32nd Writers Guild of America Awards


The 32nd Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1979. Winners were announced in 1980.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
The China Syndrome, Written by Mike Gray, T.S. Cook and James Bridges
Breaking Away, Written by Steve Tesich
  • * 10, Written by Blake Edwards
  • * Manhattan, Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
    • Kramer vs. Kramer, Screenplay by Robert Benton; Based on the novel by Avery Corman
  • * Norma Rae, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.
    		• Being There, Screenplay by Jerzy Kosiński; Based on his novel
  • * A Little Romance, Screenplay by Allan Burns; Based on the novel by Claude Klotz
  • * Starting Over, Screenplay by James L. Brooks; Based on the novel by Dan Wakefield