14th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 14th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1961. Winners were announced in 1962.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • The Hustler, Screenplay by Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen; Based on the novel by Walter Tevis
  • * A Raisin in the Sun, Written by Lorraine Hansberry
  • * Fanny, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; Based on the play by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan
  • * The Innocents, Screenplay by William Archibald and Truman Capote; Based on the story "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
  • * Judgment at Nuremberg, Screenplay by Abby Mann; Story by Abby Mann
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's, Screenplay by George Axelrod; Based on the breby Truman Capote
  • * A Majority of One, Written by Leonard Spigelgass
  • * The Absent Minded Professor, Screenplay by Bill Walsh; Story by Samuel W. Taylor
  • * One, Two, Three, Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Based on the play by Ferenc Molnár
  • * The Parent Trap, Screenplay by David Swift; Based on the book by Erich Kästner

    • Television

    Special Awards