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19th Writers Guild of America Awards
The 19th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1966. Winners were announced in 1967.
| 19th WGA Awards |
|---|
| 1967 |
| Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West |
The 19th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1966. Winners were announced in 1967.
Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Best Written American Drama | |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman | |
| Harper, Screenplay by William Goldman; Based on the novel by Ross Macdonald | |
| The Professionals, Screenplay by Richard Brooks; Based on the novel by Frank O'Rourke | |
| The Sand Pebbles, Screenplay by Robert Anderson; Based on the novel by Richard McKenna | Best Written American Comedy |
| The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, Screenplay by William Rose; Based on the novel by Nathaniel Benchley | |
| How to Steal a Million, Screenplay by Harry Kurnitz; Based on a story by George Bradshaw | |
| Our Man Flint, Screenplay by Hal Fimberg and Ben Starr; Based on a story by Hal Fimberg | |
| The Fortune Cookie, Written by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond | |
| You're a Big Boy Now, Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola; Based on the novel by David Benedictus |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Episodic Comedy | |
| "You Ought to Be in Pictures" – The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Jack Winter | |
| "The Great Kahuna" – Gidget (ABC) – Albert Mannheimer (Teleplay), Frederick Kohner (story) | |
| "Opie Joins the Marines" – Gomer Pyle: USMC (CBS) – Aaron Ruben | |
| "Go Tell the Birds and the Bees" – The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Rick Mittleman | Episodic Drama |
| "No Justice for the Judge" – The Trials of O'Brien (CBS) – David Ellis | |
| "Judge Them Gently" – Court Martial (CBS) – Gerry Day | |
| "Color Him Red" – Slattery's People (CBS) – Pat Fielder | |
| "When the Wind Blows" – The Fugitive (ABC) – Betty Landgon | |
| "The Horse Fighter" – The Virginian (NBC) – Richard Fielder |
| Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement |
|---|
| Richard Brooks |
| Edmund H. North |
| Charles Brackett |
| Richard L. Breen |
- WGA.org
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