10th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 10th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1957. Winners were announced in 1958.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Les Girls, Screenplay by John Patrick; story by Vera Caspary
12 Angry Men, Screenplay by Reginald Rose
  • * Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Screenplay by John Lee Mahin, and John Huston; based on the novel by Charles Shaw
  • * Paths of Glory, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, and Jim Thompson; based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb
  • * Peyton Place, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; based on the novel by Grace Metalious
  • * Sayonara, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; based on the novel by James A. Michener
  • Love in the Afternoon, Screenplay by Billy Wilder, and I.A.L. Diamond; based on the novel by Claude Anet
  • * Designing Woman, Screenplay by George Wells; story by Helen Rose
  • * Don't Go Near the Water, Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley, and George Wells; based on the novel by William Brinkley
  • * Operation Mad Ball, Screenplay by Arthur Carter, Jed Harris, and Blake Edwards; based on the play by Arthur Carter
  • * Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Screenplay by Frank Tashlin; based on a play by George Axelrod