22nd Writers Guild of America Awards


The 22nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1969. Winners were announced in 1970.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Written by Paul Mazursky, and Larry Tucker
  • *If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, Written by David Shaw
  • *Popi, Written by Tina Pine, and Lester Pine
  • *Support Your Local Sheriff!, Written by William Bowers
  • *Take the Money and Run, Screenplay by Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose
  • Midnight Cowboy, Screenplay by Waldo Salt; based on the novel by James Leo Herlily
  • *Anne of the Thousand Days, Screenplay by John Hale, and Bridget Boland; Based on the play by Maxwell Anderson
  • *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Screenplay by Jay Presson Allen; based on the novel by Muriel Spark
  • *They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Screenplay by James Poe, Robert E. Thompson; based on the novel by Horace McCoy
  • *True Grit, Screenplay by Marguerite Roberts; based on the novel by Charles Portis
  • Goodbye, Columbus, Screenplay by Arnold Schulman; based on the novel by Philip Roth
  • *Cactus Flower, Screenplay by I.A.L. Diamond; based on the play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy
  • *Gaily, Gaily, Screenplay by Abram S. Ginnes; based on the novel by Ben Hecht
  • *John and Mary, Screenplay by John Mortimer; based on the novel by Mervyn Jones
  • *The Reivers, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch, and Harriet Frank; based on the novel by William Faulkner