WGA Awards Nominees 2016 announced

Film Folk!

The Writer’s Guild of America awards nominations have just been announced. The list of nominees is as follows:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

BRIDGE OF SPIES
Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen

SICARIO
Written by Taylor Sheridan

SPOTLIGHT
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff – Story by
S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

TRAINWRECK
Written by Amy Schumer
 
 

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

THE BIG SHORT
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – Based on the Book by Michael Lewis

CAROL
Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy; Based on the Novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

THE MARTIAN
Screenplay by Drew Goddard – Based on the Novel by Andy Weir

STEVE JOBS
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin – Based on the Book by Walter Isaacson

TRUMBO
Written by John McNamara – Based on the Biography by Bruce Cook
 
 

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

BEING CANADIAN
Written by Robert Cohen

GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF
Written by Alex Gibneys

COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK
Written by Brett Morgen

PROPHET’S PREY
Written by Amy J. Berg