Jordan Peele won best original screenplay at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards for Get Out, while James Ivory won the adapted screenplay award for Call Me by Your Name.
The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East handed out the prizes at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York last night (11 February).
Get Out boosted its Oscar chances by triumphing in a strong field including Lady Bird, The Shape Of Water, The Big Sick and I, Tonya. Martin McDonaugh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which made the Oscar shortlist in this category, was not eligible for a WGA award.
Read more: Oscar nominations 2018 - full list
The adapted screenplay nominees mirrored the Oscar list, and included Molly’s Game, The Disaster Artist, Logan and Mudbound.
Jane Goodall documentary Jane won the documentary screenplay award.
On the TV side, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale took home awards for drama series and best new series.
Other TV winners included Big Little Lies (long-form television adaptation), Flint (long-form original) and Veep (comedy series).
Selected WGA winners:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Get Out - Written by Jordan Peele
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your Name - Screenplay by James Ivory; Based on the Novel by André Aciman
DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Jane - Written by Brett Morgen; National Geographic *WINNER
DRAMA SERIES
The Handmaid’s Tale - Written by Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman
COMEDY SERIES
Veep - Written by Gabrielle Allan, Rachel Axler, Ted Cohen, Jennifer Crittenden, Alex Gregory, Steve Hely, Peter Huyck, Erik Kenward, Billy Kimball, David Mandel, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Dan Mintz, Lew Morton, Georgia Pritchett, Will Smith
NEW SERIES
The Handmaid’s Tale - Written by Ilene Chaiken, Nina Fiore, Dorothy Fortenberry, Leila Gerstein, John Herrera, Lynn Renee Maxcy, Bruce Miller, Kira Snyder, Wendy Straker Hauser, Eric Tuchman
LONG FORM ORIGINAL
Flint - Written by Barbara Stepansky
LONG FORM ADAPTED
Big Little Lies - Teleplay by David E. Kelley, Based on the Novel by Liane Moriarty
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