43rd Writers Guild of America Awards


The 43rd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1990. Winners were announced in 1991.

Winners &; Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • Dances with Wolves, Screenplay by Michael Blake; based on his novel
  • * Awakenings, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; based on the book by Oliver Sacks
  • * Goodfellas, Screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi, and Martin Scorsese; based on his book
  • * Reversal of Fortune, Screenplay by Nicholas Kazan; based on the book by Alan Dershowitz
  • * The Grifters, Screenplay by Donald E. Westlake; based on the novel by Jim Thompson
  • Television

    Documentary

    Special Awards