlandia”
• “Real Time with Bill Maher”
• “Saturday Night Live”

Episodic Drama Nominees:

• “Breaking Bad” : Gennifer Hutchison(“Buyout”)
• “Breaking Bad” : George Mastras(“Dead Freight”)
• “Breaking Bad” : Sam Catlin(“Fifty-One”)
• “Breaking Bad” : Thomas Schnauz(“Say My Name”)
• “Homeland” : Meredith Stiehm(“New Car Smell”)
• “Mad Men” : Semi Chellas, Matthew Weiner(“The Other Woman”)

 Episodic Comedy Nominees:

• “30 Rock” : Luke Del Tredici(“Leap Day”)
• “Episodes”: David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik(“Episode 9”)
• “Modern Family”: Cindy Chupack(“Little Bo Bleep”)
• “Modern Family”: Jeffrey Richman(“Mistery Date”)
• “Modern Family”: Elaine Ko(“Virgin Territory”)
• “Parks and Recreation”: Amy Poehler(“The Debate”)

 Long Form – Original Nominees:

• “Hatfields & McCoys”: Bill Kerby, Ted Mann, Ronald Parker
• Hemingway & Gellhorn: Jerry Stahl, Barbara Turner

Long Form – Adaptation Nominees:

• “Coma”: John J. McLaughlin
• Game Change: Danny Strong