14th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 14th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1961. Winners were announced in 1962.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
West Side Story, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; Based on the book by Arthur Laurents & the play by Jerome Robbins
The Hustler, Screenplay by Sidney Carroll and Robert Rossen; Based on the novel by Walter Tevis
  • * A Raisin in the Sun, Written by Lorraine Hansberry
  • * Fanny, Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein; Based on the play by S.N. Behrman and Joshua Logan
  • * The Innocents, Screenplay by William Archibald and Truman Capote; Based on the story "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James
  • * Judgment at Nuremberg, Screenplay by Abby Mann; Story by Abby Mann
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's, Screenplay by George Axelrod; Based on the breby Truman Capote
  • * A Majority of One, Written by Leonard Spigelgass
  • * The Absent Minded Professor, Screenplay by Bill Walsh; Story by Samuel W. Taylor
  • * One, Two, Three, Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Based on the play by Ferenc Molnár
  • * The Parent Trap, Screenplay by David Swift; Based on the book by Erich Kästner