45th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 45th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1992. Winners were announced in 1993.[1]

45th WGA Awards
Date	1993
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West

Winners & Nominees[2]

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay The Crying Game, Written by Neil Jordan Husbands and Wives, Written by Woody Allen Lorenzo's Oil, Written by George Miller, and Nick Enright Passion Fish, Written by John Sayles Unforgiven, Written by David Webb Peoples

Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published The Player, Screenplay by Michael Tolkin; based on his novel Howards End, Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; based on the novel by E.M. Forster Enchanted April, Screenplay by Peter Barnes; based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim Glengarry Glen Ross, Screenplay by David Mamet; based on his play Scent of a Woman, Screenplay by Bo Goldman; based on the novel by Giovani Arpino

Television

Episodic Comedy "Uh-Oh: Part 2 & 3" – Murphy Brown (CBS) – Diane English, and Korky Siamis "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" – Brooklyn Bridge (CBS) – Gary David Goldberg "The Boyfriend & The Boyfriend" – Seinfeld (NBC) – Larry David, and Larry Levin "The Stranded" – Seinfeld (NBC) – Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, and Matt Goldman "The Parking Space" – Seinfeld (NBC) – Larry David, and Greg Daniels	Episodic Drama "Amazing Grace" – I'll Fly Away (NBC) – Henry Bromell "Coming Home" – I'll Fly Away (NBC) – Kevin Arkadie "Seoul Mates" – Northern Exposure (CBS) – Diane Frolov, and Andrew Schneider "Burning Down the House" – Northern Exposure (CBS) – Robin Green
Daytime Serials One Life to Live (ABC) – Michael Malone, Josh Griffith, Jean Passanante, Dorothy Gilbert Goldstone, Katie Rogin, Alan Bernstein, Eleanor Mancusi, Juliette Mann, Neal Bell, Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold, Becky Cole, David Smilow, Fran Myers, Roger Newman, William M. Hoffman, Jeffrey Sweet, Alan Gelb Santa Barbara (NBC) – Pamela K. Long, Samuel D. Ratcliffe, Michele Val Jean, Christopher Dunn, Meg Bennett, Thom Racina, Bettina F. Bradbury, Millee Taggart, Jerome Dobson, Bridget Dobson, Mary Dobson, Lynda Myles, Gary Tomlin	Original Long Form "SNAFU" – Homefront (ABC) – Lynn Marie Latham, and Bernard Lechowick
Adapted Long Form The Broken Cord (ABC) – Ann Beckett Miss Rose White (NBC) – Anna Sandor	Children's Script "Pretzelmania" – Adventures in Wonderland (The Disney Channel) – Daryl Busby, and Susan Amerikaner "What Makes Rabbit Run?" – Adventures in Wonderland (The Disney Channel) – Daryl Busby, and Tom J. Astle "Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story" – Lifestories: Families in Crisis (HBO) – Bruce Harmon "Two Teens and a Baby" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Carol Starr Schneider "The Case of the Calpurnian Kugle Caper" – Mathnet (PBS) – David D. Connell, James F. Thurman, Michael Winship, and Susan Kim
Variety - Musical, Award, Tribute, Special Event Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful (Showtime) – Julie Brown, and Charlie Coffey

Documentary

Documentary – Other Than Current Events "LBJ" – American Experience (PBS) – David Grubin "Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo" – American Experience) (PBS) – Robert Levi, and Geoffrey C. Ward

Radio

Outstanding Radio Comedy The Morning Show – Sarit Catz, and Gloria Ketterer

Special Awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Horton Foote
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Norman Lear
Valentine Davies Award
True Boardman
Morgan Cox Award
Irma Kalish
Paul Selvin Award
Cynthia Whitcomb

References

1. "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
2. "Writers Guild of America, USA (1993)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-13.

External links

• WGA.org