Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay
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The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay is an award presented by the Writers Guild of America to the best screenplay[1] of the year for a documentary feature.[2] It has been presented annually[3] since the 57th annual Writers Guild of America awards in 2005.[4] The winners are indicated in bold.
Contents
2000s
2005 (57th)
- Bright Leaves – Narration written by Ross McElwee
- Control Room – Julia Bacha and Jehane Noujaim
- Home of the Brave – Paola di Florio
- The Hunting of the President – Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry
- In the Realms of the Unreal – Jessica Yu
- Super Size Me – Morgan Spurlock
2006 (58th)
- Cowboy del Amor – Michèle Ohayon
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – Written by Alex Gibney; Based on the book The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
- The Fall of Fujimori – Ellen Perry and Zack Anderson and Kim Roberts
- March of the Penguins – Narration written by Jordan Roberts; Based on the story by Luc Jacquet and screenplay by Luc Jacquet and Michel Fessler
- Street Fight – Marshall Curry
2007 (59th)
- Deliver Us from Evil – Amy Berg
- The Heart of the Game – Ward Serrill
- Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos – Screenplay by Mark Monroe; Story by Mark Monroe and John Dower
- Who Killed the Electric Car? – Chris Paine
- Why We Fight – Eugene Jarecki
2008 (60th)
- The Camden 28 – Anthony Giacchino
- Nanking – Screenplay by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman and Elisabeth Bentley; Story by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
- No End in Sight – Charles Ferguson
- The Rape of Europa – Richard Berge, Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen
- Sicko – Michael Moore
- Taxi to the Dark Side – Alex Gibney
2009 (61st)
- Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story – Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker
- Chicago 10 – Brett Morgen
- Fuel – Johnny O'Hara
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson – Screenplay by Alex Gibney; From the words of Hunter S. Thompson
- Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman
2010s
2010 (62nd)
- Against the Tide – Screenplay by Richard Trank; Based on original material written by Richard Trank and Rabbi Marvin Hier
- Capitalism: A Love Story – Michael Moore
- The Cove – Mark Monroe
- Earth Days – Robert Stone
- Good Hair – Chris Rock and Jeff Stilson and Lance Crouther and Chuck Sklar
- Soundtrack for a Revolution – Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
2011 (63rd)
- Enemies of the People – Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath
- Freedom Riders – Written by Stanley Nelson; Based in part on the book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Raymond Arsenault
- Gasland – Josh Fox
- Inside Job – Written by Charles Ferguson; Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt
- The Two Escobars – Michael Zimbalist, Jeff Zimbalist
- Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? – John Scheinfeld
2012 (64th)
- Better This World – Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamachek
- Nostalgia for the Light – Patricio Guzman
- Pina – Wim Wenders
- Position Among the Stars – Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich, Leonard Retel Helmrich
- Senna – Manish Pandey
2013 (65th)
- The Central Park Five – Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns
- The Invisible War – Kirby Dick
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God – Alex Gibney
- Searching for Sugar Man – Malik Bendjelloul
- We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists – Brian Knappenberger
- West of Memphis – Amy Berg and Billy McMillin
2014 (66th)
- Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley
- Dirty Wars – Jeremy Scahill and David Riker
- Herblock – The Black and The White – Sara Lukinson and Michael Stevens
- No Place on Earth – Janet Tobias and Paul Laikin
- We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks – Alex Gibney
2015 (67th)
- The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz – Brian Knappenberger
- Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
- Last Days in Vietnam – Mark Bailey and Kevin McAlester
- Red Army – Gabe Polsky
References
- ↑ 2014 WGA Documentary Screenplay Award at the documentary.org website
- ↑ Review of the 2014 Writers Guild Awards at the HITFIX website
- ↑ "Submissions For 2015 Documentary Screenplay Writers Guild Awards Now Open" at broadwayworld.com website
- ↑ The Writers Guild Awards: 2014 Nominees and Winners at the Writers Guild website