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Paul Selvin Award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Writers Guild of America Paul Selvin Award |
| presenter | Writers Guild of America |
| country | United States |
| year | 1990 |
| holder | Cord Jefferson for |
| American Fiction (2023) | |
| website | http://www.wga.org/ |
American Fiction (2023)
The Paul Selvin Award is a special award presented by the Writers Guild of America. It is given to the script that "best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere and to whose defense Paul Selvin committed his professional life." With the exception of 2007 in which no award was given, it has been presented annually since the 42nd Writers Guild of America Awards in 1990. No writer has won more than one award.
Winners
Notes
- The year indicates when the film was released. The awards are presented the following year.
1980s
1990s
| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (43rd) | *Heat Wave* | Michael Lazarou |
| 1991 (44th) | Separate But Equal (Miniseries, Episodes "Part I" and "Part II") | George Stevens Jr. |
| 1992 (45th) | *Guilty Until Proven Innocent* | Cynthia Whitcomb |
| 1993 (46th) | *Dave* | Gary Ross |
| 1994 (47th) | *Witness to the Execution* | Thomas Baum, Priscilla Prestwidge & Keith Pierce |
| 1995 (48th) | Picket Fences (Episode "Final Judgement") | David E. Kelley |
| 1996 (49th) | *The People vs. Larry Flynt* | Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski |
| 1997 (50th) | *Rosewood* | Gregory Poirier |
| 1998 (51st) | *Blind Faith* | Frank Military |
| 1999 (52nd) | *The Insider* | Eric Roth and Michael Mann |
2000s
| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 (53rd) | *Quills* | Doug Wright |
| 2001 (54th) | *For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story* | Timothy J. Sexton |
| 2002 (55th) | *The Matthew Shepard Story* | John Wierick and Jacob Krueger |
| 2003 (56th) | *The Pentagon Papers* | Jason Horwitch |
| 2004 (57th) | The Simpsons (Episode "Fraudcast News") | Don Payne |
| 2005 (58th) | *Good Night, and Good Luck* | George Clooney and Grant Heslov |
| 2006 (59th) | No award given | |
| 2007 (60th) | *The Great Debaters* | Robert Eisele and Jeffrey Porro |
| 2008 (61st) | *Milk* | Dustin Lance Black |
| 2009 (62nd) | *Invictus* | Anthony Peckham |
2010s
| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 (63rd) | *Fair Game* | Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth |
| 2011 (64th) | *The Help* | Tate Taylor |
| 2012 (65th) | *Lincoln* | Tony Kushner |
| 2013 (66th) | *We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks* | Alex Gibney |
| 2014 (67th) | *The Good Lie* | Margaret Nagle |
| 2015 (68th) | *Trumbo* | John McNamara |
| 2016 (69th) | *Confirmation* | Susannah Grant |
| 2017 (70th) | *The Post* | Liz Hannah and Josh Singer |
| 2018 (71st) | *Vice* | Adam McKay |
| 2019 (72nd) | *Bombshell* | Charles Randolph |
2020s
Types of winners
The Paul Selvin Award has been awarded to various platforms of film and television. 21 theatrical films have received the award, along with 8 television films, 2 individual episodes of a television series, 2 miniseries, and 1 documentary.
References
References
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