41st Writers Guild of America Awards


The 41st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1988. Winners were announced in 1989.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • Dangerous Liaisons, Screenplay by Christopher Hampton; based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos
  • * Gorillas in the Mist, Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan, and Tan Murphy; based on the work by Dian Fossey, and the article of Harold T.P. Hayes
  • * The Accidental Tourist, Screenplay by Frank Galati, and Lawrence Kasdan; based on the book by Anne Tyler
  • * The Unbereable Lightness of Being, Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, and Philip Kaufman; based on the novel by Milan Kundera
  • * Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Screenplay by Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman; based on the novel by Gary K. Wolf

    • Television

    Documentary

    Special Awards