39th Writers Guild of America Awards

Award ceremony for writing of 1986

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The 39th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best television, and film writers of 1986. Winners were announced in 1987.^[1]

Winners and nominees

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Film

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay

Hannah and Her Sisters, Written by Woody Allen
- Blue Velvet, Written by David Lynch
- Mona Lisa, Written by Neil Jordan, and David Leland
- Platoon, Written by Oliver Stone
- Salvador, Written by Oliver Stone, and Richard Boyle

Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium

A Room with a View, Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala; based on the novel by E.M. Forster
- Children of a Lesser God, Screenplay by Hesper Anderson, and Mark Medoff; based on the stage play by Mark Medoff
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Screenplay by Paul Mazursky, and Leon Capetanos; based on the play by René Fauchois
- Little Shop of Horrors, Screenplay by Howard Ashman; based on his musical play, and the 1960 screenplay by Charles B. Griffith
- Stand by Me, Screenplay by Raynold Gideon, and Bruce A. Evans; based on the novel by Stephen King

Television

Episodic Comedy "Allie's Affair" – Kate & Allie (CBS) – Bob Randall "I Can't Say No" – All Is Forgiven (NBC) – Ian Praiser, and Howard Gewirtz "Best of Friends" – Night Court (NBC) – Howard Ostroff "Theo's Holiday" – The Cosby Show (NBC) – John Markus, Carmen Finestra, and Matt Williams "Blanche and the Younger Man" – The Golden Girls (NBC) – James Berg, and Stan Zimmerman	Episodic Drama "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" – Moonlighting (ABC) – Debra Frank, and Carl Sautter Remembrance of Things Past" – St. Elsewhere (NBC) – John Masius, Bruce Paltrow, and Tom Fontana "What Are Friends For?" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Dick Wolf "Remembrance of Hits Past" – Hill Street Blues (NBC) – Walon Green, Jeffrey Lewis, and David Milch "Every Daughter's Father Is a Virgin" – Moonlighting (ABC) – Bruce Franklin Singer
Daytime Serials Ryan's Hope (ABC) – Tom King, Millee Taggart, William Burritt, Mardee Kravit, Eleanor Mancusi, Maura Penders, B.K. Perlman, Dorothy Ann Purser, Erik Wiklund, Claire Labine One Life to Live (ABC) – Peggy O'Shea, S. Michael Schnessel, Craig Carlson, Lanie Bertram, Ethel Brez, Mel Brez, Lloyd 'Lucky' Gold, George Lefferts, Peter Swet, Don Wallace	Anthology Episode/Single Program "Teacher's Aide/Paladin of the Lost" – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – Harlan Ellison "The Doll" – Amazing Stories (NBC) – Richard Matheson "A Day in Beaumont/The Last Defender of Camelot" – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – George R.R. Martin "Her Pilgrim Soul/I of Newton – The Twilight Zone (CBS) – Alan Brennert
Long Form – Original Nobody's Child (CBS) – Mary Gallagher, and Ara Watson The Execution of Raymond Graham (ABC) – Mel Frohman Unnatural Causes (NBC) – John Sayles, Martin M. Goldstein, Stephen Doran, and Robert Jacobs Miles to Go... (CBS) – Beverly Levitt, and Stuart Fischoff The Return of Sherlock Holmes (CBS) – Bob Shayne	Long Form – Adapted Peter the Great (NBC) – Edward Anhalt Trapped in Silence – Vickie Patik
Children's Show "Maricela" – Wonderworks (PBS) – Nancy Audley, Christine Burrill, and Richard Soto "Babies Having Babies" – CBS Schoolbreak Special (CBS) – Kathryn J. Montgomery, and Jeffrey Auerbach "Fuzz Bucket" – Wonderful World of Disney (ABC) – Mick Garris "Time Flyer" – Wonderful World of Disney (ABC) – Mark Rosman

Special awards

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Woody Allen
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Reginald Rose
Valentine Davies Award
William Froug
Morgan Cox Award
Jean Rouverol

References

^ "Awards Winners". wga.org. Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1987)". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-07-07.