11th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 11th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1958. Winners were announced in 1959.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • The Defiant Ones, Screenplay by Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young
  • * Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Screenplay by Richard Brooks and James Poe; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams
  • * I Want to Live!, Screenplay by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz
  • * The Long, Hot Summer, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the novel "The Hamlet" by William Faukner
  • * Separate Tables, Screenplay by Terence Rattigan and John Gay; Based on the play by Terence Rattigan
  • Me and the Colonel, Screenplay by S.N. Behrman and George Froeschel; Based on the play by Franz Werfel
  • * Houseboat, Screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose
  • * Indiscreet, Screenplay by Norman Krasna; Based on the play
  • * The Reluctant Debutante, Screenplay by William Douglas-Home and Julius J. Epstein
  • * Teacher's Pet, Screenplay by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin
  • Special Awards