18th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 18th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1965. Winners were announced in 1966.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • The Pawnbroker, Screenplay by Morton S. Fine and David Friedkin; Based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant
  • *A Patch of Blue, Screenplay by Guy Green; Based on the novel Be Ready with Bells and Drums by Elizabeth Kata
  • *The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Screenplay by Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper; Based on the novel by John le Carré
  • *The Collector, Screenplay by Stanley Mann and John Kohn; Based on the novel by John Fowles
  • *Ship of Fools, Screenplay by Abby Mann; Based on the novel by Katherine Anne Porter
  • A Thousand Clowns, Screenplay by Herb Gardner
  • *Cat Ballou, Screenplay by Walter Newman and Frank Pierson; Based on the novel by Roy Chanslor
  • *That Darn Cat!, Screenplay by Mildred Gordon, Gordon Gordon and Bill Walsh; Based on the novel Undercover Cat by The Gordons
  • *The Great Race, Screenplay by Arthur A. Ross; Story by Blake Edwards and Arthur A. Ross
  • *What's New Pussycat, Written by Woody Allen
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    Television

    Special Awards