7th Writers Guild of America Awards


The 7th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1954. Winners were announced in 1955.

Winners and nominees

Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

  • On the Waterfront, Written by Budd Schulberg
  • *Executive Suite, Screenplay by Ernest Lehman; based on the novel by Cameron Hawley
  • *Rear Window, Screenplay by John Michael Hayes; story by Cornell Woolrich
  • *The Barefoot Contessa, Written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • *The Country Girl, Screenplay by George Seaton; based on the play by Clifford Odets
  • Sabrina, Written by Billy Wilder & Samuel Taylor & Ernest Lehman
  • *It Should Happen to You, Written by Garson Kanin
  • *Knock on Wood, Screenplay by Melvin Frank, and Norman Panama
  • *Susan Slept Here, Screenplay by Alex Gottlieb; based on the play by Steve Fisher, and Alex Gottlieb
  • *The Long, Long Trailer, Screenplay by Albert Hackett, and Frances Goodrich; based on the novel by Clinton Twiss
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