23rd Writers Guild of America Awards


The 23rd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1970. Winners were announced in 1971.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Patton, Written by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North
The Out of Towners, Written by Neil Simon
  • * The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Written by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond
  • * Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx, Written by Gabriel Walsh
  • * Start the Revolution Without Me, Written by Fred Freeman and Lawrence J. Cohen
  • * The Cheyenne Social Club, Written by James Lee Barrett
  • I Never Sang for My Father, Screenplay by Robert Anderson; Based on "I Never Sang for My Father" by him
  • * Airport, Screenplay by George Seaton; Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey
  • * Catch-22, Screenplay by Buck Henry; Based on the novel by Joseph Heller
  • * Little Big Man, Screenplay by Calder Willingham; Based on the novel by Thomas Berger
  • * The Great White Hope, Screenplay by Howard Sackler; Based on the play by Howard Sackler
  • MASH, Screenplay by Ring Lardner Jr.; Based on the novel by Richard Hooker
  • * Lovers and Other Strangers, Screenplay by Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna and David Zelag Goodman; Based on the play by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor
  • * The Owl and the Pussycat, Screenplay by Buck Henry; Based on the play by Bill Manhoff
  • * The Twelve Chairs, Screenplay by Mel Brooks; Based on the novel by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni Petro
  • * Where's Poppa?, Screenplay by Robert Klane; Based on his novel