39th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 39th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1986. Winners were announced in 1987.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • A Room with a View, Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; based on the novel by E.M. Forster
  • * Children of a Lesser God, Screenplay by Hesper Anderson, and Mark Medoff; based on the stage play by Mark Medoff
  • * Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Screenplay by Paul Mazursky, and Leon Capetanos; based on the play by René Fauchois
  • * Little Shop of Horrors, Screenplay by Howard Ashman; based on his musical play, and the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
  • * Stand by Me, Screenplay by Raynold Gideon, and Bruce A. Evans; based on the novel by Stephen King

    • Television

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