61st Writers Guild of America Awards

**61st [[Writers Guild of America Award]]s** daa nyɛla kpaŋmaŋa pini shɛŋa bɛ ni daa ti ban kpaŋ bɛ maŋa yuuni 2008 shiniinima sabbu ni. Ban daa dili yuya daa yila polo Anashaara goli February dabaa ayopɔin, yuuni 2009.

## Bɛ ni piigi shɛba
Yuya sabila **bachi gbula, kadi wuhiri ni bani n-di**.

### Film

#### Best Adapted Screenplay
**[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]* &ndash; Eric Roth (screenplay), Eric Roth and Robin Swicord (story); F. Scott Fitzgerald (author)
**[[The Dark Knight]]* &ndash; Jonathan and Christopher Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer (story); Bob Kane and Bill Finger (creators)
**[[Doubt (2008 film)|Doubt]]* &ndash; John Patrick Shanley (screenplay and playwright)
**[[Frost/Nixon (film)|Frost/Nixon]]* &ndash; Peter Morgan (screenplay and playwright)
****[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' &ndash; [[Simon Beaufoy]] (screenplay); [[Vikas Swarup]] (author)'''

====Best Original Screenplay====
*''[[Burn After Reading]]''  &ndash; [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen and Ethan Coen]]
****Milk* &ndash; [[Dustin Lance Black]]*'
**[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]* &ndash; Woody Allen
**[[The Visitor (2007 drama film)|The Visitor]]* &ndash; Tom McCarthy
**[[The Wrestler (2008 film)|The Wrestler]]* &ndash; Robert Siegel

#### Best Documentary Feature Screenplay
**[[Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story]]* - Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker
**[[Chicago 10 (film)|Chicago 10]]* - Brett Morgen
**[[Fuel (film)|Fuel]]* - Johnny O'Hara
***' - [[Alex Gibney]]; from the words of [[Hunter S. Thompson]]
****[[Waltz with Bashir]]* - Ari Folman**

===Television===

====Dramatic Series====


====Comedy Series====


====New Series====


====Episodic Drama====


====Episodic Comedy====


====Long Form - Original====


====Long Form - Adaptation====


====Animation====


====Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) Series====


====Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials====



====Daytime Serials====



====Children's====

=====Episodic & Specials=====


=====Long Form or Special=====


====Documentary====

=====Current events=====


=====Other than current events=====


====News====

=====Regularly scheduled, bulletin, or breaking report=====


=====Analysis, feature, or commentary=====


=== Video games ===

==== Videogame Writing ====
****[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]* - Haden Blackman, Shawn Pitman, John Stafford and Cameron Suey*'
**Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3* - Writer Haris Orkin, story producer Mical Pedriana
**Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!* - Writing Keith Nemitz, additional writing Adrianne Ambrose
**Fallout 3* - Lead Writer Emil Pagliarulo, quest writing Erik J. Caponi, Brian Chapin, Jon Paul Duvall, Kurt Kuhlmann, Alan Nanes, [[Bruce Nesmith]] and Fred Zeleny, additional quest writing Nate Ellis, William Killeen, Mark Nelson and Justin McSweeney
**Tomb Raider: Underworld'' - Story Eric Lindstrom and Toby Gard, screenplay Eric Lindstrom

## Paul Selwin Civil Rights Award
* Dustin Lance Black, "to the member whose script best embodies the spirit of constitutional and civil rights and liberties."

## Kundivihira

## External links
*https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE4B809T20081209