56th Writers Guild of America Awards

The 56th Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2004, honored the film and television best writers of 2003.

Winners

Film

Best Adapted Screenplay

American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

Cold Mountain - Anthony Minghella
' - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh Ã¢ÂÂ

Mystic River - Brian Helgeland

Seabiscuit - Gary Ross

Best Original Screenplay

Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola Ã¢ÂÂ

Bend It Like Beckham - Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges

Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight

In America - Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan;

The Station Agent - Tom McCarthy

Television

Best Episodic Drama

Day 2: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M - 24 - Evan Katz

Bounty - Law & Order - Michael S. Chernuchin

' - - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
' - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters

Pilot - The O.C. - Josh Schwartz

Disaster Relief - The West Wing - Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt

Best Episodic Comedy

No Sex, Please, We're Skittish - Frasier - Bob Daily

Malcolm Films Reese - Malcolm in the Middle - Dan Kopelman

Day Care - Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy and Neil Thompson

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Sex and the City - Jenny Bicks

Best Animation Screenplay

Godfellas - Futurama

Best Original Long Form Screenplay

Best Adapted Long Form Screenplay

Out of the Ashes - Anne Meredith Bastogne (Episode 6 of 2001 miniseries 'Band of Brothers')

References

Ã¢ÂÂ indicates the winners of the Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay.