24th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 24th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1971. Winners were announced in 1972.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Sunday Bloody Sunday, Screenplay by Penelope Gilliatt
The Hospital, Written by Paddy Chayefsky
  • * Bananas, Written by Woody Allen and Mickey Rose
  • * Carnal Knowledge, Written by Jules Feiffer
  • * Made for Each Other, Written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna
  • * Taking Off, Written by Miloš Forman, Jean-Claude Carrière, John Guare and Jon Klein
  • The French Connection, Screenplay by Ernest Tidyman; based on the book by Robin Moore
  • * A Clockwork Orange, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by Anthony Burgess
  • * Johnny Got His Gun, Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo; based on his novel
  • * McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Screenplay by Robert Altman and Brian McKay; based on the novel by Edmund Naughton
  • * The Last Picture Show, Screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich; based on the novel by Larry McMurtry
  • Kotch, Screenplay by John Paxton; based on the novel by Katharine Topkins
  • * A New Leaf, Screenplay by Elaine May; based on the story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie
  • * Fiddler on the Roof, Screenplay by Joseph Stein; based on the novel by Sholom Aleichem
  • * Little Murders, Screenplay by Jules Feiffer; based on his play
  • * The Boy Friend, Screenplay by Ken Russell; based on the musical by Sandy Wilson