17th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 17th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1964. Winners were announced in 1965.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • Becket, Screenplay by Edward Anhalt; Based on the play by Jean Anouilh and Lucienne Hill
  • * One Potato, Two Potato, Screenplay by Raphael Hayes and Orville H. Hampton
  • * Seven Days in May, Screenplay by Rod Serling; Based on the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
  • * The Best Man, Screenplay by Gore Vidal
  • * The Night of the Iguana, Screenplay by Anthony Veiller and John Huston; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern; Based on the book Red Alert by Peter George
  • * Father Goose, Screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff; Story by S.H. Barnett
  • * The Pink Panther, Screenplay by Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards
  • * The World of Henry Orient, Screenplay by Nora Johnson and Nunnally Johnson; Based on the novel by Nora Johnson
  • * Topkapi, Screenplay by Monja Danischewsky; Based on the novel The Light of Day by Eric Ambler

    • Television

    Special Awards