28th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 28th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1975. Winners were announced in 1976.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • Shampoo, Written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty
  • * Hearts of the West, Written by Rob Thompson
  • * Smile, Written by Jerry Belson
  • * The Return of the Pink Panther, Written by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman; based on the novel by Ken Kesey
  • * Barry Lyndon, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • * The Man Who Would Be King, Screenplay by John Huston and Gladys Hill; based on the story by Rudyard Kipling
  • * Jaws, Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb; based on the novel by Peter Benchley
  • * The Man in the Glass Booth, Screenplay by Edward Anhalt; based on the play by Robert Shaw
  • The Sunshine Boys, Screenplay by Neil Simon
  • * Hester Street, Screenplay by Joan Micklin Silver; based on the novel by Abraham Cahan
  • * The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Screenplay by Neil Simon; based on the play by himself
  • Television

    Special Awards