28th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 28th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1975. Winners were announced in 1976.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Dog Day Afternoon, Written by Frank Pierson
Shampoo, Written by Robert Towne and Warren Beatty
  • * Hearts of the West, Written by Rob Thompson
  • * Smile, Written by Jerry Belson
  • * The Return of the Pink Panther, Written by Frank Waldman and Blake Edwards
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Screenplay by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman; based on the novel by Ken Kesey
  • * Barry Lyndon, Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick; based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • * The Man Who Would Be King, Screenplay by John Huston and Gladys Hill; based on the story by Rudyard Kipling
  • * Jaws, Screenplay by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb; based on the novel by Peter Benchley
  • * The Man in the Glass Booth, Screenplay by Edward Anhalt; based on the play by Robert Shaw
  • The Sunshine Boys, Screenplay by Neil Simon
  • * Hester Street, Screenplay by Joan Micklin Silver; based on the novel by Abraham Cahan
  • * The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Screenplay by Neil Simon; based on the play by himself