15th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 15th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1962. Winners were announced in 1963.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • To Kill a Mockingbird, Screenplay by Horton Foote; Based on the novel by Harper Lee
  • *Billy Budd, Screenplay by Peter Ustinov and DeWitt Bodeen; Based on the novel by Herman Melville, and the play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman
  • *Birdman of Alcatraz, Screenplay by Guy Trosper; Based on the book by Thomas E. Gaddis
  • *', Screenplay by Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt; Story by Charles Kaufman
  • *The Miracle Worker, Screenplay by William Gibson; Based on his play
  • That Touch of Mink, Written by Nate Monaster and Stanley Shapiro'
  • *Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson; Based on the novel "Mr. Hobbs' Vacation" by Edward Streeter
  • *The Notorious Landlady, Screenplay by Blake Edwards and Larry Gelbart; Based on the story "The Notorious Tenant" by Margery Sharp
  • *Period of Adjustment, Screenplay by Isobel Lennart; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams
  • *The Pigeon That Took Rome'', Screenplay by Melville Shavelson; Based on the novel by Donald Downes

    • Television

    Special Awards