52nd Writers Guild of America Awards
| 52nd WGA Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 5, 2000 |
| Organized by | Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
The 52nd Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2000, honored the film and television best writers of 1999.
Film
[edit]Best Adapted Screenplay
[edit]Election - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
- The Cider House Rules - John Irving
- The Insider - Michael Mann and Eric Roth
- October Sky - Lewis Colick
- The Talented Mr. Ripley - Anthony Minghella
Best Original Screenplay
[edit]- Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman
- Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
- Three Kings - John Ridley and David O. Russell
Television
[edit]Best Episodic Comedy
[edit]Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz - Frasier - Jay Kogen
- The Paper Hat Anniversary - Dharma & Greg - Bill Prady, Eric Zicklin and Chuck Lorre
- The One Where Everybody Finds Out - Friends - Alexa Junge
- Four Women and A Hobo - Sex and The City - Jenny Bicks
- Evolution - Sex and The City - Cindy Chupack
Best Episodic Drama
[edit]Meadowlands - The Sopranos - Jason Cahill
- The Storm, Part 1 - ER - John Wells
- DWB - Law & Order - René Balcer
- U.S. Male - Oz - Tom Fontana and Bradford Winters
Original Long Form
[edit]Dash and Lily - Jerrold L. Ludwig
- Freak City - Jane Shepard
- Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within - Michael Burton
- Purgatory - Gordon T. Dawson