36th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 36th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1983. Winners were announced in 1984.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • The Big Chill, Written by Lawrence Kasdan and Barbara Benedek
  • * Risky Business, Written by Paul Brickman
  • * Zelig, Written by Woody Allen
  • Reuben, Reuben, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; Based on the novel by Peter De Vries and the play by Herman Shumlin
  • * The Right Stuff, Screenplay by Philip Kaufman; Based on the book by Tom Wolfe
  • * The Year of Living Dangerously, Screenplay by David Williamson, Peter Weir and C.J. Koch; Based on the novel by C.J. Koch
  • Terms of Endearment, Screenplay by James L. Brooks; Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry
  • * A Christmas Story, Written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark; Based on the novel "" by Jean Shepherd
  • * To Be or Not to Be, Written by Thomas Meehan and Ronny Graham; Based on the 1942 screenplay by Edwin Justus Mayer and the story of Melchior Lengyel and Ernst Lubitsch

    • Television

    Special Awards