The Paul Selvin Award is a special award presented by the Writers Guild of America. It is given to the script that "best embodies the spirit of the constitutional and civil rights and liberties which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere and to whose defense Paul Selvin [1] committed his professional life."[2] With the exception of 2007 in which no award was given, it has been presented annually since the 42nd Writers Guild of America Awards in 1990.[3] No writer has won more than one award.
| Writers Guild of America Paul Selvin Award | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
| First awarded | 1990 |
| Currently held by | Cord Jefferson for American Fiction (2023) |
| Website | http://www.wga.org/ |
Winners
editNotes
edit- The year indicates when the film was released. The awards are presented the following year.
1980s
edit| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 (42nd) | Roe vs. Wade | Alison Cross |
1990s
edit| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 (43rd) | Heat Wave | Michael Lazarou |
| 1991 (44th) | Separate But Equal (Miniseries, Episodes "Part I" and "Part II") | George Stevens Jr. |
| 1992 (45th) | Guilty Until Proven Innocent | Cynthia Whitcomb |
| 1993 (46th) | Dave | Gary Ross |
| 1994 (47th) | Witness to the Execution | Thomas Baum, Priscilla Prestwidge & Keith Pierce |
| 1995 (48th) | Picket Fences (Episode "Final Judgement") | David E. Kelley |
| 1996 (49th) | The People vs. Larry Flynt | Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski |
| 1997 (50th) | Rosewood | Gregory Poirier |
| 1998 (51st) | Blind Faith | Frank Military |
| 1999 (52nd) | The Insider | Eric Roth and Michael Mann |
2000s
edit| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 (53rd) | Quills | Doug Wright |
| 2001 (54th) | For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Timothy J. Sexton |
| 2002 (55th) | The Matthew Shepard Story | John Wierick and Jacob Krueger |
| 2003 (56th) | The Pentagon Papers | Jason Horwitch |
| 2004 (57th) | The Simpsons (Episode "Fraudcast News") | Don Payne |
| 2005 (58th) | Good Night, and Good Luck | George Clooney and Grant Heslov |
| 2006 (59th) | No award given | |
| 2007 (60th) | The Great Debaters | Robert Eisele and Jeffrey Porro |
| 2008 (61st) | Milk | Dustin Lance Black |
| 2009 (62nd) | Invictus | Anthony Peckham |
2010s
edit2020s
editTypes of winners
editThe Paul Selvin Award has been awarded to various platforms of film and television. 21 theatrical films have received the award, along with 8 television films, 2 individual episodes of a television series, 2 miniseries, and 1 documentary.
References
edit- ^ "Paul Phillip Selvin".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "The Paul Selvin Award". Writers Guild Awards. Retrieved 22 February 2019.