37th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 37th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1984. Winners were announced in 1985.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Broadway Danny Rose, Written by Woody Allen
The Killing Fields, Screenplay by Bruce Robinson
  • * A Passage to India, Screenplay by David Lean; Based on the novel by E.M. Forster and the play by Santha Rama Rau
  • * A Soldier's Story, Screenplay by Charles Fuller; Based on his play
  • * Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Screenplay by Robert Towne and Michael Austin; Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • * The Natural, Screenplay by Phil Dusenberry, and Roger Towne; Based on the novel by Bernard Malamud