52nd Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1999

52nd WGA Awards

Date| March 5, 2000
Organized by| Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

* ← 51st
* WGA Awards
* 53rd →

The 52nd Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2000, honored the film and television best writers of 1999.

## Film

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### Best Adapted Screenplay

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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

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American Beauty \- Alan Ball †

* Being John Malkovich \- Charlie Kaufman
* Magnolia \- Paul Thomas Anderson
* The Sixth Sense \- M. Night Shyamalan
* Three Kings \- John Ridley and David O. Russell

## Television

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### Best Episodic Comedy

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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

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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

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Dash and Lily \- Jerrold L. Ludwig

* Freak City \- Jane Shepard
* Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within \- Michael Burton
* Purgatory \- Gordon T. Dawson

## References

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* WGA - Previous award winners

† indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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* Best Adapted Screenplay
* Best Original Screenplay
* Best Documentary Screenplay

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* Episodic Comedy
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* TV & New Media Pictures
* Short Form New Media
* New Series
* Children's Script

Special Awards|

* Paul Selvin Award
* Valentine Davies Award
* Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award
* Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
* Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
* Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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* Musical
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* Documentary Script – Current Events
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