Writers Guild of America, USA: 1991

WGA Award (Screen)

Date:	20 March
Location:	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA (west coast) Windows on the World, New York, New York, USA (east coast)

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen


Winner:
	Avalon (1990) - Barry Levinson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Alice (1990) - Woody Allen Ghost (1990) - Bruce Joel Rubin Green Card (1990) - Peter Weir Pretty Woman (1990) - J.F. Lawton

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium


Winner:
	Dances with Wolves (1990) - Michael Blake (I)
Other Nominees:
	Awakenings (1990) - Steven Zaillian Goodfellas (1990) - Nicholas Pileggi; Martin Scorsese Reversal of Fortune (1990) - Nicholas Kazan The Grifters (1990) - Donald E. Westlake

Documentary - Current Events


Winner:
	"Frontline" (1983) {Seven Days in Bensonhurst (#8.13)} - Thomas Lennon (II); Shelby Steele

Original Long Form


Winner:
	The Incident (1990) (TV) - James Norell; Michael Norell (I); CBS
Other Nominees:
	Heat Wave (1990) (TV) - Michael Lazarou

Children's Script


Winners:
	"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972) {The Perfect Date (#18.6)} - Josef Anderson (II) "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1984) {American Eyes (#7.4)} - Cynthia A. Cherbak; Elizabeth Hansen; Herb Stein (I)

Anthology Episode/Single Program


Winner:
	Sisters (1990) (TV) - Shelley List; Jonathan Estrin
Other Nominees:
	"Nightmare Classics" (1989) {The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde} - J. Michael Straczynski

Adapted Long Form


Winner:
	Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990) (TV) - E. Jack Neuman

Episodic Drama


Nominees:
	"China Beach" (1988) - Martin M. Goldstein; Neal Baer - For episode "Warriors". "L.A. Law" (1986) - David E. Kelley (I); Bryce Zabel - For episode "Justice Swerved".


Awarded to:
	Kirk Douglas (I) - In recognition of his action in 1960 to ensure that Dalton Trumbo received screen credit for writing Spartacus (1960).