7th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 7th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1954. Winners were announced in 1955.

Winners & Nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • On the Waterfront, Written by Budd Schulberg
  • *Executive Suite, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; based on the novel by Cameron Hawley
  • *Rear Window, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; story by Cornell Woolrich
  • *The Barefoot Contessa, Written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • *The Country Girl, Screenplay by George Seaton; based on the play by Clifford Odets
  • Sabrina, Written by Billy Wilder & Samuel Taylor & Ernest Lehman
  • *It Should Happen to Me, Written by Garson Kanin
  • *Knock on Wood, Screenplay by Melvin Frank, and Norman Panama
  • *Susan Slept Here, Screenplay by Alex Gottlieb; based on the play by Steve Fisher, and Alex Gottlieb
  • *The Long, Long Trailer, Screenplay by Albert Hackett, and Frances Goodrich; based on the novel by Clinton Twiss
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