22nd Writers Guild of America Awards


The 22nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1969. Winners were announced in 1970.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Written by Paul Mazursky, and Larry Tucker
  • *If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, Written by David Shaw
  • *Popi, Written by Tina Pine, and Lester Pine
  • *Support Your Local Sheriff!, Written by William Bowers
  • *Take the Money and Run, Screenplay by Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose
  • Midnight Cowboy, Screenplay by Waldo Salt; based on the novel by James Leo Herlily
  • *Anne of the Thousand Days, Screenplay by John Hale, and Bridget Boland; Based on the play by Maxwell Anderson
  • *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen; based on the novel by Muriel Spark
  • *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Screenplay by James Poe, Robert E. Thompson; based on the novel by Horace McCoy
  • *True Grit, Screenplay by Marguerite Roberts; based on the novel by Charles Portis
  • Goodbye, Columbus, Screenplay by Arnold Schulman; based on the novel by Philip Roth
  • *Cactus Flower, Screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond; based on the play by Pierre Barillet and
  • *Gaily, Gaily, Screenplay by Abram S. Ginnes; based on the novel by Ben Hecht
  • *John and Mary, Screenplay by John Mortimer; based on the novel by Mervyn Jones
  • The Reivers, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch, and Harriet Frank; based on the novel by William Faulkner
  • Television

    Special Awards