Oscars Watch: 71st Annual Writers Guild Award Nominees

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• “Eighth Grade” – Bo Burnham (A24)
• “Green Book” – Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, & Peter Farrelly (Universal Pictures)
• “A Quiet Place” – Bryan Woods, Scott Beck, & John Krasinski, Story by Bryan Woods & Scott Beck (Paramount Pictures)
• “Roma” – Alfonso Cuarón (Netflix)
• “Vice” – Adam McKay (Annapurna Pictures)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• “BlacKkKlansman” – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, & Spike Lee (Based on the book by Ron Stallworth) (Focus Features)
• “Black Panther” – Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole (Based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” – Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty (Based on the book by Lee Israel) (Fox Searchlight)
• “If Beale Street Could Talk” – Barry Jenkins (Based on the novel by James Baldwin) (Annapurna Pictures)
• “A Star Is Born” – Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, & Will Fetters (Based on the 1954 screenplay by Moss Hart and the 1976 screenplay by John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion, & Frank Pierson) (Based on a story by William Wellman and Robert Carson) (Warner Bros.)

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

• “Bathtubs Over Broadway” – Ozzy Inguanzo & Dava Whisenant (Focus Features)
• “Fahrenheit 11/9″ – Michael Moore (Briarcliff Entertainment)
• “Generation Wealth” – Lauren Greenfield (Amazon Studios)
• “In Search of Greatness” – Gabe Polsky (Art of Sport)

VIDEO GAME WRITING

• “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey” (Ubisoft Quebec)
  • Associate Narrative Directors: Matthew Zagurak, Joel Janisse, & James Richard Mittag
  • Narrative Director: Melissa MacCoubrey
  • Story by Jonathan Dumont, Melissa MacCoubrey, & Hugo Giard
  • Scriptwriters” Madeleine Hart, Betty Robertson, Jesse Scoble, Diana Sherman, Kelly Bender, Jojo Chia, Ian Fun, Zachary M. Parris, Ken Williamson, Daniel Bingham, Jordan Lemos, Simon Mackenzie, Katelyn MacMullin, Susan Patrick, Alissa Ralph, & Stephen Rhodes
  • Team Lead Writer: Sam Gill
  • AI Writers: Jonathan Flieger & Kimberly Ann Sparks
• “Batman: The Enemy Within, Episode 5-Same Stitch” (Telltale Games)
  • Lead Writer: James Windeler
  • Written by: Meghan Thornton, Ross Beeley, & Lauren Mee
  • Story by: Meghan Thornton & Michael Kirkbride
• “God Of War” (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Written by: Matt Sophos, Richard Zangrande Gaubert, & Cory Barlog
  • Story and Narrative Design Lead: Matt Sophos
  • Story and Narrative Design: Richard Zangrande Gaubert
  • Narrative Design: Orion Walker & Adam Dolin
• “Marvel’s Spider-Man” (Insomniac Games & Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Story Lead: Jon Paquette
  • Writers: Benjamin Arfmann & Kelsey Beachum
  • Co-Written by: Christos Gage
  • Additional Story Contributions by: Dan Slott
• “Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire” (Obsidian Entertainment)
  • Narrative Designers: Alex Scokel, Eric Fenstermaker, Kate Dollarhyde, Megan Starks, Olivia Veras, & Paul Kirsch
  • Additional Writing: Tony Evans, John Schmautz, Casey Hollingshead, & Nitai Poddar
  • Narrative Design Leads: Carrie Patel & Josh Sawyer