Writers Guild of America Awards 1962

15th WGA Award

May 7, 1963

Best Written Drama:
To Kill a Mockingbird

The 15th Writers Guild of America Awards, given at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S. on 7 May 1963, honored the best writers of 1962.

Winners

Film

Best Written American Comedy:
- That Touch of Mink - Nate Monaster and Stanley Shapiro
Best Written American Drama:
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Horton Foote
Best Written American Musical:
- The Music Man - Marion Hargrove

Nominees

Film

Best Written American Comedy:
- Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation - Nunnally Johnson
- The Notorious Landlady - Blake Edwards and Larry Gelbart
- Period of Adjustment - Isobel Lennart
- The Pigeon That Took Rome - Melville Shavelson

Best Written American Drama:
- Billy Budd - Peter Ustinov and DeWitt Bodeen
- Birdman of Alcatraz - Guy Trosper
- Freud - Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt
- The Miracle Worker - William Gibson

Best Written American Musical:
- Billy Rose's Jumbo - Sidney Sheldon
- Gypsy - Leonard Spigelgass
- Hey, Let's Twist - Hal Hackady
- State Fair - Richard L. Breen

Television

TV Anthology, any Length:
- The Dick Powell Show (for episode "Death In A Village") - Christopher Knopf and Aaron Spelling

Writers Guild of America Awards

Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay

Television Awards	Animation Comedy Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form - Adapted Long Form - Original New Series Children's Script

Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement

Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year)

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