17th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 17th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1964. Winners were announced in 1965.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Mary Poppins, Screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi; Based on the book by P.L. Travers
Becket, Screenplay by Edward Anhalt; Based on the play by Jean Anouilh and Lucienne Hill
  • * One Potato, Two Potato, Screenplay by Raphael Hayes and Orville H. Hampton
  • * Seven Days in May, Screenplay by Rod Serling; Based on the novel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II
  • * The Best Man, Screenplay by Gore Vidal
  • * The Night of the Iguana, Screenplay by Anthony Veiller and John Huston; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick, Peter George and Terry Southern; Based on the book Red Alert by Peter George
  • * Father Goose, Screenplay by Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff; Story by S.H. Barnett
  • * The Pink Panther, Screenplay by Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards
  • * The World of Henry Orient, Screenplay by Nora Johnson and Nunnally Johnson; Based on the novel by Nora Johnson
  • * Topkapi, Screenplay by Monja Danischewsky; Based on the novel The Light of Day by Eric Ambler